Electronic Arts, Inc (NASDAQ: EA): Stock That Needs Special Handling

Currently, there are 252.31M common shares owned by the public and among those 226.34M shares have been available to trade.

The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of 0.63% and 6.73% over the past three months. EA shares are trading 0.59% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance up to 7.10% higher. It has a 12-month low price of $115.21 and touched a high of $168.50 over the same period. EA has an average intraday trading volume of 3.36 million shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by -0.44%, 0.54%, and 1.35% respectively.

Institutional ownership of Electronic Arts, Inc (NASDAQ: EA) shares accounts for 88.99% of the company’s 252.31M shares outstanding.

It has a market capitalization of $36.90B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 0.71. The stock’s trailing 12-month PE ratio is 34.74, while the earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at $4.24. The company has a PEG of 2.70 and a Quick Ratio of 0.95 with the debt-to-equity ratio at 0.35. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 1.22% over the week and 1.30% over the month.

Analysts forecast that Electronic Arts, Inc (EA) will achieve an EPS of 0.64 for the current quarter, 0.95 for the next quarter and 5.6 for current fiscal year. The lowest estimate earnings-per-share for the quarter is 0.5 while analysts give the company a high EPS estimate of 0.5. Comparatively, EPS for the current quarter was 1.04 a year ago. Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to increase by 17.70%, and 10.42% over the next financial year. EPS should grow at an annualized rate of 12.86% over the next five years, compared to -16.24% over the past 5-year period.

Looking at the support for the EA, a number of firms have released research notes about the stock. HSBC Securities stated their Buy rating for the stock in a research note on May 07, 2025, with the firm’s price target at $190. TD Cowen coverage for the Electronic Arts, Inc (EA) stock in a research note released on May 07, 2025 offered a Buy rating with a price target of $172. MoffettNathanson was of a view on May 07, 2025 that the stock is Neutral, while The Benchmark Company gave the stock Buy rating on March 24, 2025, issuing a price target of $140- $160. DA Davidson on their part issued Neutral rating on February 19, 2025.

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