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Electronic Arts Inc.

$EA·$53B·Electronic Gaming & Multimedia·Technology
$209.700.0%YTD+2.6%1Y+30.3%
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EAEA
$EAElectronic Arts Inc.
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Today's AI verdict on what's driving $EA, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersEvent coming upAI verdict · as of 2026-08-06

A known event soon (earnings, a ruling, etc.) will likely decide the next move.

Electronic Arts just got taken private by a Saudi-led group for $55B — the deal is closed, the ticker is now trading toward the deal price with completion overhead.

Electronic Arts is a global video-game publisher — EA Sports (FIFA/FC, Madden, NHL), Battlefield, Apex Legends, Sims, and various mobile titles. The stock is trading at $209.70 into a completed take-private by a Saudi-Public-Investment-Fund + Silver Lake + Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners at $55B.

The mechanics of the setup:

  • The acquisition is complete: news headlines confirm the $55B PIF-Silver Lake-Affinity deal closed — that transforms EA from a publicly-traded compounder into a private-equity-owned platform. The stock's near-term price action is entirely a function of the deal-close mechanics and any residual public-float trading.
  • The financial reality just before deal-close showed operational softness: Q1 FY27 EPS of $0.20 missed the $0.775 consensus by 74% (Q4 FY26 was -37%), which is the type of miss pattern that would normally trigger a fundamental-multiple compression — but the deal price provides a floor.
  • The DCF-based valuation criticism ($40 intrinsic value vs $210 deal price) is worth noting for the philosophical read: acquirers are paying strategic premium for EA's IP portfolio (FIFA/FC franchise, Battlefield IP, Apex Legends) plus regulatory-approvals-bulletproof status of the Saudi ownership; that's not the same as an intrinsic-value calculation.
  • The insider tape (D-Return type entries showing $5M+, $14M+ dollar amounts) reflects deal-close mechanics for insider-held shares — routine given the transaction.

The path from here is entirely deal-close-mechanics. Public-float trading will converge on the deal price minus any residual close-risk discount; further trading in the equity is essentially a pure arb rather than a fundamental thesis. The regulatory-review status (US, EU, and other jurisdictions) is the specific number that decides how tight the convergence is.

What to watch: The final regulatory-close signals for the PIF-Silver Lake acquisition — US antitrust review, EU review, and other jurisdictional approvals. Deal-close completion drives convergence to the deal price; any regulatory objection or completion delay resets the discount.

On the calendar: 2026-11-03 — Q2 FY27 earnings (if still reporting)

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Major video game publisher behind EA Sports FC, Madden, Battlefield, Apex Legends, and The Sims franchises with live-services model.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Electronic Gaming & Multimedia sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $EA.

Electronic Gaming & Multimedia · Technology

No material change from last week — Roblox's user safety restrictions are suppressing engagement and bookings while TTWO's weak GTA VI monetization timeline guidance depresses sector sentiment.

Top industry ETF

$HEROGlobal X Video Games & Esports ETF
-9.1%YTD
-19.0%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
48.4How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
10.8%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
17.9%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
3.9%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
6.7Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
16.7%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
79.9%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.2Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 3, 2026$0.20$0.78-74.2%
Q1 2026May 5, 2026$1.50$2.39-37.2%
Q4 2025Feb 3, 2026$4.82$4.72+2.1%
Q3 2025Oct 28, 2025$1.21$1.30-6.9%
Next earningsTue, Nov 3·consensus EPS $2.04

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY27$2.0B+18.9%86.2%25.8%$1.58$-318.0M
Q4 FY26$2.1B+11.1%83.9%25.7%$1.85$519.0M
Q3 FY26$1.9B+1.8%73.2%7.4%$0.35$1.8B
Q2 FY26$1.8B-9.2%75.5%11.4%$0.55$87.0M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 11 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$8.1B$8.0B – $8.2B$8.59$7.96 – $9.7411
FY27$8.2B$8.0B – $8.4B$8.76$8.36 – $9.4310
FY28$8.6B$7.5B – $9.6B$9.44$8.66 – $10.639
FY29$8.8B$8.1B – $9.5B$9.71$7.67 – $10.825
FY30$10.5B$9.9B – $11.3B$14.38$13.26 – $15.832

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.19.4×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.99%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+2.2%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+3.4%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatHigh float · 213.7M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today22.8% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.645-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellJul 15Laura MielePresident2.5K sh$518KSellJul 15Andrew WilsonCEO5.0K sh$1.0MSellJul 15Vijayanthimala SinghChief People Officer1.2K sh$248KSellJun 15Laura MielePresident2.5K sh$508KSellJun 15Andrew WilsonCEO5.0K sh$1.0MSellJun 15Vijayanthimala SinghChief People Officer1.2K sh$244K
+ 21 other (13 returns · 5 awards · 2 exempts · 1 inkind) in window

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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Saudi wealth fund and Jared Kushner's Affinity finalize $55 billion EA Sports dealcnbc.com·2d agoEA DCF Analysis: Intrinsic Value $40 vs Price $210gurufocus.com·2d agoVideo game maker EA bought by Saudi-led group for $55bntheguardian.com·2d agoEA Announces Completion of Acquisition by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partnersbusinesswire.com·2d agoElectronic Arts misses quarterly bookings estimates ahead of Saudi-backed buyoutreuters.com·3d ago

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