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Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.

$TTWO·$46B·Electronic Gaming & Multimedia·Technology
$235.39+1.0%YTD-6.8%1Y+0.2%
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TTTTWO
$TTWOTake-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
$235.39+1.03%347 posts+13%
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Today's AI verdict on what's driving $TTWO, 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.

Hinges on a big eventEvent coming upAI verdict · as of 2026-08-28

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

GTA VI launches November 19 — the biggest gaming release in a decade, with the stock still ~6% below the CEO's insider-cluster sale.

Take-Two Interactive owns Rockstar Games and Grand Theft Auto — the biggest entertainment franchise in the world by revenue. GTA VI's Nov 19 release is now confirmed and dated, and it dominates the entire trade — bulls model 50M copies in six months at $80, and the tape is coiling under $250.

Why the event is the whole story:

  • The GTA VI comp is unusual: GTA V has done $10B lifetime and 230M copies since 2013 — bulls model 50M copies of GTA VI in six months at $80 = ~$4B in six months. Even base-case launch reprices the multi-quarter EPS pattern from -$0.32/-$0.50/-$0.73 to a real profit trajectory.
  • Leaked footage confirms Rockstar's execution: users cite generational leaps in world density, NPC behavior, and systemic depth — Rockstar confirmed the release date and teased extended coverage, with hacker/leaker news adding tail risk but not shifting the launch.
  • Insider signal was massive but explainable: CEO Strauss Zelnick sold $10.1M on Aug 10 and gifted 20K shares — the biggest cluster on record, into the pre-launch strength. 10b5-1 selling before a dated event doesn't kill the trade, but caps pre-launch multiple expansion.

Good outcome Nov 19: launch executes clean with Day-One 15M+ copies sold, no major bug controversy, and Nov 5 Q3 earnings shows marketing spend under control — setup for a break above $270 to $300+. Bad outcome: any launch-day quality issue (Cyberpunk 2077 style) or content delay — turns "priced in" concern into a "sell the news".

Agrees with X sentimentThe 'decisively bullish + 50M copies at $80 = $4B revenue + community treats dips as gifts' framing is exactly the right way to price GTA VI. The Ro Khanna $257.79 entry and Zelnick's $10M-plus insider sale are both real datapoints — the crowd is anchoring on Khanna and glossing over Zelnick, which is the honest asymmetry.

What to watch: Nov 19 GTA VI launch — Day-One copies sold and any bug/quality issues are the whole event. Nov 5 Q3 earnings sets marketing-spend expectations. A launch-day quality issue or content delay flips the 'priced in' concern into a 'sell the news' reaction.

On the calendar: 2026-11-19 - GTA VI launch

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment66 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-28

Take-Two posts are decisively bullish ahead of the GTA 6 Nov 19 release. Bulls cite the GTA 6 extended trailer premiering on Netflix Aug 27 (Netflix servers crashed at premiere), analyst est $8.5B FY27 vs bulls modeling $10-13B, GTA5 doing $10B in 10 years vs GTA6 targeting $10B in 2 years, and $1.1M $300 March calls (27% OTM). Bears cite $2.8B lost on the CyberLeek leak and 50% dilution over 4 years vs $10B losses concern. Tone dominates bullish.

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What it does

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

Publishes AAA video game franchises including Grand Theft Auto and NBA 2K, with a growing live-service and mobile gaming portfolio.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

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

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.

What this means for $TTWO

Neutral — Publishes AAA video game franchises including Grand Theft Auto and NBA 2K, with a growing live-service and mobile gaming portfolio; limited read-through from electronic gaming & multimedia macro dynamics to this specific revenue mix.

Top industry ETF

$HEROGlobal X Video Games & Esports ETF
-9.1%YTD
-17.1%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

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

Key ratios

P/E
-133.2How 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
-0.8%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
-0.9%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
1.1%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
6.0Same 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
-8.6%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
57.2%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
0.8Total 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 7, 2026$-0.18$0.33-155.0%
Q1 2026May 21, 2026$0.80$0.56+42.1%
Q4 2025Feb 3, 2026$1.23$0.83+47.7%
Q3 2025Nov 6, 2025$1.46$0.94+55.5%
Next earningsThu, Nov 5·consensus EPS $0.97

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q4 FY26$1.7B+6.1%55.9%3.6%$-0.32$187.2M
Q3 FY26$1.7B+24.9%55.7%-2.2%$-0.50$236.2M
Q2 FY26$1.8B+31.1%55.3%-5.5%$-0.73$96.5M
Q1 FY26$1.5B+12.4%62.8%1.2%$-0.07$-69.8M

Forward consensus

6-year forecast · up to 18 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$6.7B$6.6B – $6.7B$3.91$3.75 – $4.6317
FY27$8.5B$8.0B – $10.5B$6.73$5.72 – $9.4218
FY28$9.1B$8.3B – $10.9B$9.99$7.94 – $11.9218
FY29$9.5B$9.3B – $9.6B$10.83$6.40 – $14.758
FY30$10.1B$9.4B – $12.4B$12.01$10.85 – $15.424
FY31$11.1B$10.3B – $13.6B$12.02$10.86 – $15.433

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.1.7×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.61%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.-2.7%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.+3.1%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 184.8M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today2.0% 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.β0.985-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.FilingActive offeringA shelf registration (S-3 / S-3ASR / S-1) or prospectus supplement (424B*) was filed in the last 90 days — the company is registered to (or actively) issuing new shares. Dilution risk.

Insider activity

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

Recent transactions

SellAug 17Michael ShereskyDirector127 sh$31KSellAug 17Srinivasan Laverne EvansDirector362 sh$89KSellAug 14Ellen F SiminoffDirector167 sh$40KSellAug 10Strauss ZelnickCEO40.0K sh$10.1MSellJul 1Ellen F SiminoffDirector167 sh$42KSellJun 22Jon J MosesDirector500 sh$122KSellJun 16Daniel P EmersonChief Legal Officer4.4K sh$1.0MSellJun 15Jon J MosesDirector500 sh$108KSellJun 15Daniel P EmersonChief Legal Officer4.4K sh$951KSellJun 8Daniel P EmersonChief Legal Officer8.8K sh$1.9M
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

S-3ASRAuto-shelf registrationJun 1S-3ASR
AI summary

Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) filed an automatic shelf registration statement (S-3ASR) effective immediately as a well-known seasoned issuer, enabling future securities offerings. Routine shelf registration; no immediate dilution.

+ 12 other (4 13Gs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 proxys · 1 10-Q) in window

Recent news

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

Wall Street Buys the GTA 6 Hype. Take-Two Stock Gets a Lift.barrons.com·1d agoTake-Two Entices Gamers With 'Grand Theft Auto 6' Video Previewinvestors.com·1d agoThese two stocks rally after GTA 6 trailer releasefinbold.com·1d agoTake-Two shares move higher pre-market as gamers get first look at GTA 6youtube.com·1d agoGTA 6 leaker ‘Cyberleek' reportedly begins cashing out cryptofinbold.com·2d ago

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