Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) Issues Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.300-0.500 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.790. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.2 billion-$1.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.4 billion. Electronic Arts also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 7.050-7.850 EPS.

Electronic Arts Stock Down 3.6 %

NASDAQ:EA opened at $125.50 on Wednesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $33.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.81, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.73 and a beta of 0.78. The company has a quick ratio of 1.33, a current ratio of 1.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25. Electronic Arts has a twelve month low of $117.47 and a twelve month high of $144.53. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $131.56 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $134.52.

Electronic Arts Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, June 19th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, May 29th will be given a dividend of $0.19 per share. This represents a $0.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.61%. Electronic Arts’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 19.14%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

EA has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. UBS Group lowered their price objective on shares of Electronic Arts from $146.00 to $143.00 and set a neutral rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, March 27th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on Electronic Arts from $152.00 to $155.00 and gave the stock a buy rating in a research report on Thursday, January 18th. Benchmark reaffirmed a buy rating and issued a $153.00 price objective on shares of Electronic Arts in a research report on Thursday, April 18th. Roth Mkm decreased their target price on Electronic Arts from $140.00 to $135.00 and set a neutral rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, May 1st. Finally, Oppenheimer reaffirmed an outperform rating and set a $150.00 price target on shares of Electronic Arts in a report on Tuesday, April 23rd. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of Moderate Buy and an average price target of $146.94.

Insider Buying and Selling at Electronic Arts

In other Electronic Arts news, CEO Andrew Wilson sold 2,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $142.39, for a total transaction of $355,975.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 28,430 shares in the company, valued at $4,048,147.70. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. In other news, CEO Andrew Wilson sold 2,500 shares of Electronic Arts stock in a transaction on Monday, February 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $142.39, for a total value of $355,975.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 28,430 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,048,147.70. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CFO Stuart Canfield sold 1,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $140.26, for a total transaction of $210,390.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 4,894 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $686,432.44. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 32,272 shares of company stock valued at $4,420,459 in the last three months. Corporate insiders own 0.20% of the company’s stock.

About Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts Inc develops, markets, publishes, and distributes games, content, and services for game consoles, PCs, mobile phones, and tablets worldwide. It develops and publishes games and services across various genres, such as sports, racing, first-person shooter, action, role-playing, and simulation primarily under the Battlefield, The Sims, Apex Legends, Need for Speed, and license games from others, including FIFA, Madden NFL, UFC, and Star Wars brands.