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Activision Blizzard Q2 2010 Earnings Call TranscriptFri, Aug 6, 2010
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Activision Blizzard, Inc. Q4 2009 Earnings Call TranscriptWed, Feb 10, 2010 • 1 Comment
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Activision Blizzard Q1 2009 Earnings Call TranscriptThu, May 7, 2009 • 1 Comment
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Activision Blizzard, Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call TranscriptThu, Feb 12, 2009
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Activision Blizzard F2Q09 (Qtr End 9/30/08) Earnings Call TranscriptWed, Nov 5, 2008
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Activision Blizzard F1Q09 (Qtr End 6/30/08) Earnings Call TranscriptSun, Aug 3, 2008
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Activision F4Q08 (Qtr End 3/31/08) Earnings Call TranscriptThu, May 8, 2008
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Activision Blizzard, Inc. publishes online, personal computer (PC), console, handheld, and mobile interactive entertainment products worldwide. Activision Blizzard, Inc. sells its products to direct mass-market retailers, consumer electronics stores, discount warehouses, and game specialty... More
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- Friday, March 15, 3:59 PM NPD's latest round of bleak video game sales data is leading Electronic Arts (EA -2.4%), Activision (ATVI -2.6%), and Take-Two (TTWO -1.6%) to close lower. A 27% Y/Y drop in U.S. physical retail game sales was worse than the normalized 19% drop seen in January, as demand remains tepid ahead of this fall's PlayStation (SNE) and Xbox (MSFT) refreshes. Console sales fell 36%, worse than January's normalized 17%. The Xbox was the best-selling console for the 19th straight month, and the PlayStation Vita and Nintendo's (NTDOY.PK) Wii U saw strong M/M growth off small bases. 1 Comment [Tech]
- Friday, March 15, 8:16 AM GameStop (GME), Electronic Arts (EA), and Activision Blizzard (ATVI) are on watch after NPD reports videogame sales fell 25% Y/Y in February to extend a long downward trend in sales. Physical games only account for 50% of the market now. 1 Comment [Tech]
- Thursday, February 21, 12:02 PM Sony (SNE -2.6%) continues to slump following its PlayStation 4 event. The company's failure to reveal pricing info or actual hardware has drawn criticism, and some aren't impressed with the graphics improvements relative to the PS3. AMD (AMD -4.1%), later confirmed as the PS4's CPU/GPU supplier, is also lower, and so is GameStop (GME -1.7%) - though Sony promised not to block used games, the PS4's support for on-demand purchases via Gaikai might be weighing on shares. Activision (ATVI +0.4%) is outperforming a bit after announcing Diablo III will be released for the PS4. (previous) Comment! [Tech, On the Move]
- Thursday, February 21, 11:19 AM Wal-Mart read-throughs: The giant accounts for close to 10% of all of retail sales, so when WMT speaks people listen. According to its earnings call (transcript .pdf), baby formula (MJN) and energy drink (MNST) sales were up strong at Sam's Club. No big surprise, but office electronics and video games (TTWO, ATVI) were weak. 2 Comments [Consumer, Tech, Healthcare]
- Friday, February 15, 11:41 AM Activision (ATVI +1.7%) and Take-Two (TTWO +1.6%) are higher after Piper argues NPD's January data indicates the game developers continue to take share, and that U.S. physical retail video game sales were better-than-expected (even if they fell 19% Y/Y on a normalized basis). Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops II was January's bestselling title, and Take-Two's NBA 2K13 came in at #4. Electronics Arts (EA -1.1%) and GameStop (GME -1.4%) are lower. Comment! [Tech]
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Friday, February 8, 1:00 PM
Midday top 10 gainers: BDCO +32%. CZR +25%. ONCY +23%. LNKD +20%. SNCR +19%. GALT +13%. ZN +13%. FLT +12%. ZNGA +12%. ATVI +11%.
Midday top 10 losers: ETRM -55%. MSON -22%. GUID -21%. NUAN -19%. RVBD -18%. QKLS -16%. JE -14%. NSP -13%. STS -11%. SPWR -10%. Comment! [On the Move] - Friday, February 8, 11:40 AM Activision (ATVI +11.6%) is making multi-year highs following a Q4 beat fueled by a record 44% op. margin and soaring Skylanders toy sales. Sterne Agee has upgraded shares to Buy, declaring Activision well-positioned for upcoming console refreshes and predicting major buybacks are on the way. Management noted on the earnings call most of the Q4 decline in World of Warcraft subs came from China, and that Western subs were relatively stable. Electronic Arts (EA +2.2%) is higher, and so is Chinese Warcraft partner NetEase (NTES +6.7%). 1 Comment [Tech, On the Move, Earnings]
- Thursday, February 7, 7:12 PM Activision (ATVI) now +5.4% AH in response to its Q4 beat, even though (as is often the case for game developers these days) guidance was light. PC and Other sales surged 125% Y/Y to $398M (15% of total) thanks to demand for Skylanders toys. Online subscriptions +11% to $277M in spite of a 400K+ Q/Q drop in World of Warcraft subs to 9.6M. Home console game sales flat Y/Y at $1.68B (better than peers), handheld consoles +11% to $100M. North America +11%, Europe +2%, Asia-Pac +19%. (slides) (investor sheet) 3 Comments [Tech, Earnings]
- Thursday, February 7, 4:17 PM Activision Blizzard (ATVI): Q4 EPS of $0.78 beats by $0.06. Revenue of $2.60B (+8% Y/Y) beats by $160M. Expects Q1 revenue of $690M and EPS of $0.10 vs. consensus of $710.4M and $0.10. Expects 2013 revenue of $4.175B and EPS of $0.80, below consensus of $4.56B and $0.97. Shares +2.8% AH. (PR) 3 Comments [Tech, Earnings, On the Move, Breaking News]
- Thursday, February 7, 2:12 PM "I do think consoles are still the go-to," says Activision Publishing (ATVI +0.6%) chief Eric Hirshberg in a WSJ interview ahead of today's Q4 report. Though Activision has released a handful of mobile titles and launched a mobile publishing arm, its efforts on this front have been relatively light. Meanwhile, its console sales have held up better than those of many peers (I, II) thanks to strong demand for its Skylanders titles and related interactive toys. Skylanders Swap Force, the franchise's latest entry, allows users to create custom toys by mixing and matching parts. 1 Comment [Tech]
- Thursday, February 7, 12:10 AM Notable earnings after Thursday’s close: AGNC, ALNY, ASYS, ATHN, ATVI, AVNR, CSTR, DCT, FLT, G, HAS, LNKD, MCHP, NCR, NFG, NUAN, OPEN, PRI, RGC, RSG, RVBD, SNCR, SPWR, TSRA, UBNT, WWWW, XL Comment! [Earnings]
- Wednesday, February 6, 5:35 PM Notable earnings after Thursday’s close: AGNC, ALNY, ASYS, ATHN, ATVI, AVNR, CSTR, DCT, FLT, G, HAS, LNKD, MCHP, NCR, NFG, NUAN, OPEN, PRI,RGC, RSG, RVBD, SNCR, SPWR, TSRA, UBNT, WWWW, XL Comment! [Earnings]
- Wednesday, January 16, 12:17 PM Game developers Activision (ATVI -1.3%) and Take-Two (TTWO -1.1%) slide a bit after Pres. Obama says violent video games will be studied as part of his administration's response to the Newtown, CT shooting. Developers had already sold off in December on concerns about new political scrutiny. Comment! [Tech]
- Friday, January 11, 11:39 AM Activision (ATVI +2.6%) is rallying after a positive Cowen note manages to overshadow bleak industry data from NPD. The firm thinks the game developer's positioning remains strong in light of growing game subscriptions, and sees new titles acting as growth catalysts in the coming years. Also: Call of Duty: Black Ops II topped NPD's December bestseller list, and Skylanders Giants came in at #8. Comment! [Tech, On the Move]
- Friday, January 11, 9:54 AM Electronic Arts (EA -1.1%) and GameStop (GME -1.7%) open lower after NPD reports U.S. physical retail video game hardware and software sales for the pivotal month of December fell 27% and 23% Y/Y, respectively. Those numbers are much worse than the 13% and 11% drops reported for November, and are particularly discouraging in light of hopes new game launches would stabilize demand. The Xbox 360 was again the top-selling console with 1.4M sales, but that's still down 17.6% Y/Y. Piper has downgraded EA to Neutral. 2 Comments [Tech, Consumer]
- Tuesday, January 8, 9:06 AM The bad news from GameStop on its holiday sales has game sellers on watch for volatility. Premarket: EA -1.0%, ATVI -0.6%, TTWO -0.5%. 1 Comment [Consumer, On the Move]
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Mark Kowalski
Too much optimisim with $EA and $ATVI. $TTWO on the other hand, though I'm biased by my love for every Rockstar game. - View all 0 replies
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Jim Van Meerten
$ATVI - 100% Barchart technical buy signals - 8 new hgihs and up 21.74% in the last month - Relative strength index 87.62% - View all 0 replies
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Daniel Nadler
The Season's Pick: Activision ($ATVI). 15.93% avg. return in February over the last 8 yrs, positive 87% of the time: http://goo.gl/lPOAv - View all 1 replies
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J Mintzmyer
$ATVI is looking like it could be a short candidate... Perhaps a chance to short and sell puts? Will examine soon... - View all 0 replies
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Mark Kowalski
$ATVI awesome Q4 and full year results, can't wait to go through the # in detail. Will be looking the the usual suspects $EA and TTWO too - View all 0 replies
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Philip Saglimbeni
$ATVI, $EA and $TTWO execs met with VP Joe Biden yesterday, "There is no silver bullet" to curing violence in America Biden said . . . - View all 9 replies
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Philip Saglimbeni: Energy, at this point nothing would surprise me! Madpup, although I don't own any of them I do think they will all do well with the next
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Philip Saglimbeni: console generation approaching. ATVI is the best management but EA has the strongest game lineup in my opinion
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Harm Hoeksema
Black Ops II might get canceled: http://bit.ly/LA9ooc . Possible big drop on ATVI expected (Q1 results tonight). - View all 1 replies
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PandaBearish: Not to mention, with Avengers' success and other upcoming Marvell films, ATVI owns rights to the comics.
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PandaBearish: EA has no cash cows. SWTOR was a huge flop that never broke 2 million subscribers and D3's cash auction house is $$ in the bank for ATVI
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BSmike: May want to buy more <=9.50 currently Iran Issues + Pipeline + No bad weather at sites (nothing heard about) should be a good Q1
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p.roo411: sounds good. trying to come up with some money from other positions to add on again.
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Weathered Oak: You wouldn't believe how many games of Monopoly I had to play to get here.
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FortSumter: If you're concerned with losing money place a trailing stop on the trade. That way you can play it higher without worrying about downside. -
Scerabi: Yea, I can't back out until $14.50+ or midsummer comes around. Can't jump ship during the lag time before all the good games come!
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Chris Katje
May 15th confirmed as release date of Diablo 3. Updated article for http://seekingalpha.com/a/6v0a coming soon. Long ATVI - View all 1 replies
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IgnisFatuus: We are talking Blizzard...they don't screw up games. Been waiting for Diablo 3 to come out for years!!
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hotnutsjesus: I was just proving a point, I believe Diablo iii will be well received.
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Jeff Taylor
Purchased more ATVI on Friday after slump due to announced layoffs. Price drop has been an overreaction. - View all 8 replies
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*Hysteria: This company has been firing on all cylinders yet the stock has continued to drop,, imagine what could happen if there is an issue w d3?
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Jeff Taylor: Amazon classifies it as an action game. Both in PCRFY.OB-Action and PC-Overall it is currently #1 top seller. (http://amzn.to/xHoO5I)
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DAG1996: in your whole portfolio? sorry, but that would scare the heck out of me. although a sizable holding, only a tiny fraction of my portfolio
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