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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 Q2 2009 Earnings Call TranscriptWed, Aug 5, 2009
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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, May 17, 5:04 PM GameStop (GME +4.5%) closed with a big gain after NPD reported U.S. physical retail video game sales fell 17% Y/Y in April, better than some feared; they fell 1% in March, and 27% in Feb. Hardware sales fell 42%, as gamers wait for this fall's launches. Total industry physical retail sales fell 25%; as Electronic Arts (EA +0.9%) and Activision's (ATVI +0.5%) latest results show, such sales make up a declining portion of industry revenue. Take-Two's (TTWO +1.9%) Bioshock: Infinite and NBA 2K13 were the month's 3rd and 7th-most popular titles, and Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and Skylanders Giants were #4 and #8. Comment! [Tech, Consumer, On the Move]
- Wednesday, May 15, 11:54 AM Activision (ATVI -1.7%) spikes lower as Bloomberg reports talks to buy back part of Vivendi's (VIVHY.PK) ~60% stake have once more faltered. Shares were previously up 4%. (yesterday) Comment! [Tech, On the Move]
- Wednesday, May 8, 4:15 PM Activision Blizzard (ATVI): Q1 EPS of $0.17 beats by $0.06. Revenue of $804M (+37% Y/Y) beats by $99.8M. Expects Q2 revenue of $590M and EPS of $0.05 vs. consensus of $605.3M and $0.05. Expects 2013 revenue of $4.25B and EPS of $0.80, below consensus of $4.26B and $0.85. Shares -6.2% AH. (PR) Comment! [Tech, Earnings, On the Move, Breaking News]
- Tuesday, May 7, 5:52 PM Electronic Arts (EA) now +7.7% AH as better-than-feared FY14 guidance overshadows an FQ4 EPS miss. Activision (ATVI) +1.1%. EA's "Digital' revenue (inc. downloads, subscriptions, ad sales, etc.) rose 45% Y/Y to $618M, while packaged goods/other revenue fell 25% to $396M. Consoles 65% of net revenue (66% a year ago), PCs 21% (25% prior), mobile 9% (6% prior), handhelds 3% (1% prior). Free cash flow was $208M vs. net income of $169M. Battlefield 3 Premium subs rose by 600K to 3.5M. The Simpsons: Tapped Out produced almost $10M in net revenue in March; Real Racing 3 is also doing well on iOS. (PR) Comment! [Tech, Earnings, On the Move]
- Friday, April 19, 4:31 PM Take-Two (TTWO +3.8%) closes with a strong gain after NPD reports BioShock Infinite was the best-selling traditional video game in the U.S. in March. NBA 2K13, another Take-Two title, came 8th. NPD's industry-wide data was mixed. Retail console sales fell 32% Y/Y, nearly as bad as February's 36% drop, but game sales only fell 1% after declining 27% in the prior month. Accessories sales rose 15%, thanks in part to strong demand for Skylanders (ATVI +1%) merchandise. 1 Comment [Tech, On the Move]
- Tuesday, April 2, 10:03 AM Activision (ATVI +2.2%) nears its 52-week high again after UBS starts coverage with a Buy and $17 PT. Archrival Electronic Arts (EA -0.1%) has been started at Neutral. Comment! [Tech, On the Move]
- Tuesday, March 19, 12:29 PM Electronic Arts (EA -7.7%) is now seeing big losses, as the Street concludes its March quarter warning takes priority over John Riccitiello's resignation. Game developers Activision (ATVI -2%), Take-Two (TTWO -1.8%), Zynga (ZNGA -1.7%), and Glu Mobile (GLUU -6.8%) are also lower, as is retailer GameStop (GME -2.3%). EA's warning comes a few days after NPD provided more downbeat retail sales data for the industry to chew on, as aged consoles and a shift to mobile gaming continue taking a toll. (earlier) 5 Comments [Tech, On the Move, Consumer]
- 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]
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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, 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 2:05 PM Though they're not having as bad of a day as THQ, major game developers have been selling off today - EA -2.4%, ATVI -2.3%, TTWO -4% - and so has GameStop (GME -1.2%). Growing political scrutiny of violent video games in the wake of the Connecticut shooting seems to be the culprit. Shooter Adam Lanza was apparently a fan of the Call of Duty series. 3 Comments [Tech, On the Move]
- Thursday, November 29, 2012, 10:43 AM Activision (ATVI -2.1%) is down on an up day after receiving a downgrade to Neutral from Sterne Agee, which is worried sales of Call of Duty: Black Ops II are slowing. Activision rallied two weeks ago after announcing sales of Black Ops II topped $500M in its first 24 hours of availability. GameStop (GME -1.5%) is also lower. Comment! [Tech, On the Move, Consumer, Quick Ideas]
- Friday, November 16, 2012, 12:12 PM Activision (ATVI +4.8%) registers a big gain after announcing it sold over $500M worth of copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops II in its first 24 hours of availability. GameStop (GME +2.9%), which reported strong initial sales for the game earlier this week, is also rallying. The solid early reception for Black Ops II and Microsoft's Halo 4 are fueling hopes the console game industry will cap what has been an ugly year with a decent holiday season. Comment! [Tech, On the Move, Consumer]
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The Wall Street Transcript
Electronic Arts Inc.'s ($EA) Battlefield to Compete with Activision's ($ATVI) Call of Duty- http://su.pr/29SsSi - View all 0 replies
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Chris Katje
$CMCSA $MSFT $SNE $GME $AMCX $ATVI Could Defiance tv show/video game combo change the industry? http://bit.ly/16X58aE - View all 0 replies
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Media Sentiment on Activision Blizzard, Inc. $ATVI: 41.30% positive, 10.87% negative, 47.83% neutral http://bit.ly/ZRNwqR - View all 0 replies
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Daniel Nadler
The Best Performing Nasdaq Stocks of Q1: http://goo.gl/04AAQ $QQQ $NFLX $DELL $ATVI $GMCR - View all 0 replies
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Philip Saglimbeni
Is it Game Over or GameStop soon? $GME, $MSFT, $SNE, $EA, $ATVI, $TTWO http://seekingalpha.com/a/rthx - View all 0 replies
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Jim Van Meerten
$ATVI - 96% Barchart technical buy signals - 11 new highs and up 25.70% in the last month - Relative strength Index 79.11% - View all 0 replies
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Daniel Nadler
The Season's Pick: Activision ($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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Mark Kowalski
Learned this week how $ATVI #Skylander works, and how much a friend spent on that game so far, played by his son. Very Interesting product - View all 2 replies
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Mark Kowalski: And they sure did a good job with it. Seems its real easy to blow a couple hundred on the game. Interested to see the financial results
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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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Chris Katje
Working on my Top Ten Stocks for 2013, had a pretty good 2012 with only one loser in $ATVI with 1 week, list will go to email subs first - View all 1 replies
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Youngone91
bought ATVI, at a 52 week low. My long term view is that it will have a massive breakout around 2016 - View all 4 replies
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Ocean Man: Hey, what do you think about betting your friend's dad's portfolio opposite your own? Win / win? -
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Matt Cilderman
Science Fiction Investing http://seekingalpha.com/a/ilbb $AAPL $GOOG $MSFT $INTC $ATVI - View all 2 replies
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Matt Cilderman: I am a "slow and steady wins the race" kind of investor. MSFT and INTC have survived alot, are still doin well, but they are not innovatorss
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TruffelPig: If you bought EA January 3 or so and they would be bought for $20 you would have lost money! That is NOT bullish really.
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hotnutsjesus: Thanks. Where did you find that out? I use http://bit.ly/LuRLoJ and http://money.cnn.com but I don't find those types of info.
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FortSumter: stocktwits - instant info on there. dont know how they do it sometimes
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DAG1996: sorry to be a downer but chances are that, at best, earnings will mean a 5-10% bump to be given back a month later... like the past dozen -
Gloube: This stock is dead, they don't know how to monetize their games. That's a shame because they make the best games...
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Chris Lau: Still expect big short term rallies on the way down. Until ad growth justifies current size, valuation will limit upside.