Electronic Arts Inc. ($EA) Cautious Buy or Hold to $113 Confident Investor Rating: Fair

 

Company name Electronic Arts Inc.
Stock ticker EA
Live stock price [stckqut]EA[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

Employee productivity Fair
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Good

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $143.08
Target stock price (averages with growth) $112.94
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $112.94
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $116.45

 

The following company description is from Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/company-profile/ea

Electronic Arts Inc., incorporated on May 8, 1991, develops, markets, publishes and distributes games, content and services that can be played by consumers on a range of platforms, which include consoles, personal computers (PCs), mobile phones and tablets. The Company’s games and services are based on a portfolio of intellectual property that includes established brands, such as FIFA, Madden NFL, Star Wars, Battlefield, the Sims and Need for Speed. The Company markets and sells its games and services through retail channels and through digital distribution channels.

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Electronic Arts Inc. as long as the price is correct and the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns.

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How was this analysis of Electronic Arts Inc. calculated?

For owners of my book, “The Confident Investor” I offer the following analysis (you must be logged in to this site as a book owner in order to see the following analysis). If you have registered and cannot see the balance of this article, make sure you are logged in and refresh your browser.
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In order to assist you in using the techniques of this book, the values that I used when calculating the Manual pricing above were:

  • Stock price at the time of the calculation: $92.55
  • Growth: 0.15
  • Current EPS (TTM): $3.33
  • P/E: 28
  • Future EPS Calc: $6.69
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $187.53
  • Target stock price: $116.44

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