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Electronic Arts FY Q4 Tops Street; Guidance Mixed	Electronic Arts (ERTS) posted non-GAAP revenue for its fiscal fourth quarter ended March 31 of $919 million, beating the Street consensus of $834.8 million. The company had non-GAAP profits of 9 cents a share; the Street had expected a break-even quarter. For the March 2009 fiscal year, the company expected non-GAAP revenue of $5 billion to $5.3 billion, with non-GAAP profits of $1.30 to $1.70 a share. The Street had been looking for $4.6 billion and $1.73. CEO John Riccitiello notes that the c...	May 13, 2008
Electronic Arts; Half Full & Half Empty (ERTS, TTWO)	Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) posted a net loss of $94 million or -$0.30 EPS, but on a non-GAAP basis from operations the company showed $0.09 EPS on a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...	May 13, 2008
Option Update: Electronic Arts June volatility at 36 into EPS & TTWO offer	Filed under: Electronic Arts (ERTS), OptionsElectronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) closed at $54.27 Monday. ERTS is scheduled to report Q1 EPS after the market close today. ERTS unsolicited $2 billion buyout offer for Take Two (NASDAQ: TTWO) expires on May 16. ERTS May 55 straddle is priced at $3.55. ERTS June option implied volatility of 36 is near its 26-week average according to Track Data, suggesting non-directional price fluctuations after EPS & TTWO offer expiration. Option Update is p...	May 13, 2008
Electronic Arts.... Earnings Guidance or Merger?? (ERTS, TTWO)	After the close of trading on Tuesday, we’ll get to see earnings out of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS). The estimates for the video game software game... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...	May 12, 2008
Take-Two Interactive's BioShock being made into a movie	Filed under: Electronic Arts (ERTS)Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO) needs to demonstrate the strength of its franchises other than Grand Theft Auto in order to fend off a bid from Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS), and this latest bit of news could help it do just that.In a press release issued on Friday, the company announced that its 2K Games unit had "reached an agreement for BioShock, the universally acclaimed smash-hit video game, to be developed as a feature film by Universal Pictu...	May 12, 2008
Earnings highlights: Cisco, News Corp., Crocs, Clear Channel, WWE, CVS and others	Filed under: Earnings reports, Cisco Systems (CSCO), Sara Lee Corp (SLE), Clear Channel Commun (CCU), NYSE Euronext (NYX), CVS Corp (CVS), News Corp'B' (NWS), Crocs Inc (CROX)Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks: Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) beat Q2 expectations but offered a weak outlook. Clear Channel Communications Inc. (NYSE: CCU) higher Q1 profits failed to beat expectations. Crocs Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) just missed EPS e...	May 11, 2008
Activision heeds its call of duty to beat expectations	Filed under: Earnings reports, Microsoft (MSFT), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Electronic Arts (ERTS), Activision Inc (ATVI)No matter how you slice it, whether you look at GAAP or non-GAAP statistics, Activision, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) kicked it during the quarter. And I mean really kicked it. Net sales for Q4 set off at warp factor 11, rising 93% to $602.5 million. Earnings per diluted share on a reported basis came in at $0.14, reversing a year-ago loss of $0.05 per share. For the full fiscal year, Acti...	May 08, 2008
THQ would like to forget its last fiscal year	Filed under: Earnings reports, Microsoft (MSFT), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Electronic Arts (ERTS), Activision Inc (ATVI)THQ's (NASDAQ: THQI) Q4 results were not good at all. Revenues were up over 8% to $187 million, but the software publisher lost an adjusted $0.37 per diluted share from continuing operations. Last year at this time, THQ generated positive adjusted net income of $0.13 per diluted share from continuing operations. The full fiscal year was no better -- revenues were basically flat at $...	May 07, 2008
Midway Games: It's not on my list of investment ideas	Filed under: Earnings reports, Viacom (VIA), Electronic Arts (ERTS), Activision Inc (ATVI)I really want to turn bullish on Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), but there's no way I can do that right now. The company's stock is below $3 a share, and it's there for a reason. But, let's first look at a couple positives from the software publisher's latest earnings release. Net revenues shot up 170% to $29.9 million in Q1; that beat expectations, according to Briefing.com. And the net loss per share also ...	May 05, 2008
Viacom's Q1 earnings were solid -- how does the stock look?	Filed under: Viacom (VIA), Electronic Arts (ERTS), Activision Inc (ATVI)Viacom (NYSE: VIA) issued its Q1 earnings results on Friday. The conglomerate seems to be doing all right with its strategy of leveraging content to drive growth. Revenues were up 15%, and adjusted diluted earnings per share jumped 29% to $0.44. But it can be seen that there's a dichotomy going on if you look into the performance of the two main operating segments: media networks saw its operating income rock up 15% while fi...	May 03, 2008

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