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Electronic Arts in the Stock Market. By: Caitlyn Chinavare, Alyssa Schams, and Brianna Timmer. (Credit to EA). What is EA?.
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Electronic Arts in the Stock Market By: Caitlyn Chinavare, Alyssa Schams, and Brianna Timmer. (Credit to EA)
What is EA? EA stands for Electronic Arts, a gaming company. Some of its products are; the Battlefield series, the FIFA series, the Fight Night series, the Harry Potter series, the Madden NFL series, the Mass Effect series, the Medal of Honor series, the NBA live series, the NCAA Football series, the NHL series, the Rock Band series, the SimCity series, and The Sims series. Its headquarters is in Redwood City, California. It was founded by Trip Hawkins who was originally from Apple.
EA timeline! Jan. 17th 2005- ESPN and EA partner for 15 years Jan. 1st 1993-EA sports is carved out. May 28 1982- Trip Hawkins starts EA June 1st 1988- John Madden Football creates records. Feb. 7th 2007- EA Japan shuts down. Feb. 26th 2007- Probst steps down. Mar. 1st 2007- EA plays music for ITunes Jan. 1st 1984- Video game industry crashes Sept. 1 1984- Larry Probst takes EA to next level. Feb. 2nd 2000- Females targeted with The Sims. Aug. 10th 2000- EA wins rights for Harry Potter May 1st 1991- Probst replaces Hawkins as C.E.O.
History/ Financial History of EA Games • EA games buys lots of game studios; an average of 1.2 acquisitions a year since 1991. • EA games has 16% of the segment share which makes it the #1 market in the western world. • There are 7,820 employees (since September 2011) working at EA games.
The facts. • The revenue is $3.589 billion. • The Operating income is $-312 million. • The Net income is $-276 million. • The total assets is $4.928 billion. • The total equity is $2.564 billion.
MORE facts! • The stock range is typically between 15.31 and 15.54. • The 52 week stock range is between 15.18 and 16.13 • The C.E.O. is John S. Riccitello • The chairman of the board is Lawrence F. Probst the third. • The interim chief financial officer, senior vice president, and chief accounting officer is Kenneth A. Barker
Even MORE facts • The one year growth is 1.8% • The employee growth is 2.6% • The 10:18 am on 4/17 stock amount is 15.61. That’s over its range.
Is this my best choice? Electronic arts may not be your best choice for investing. Over the course of a year, EA lost 15.56% in the stock market.
Bibliography Some of the marvelous websites we used are; • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Arts • http://www.buisnessweek.com/innovate/content/aug2006/id20060828_268977.htm • http://www.bing.com/finance/search?q=EA&FORM=DTPFSA&qpvt=EA+STOCK+PRICE • http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:EA# • http://www.answers.com/topic/electronic-arts • http://www.xtimeline.com/timeline/History-of-Electronic-Arts