Activision Blizzard, Inc.

NasdaqGS:ATVI Stock Report

Market Cap: US$74.3b

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Activision Blizzard Valuation

Is ATVI undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of ATVI when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: ATVI ($94.42) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($81.9)

Significantly Below Fair Value: ATVI is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for ATVI?

Key metric: As ATVI is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for ATVI. This is calculated by dividing ATVI's market cap by their current earnings.
What is ATVI's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio34.3x
EarningsUS$2.17b
Market CapUS$74.29b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does ATVI's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for ATVI vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average21.3x
NTES NetEase
15.9x8.8%US$464.7b
EA Electronic Arts
36.9x13.0%US$38.8b
PLTK Playtika Holding
11.7x9.8%US$2.6b
SCPL SciPlay
20.9x8.7%US$2.9b
ATVI Activision Blizzard
34.3x5.7%US$74.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ATVI is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34.3x) compared to the peer average (41.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does ATVI's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Entertainment Industry?

7 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
DDI DoubleDown Interactive
4.6x0.3%US$534.19m
RDBX Redbox Entertainment
1.2x-121.8%US$76.65m
GMM Global Mofy AI
0.5xn/aUS$8.84m
MSGM Motorsport Games
0.7xn/aUS$3.50m
ATVI 34.3xIndustry Avg. 18.4xNo. of Companies7PE020406080100+
7 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ATVI is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34.3x) compared to the US Entertainment industry average (14.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ATVI's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

ATVI PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio34.3x
Fair PE Ratio22x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: ATVI is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst ATVI forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Currentn/a
US$95.18
0%
0.4%US$96.00US$95.00n/a11
Dec ’25n/a
US$95.18
0%
0.4%US$96.00US$95.00n/a11
Nov ’25n/a
US$95.18
0%
0.4%US$96.00US$95.00n/a11
Oct ’25n/a
US$95.18
0%
0.4%US$96.00US$95.00n/a11
Sep ’25n/a
US$95.18
0%
0.4%US$96.00US$95.00n/a11
Aug ’25n/a
US$95.18
0%
0.4%US$96.00US$95.00n/a11
Jul ’25n/a
US$95.18
0%
0.4%US$96.00US$95.00n/a11
Jun ’25n/a
US$95.18
0%
0.4%US$96.00US$95.00n/a11
May ’25n/a
US$95.18
0%
0.4%US$96.00US$95.00n/a11
Apr ’25n/a
US$95.18
0%
0.4%US$96.00US$95.00n/a11
Mar ’25n/a
US$95.18
0%
0.4%US$96.00US$95.00n/a11
Feb ’25n/a
US$95.18
0%
0.4%US$96.00US$95.00n/a11
Jan ’25n/a
US$95.18
0%
0.4%US$96.00US$95.00n/a11
Dec ’24n/a
US$95.18
0%
0.4%US$96.00US$95.00n/a11
Nov ’24n/a
US$95.18
0%
0.4%US$96.00US$95.00n/a11
Oct ’24US$93.63
US$94.81
+1.3%
1.4%US$96.00US$90.00n/a16
Sep ’24US$92.04
US$94.82
+3.0%
1.3%US$96.00US$90.00n/a17
Aug ’24US$91.89
US$94.89
+3.3%
1.3%US$96.00US$90.00n/a18
Jul ’24US$84.30
US$91.00
+7.9%
5.3%US$100.00US$82.00n/a20
Apr ’24US$85.59
US$91.95
+7.4%
4.7%US$95.00US$81.00n/a21
Mar ’24US$75.72
US$91.29
+20.6%
5.5%US$95.00US$80.00n/a21
Feb ’24US$76.70
US$91.61
+19.4%
5.9%US$95.00US$78.00n/a23
Jan ’24US$76.55
US$92.04
+20.2%
6.1%US$100.00US$78.00n/a23
Dec ’23US$75.19
US$92.04
+22.4%
6.1%US$100.00US$78.00n/a23

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2023/10/14 05:59
End of Day Share Price 2023/10/12 00:00
Earnings2023/06/30
Annual Earnings2022/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Activision Blizzard, Inc. is covered by 57 analysts. 14 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Benjy ScurlockArete Research Services LLP
Joseph BonnerArgus Research Company
Colin SebastianBaird