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Bull: EA successfully scales new IP while accelerating live-services monetization across core franchises.
Regulatory Ban on Ultimate Team: Global regulatory actions classify Ultimate Team 'loot boxes' as gambling, heavily restricting or banning the mechanic in key markets.
Electronic Arts is a highly profitable, mature compounder leveraging deep network effects and wide economic moats rooted in exclusive sports licenses. The transition to digital distribution structurally elevated margins, driving robust free cash flow. However, current market pricing heavily over-extrapolates these margins into perpetuity, ignoring regulatory headwinds and long-term structural decay risks inherent in sports licensing.
Electronic Arts is a highly profitable, mature compounder leveraging deep network effects and wide economic moats rooted in exclusive sports licenses. The transition to digital distribution structurally elevated margins, driving robust free cash flow. However, current market pricing heavily over-extrapolates these margins into perpetuity, ignoring regulatory headwinds and long-term structural decay risks inherent in sports licensing.
Network Effects
Accelerating digital transition, new console generation penetration, and monetization of live services.
Sell. A 32% premium to fair value implies the market is over-extrapolating margins into perpetuity, ignoring regulatory limits and inevitable moat fade risks.
Electronic Arts Inc. develops, markets, publishes, and delivers games, content, and services for game consoles, PCs, and mobile phones worldwide. It develops and publishes games and experiences across diverse genres, such as sports, racing, first-person shooter, action, role-playing, and simulation; and live services offerings, including extra content and subscription offerings through its global football and American football franchises, such as EA SPORTS College Football and EA SPORTS Madden NFL, as well as based on its IP comprising The Sims, Apex Legends, and Battlefield. The company markets and sells its games and services through digital distribution and retail channels; and directly to mass market retailers, specialty stores, and distribution arrangements. Electronic Arts Inc. was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.
A combined scenario where EA loses its exclusive NFL license and sweeping global regulations ban Ultimate Team mechanics. This would structurally impair the 1.85x OCF-to-Net-Income conversion and compress operating margins well below 20%, driving the valuation toward the $85 downside case.
Heightened competition in non-sports titles and regulatory actions targeting loot box mechanics severely impair Ultimate Team recurring revenue, causing unrecoverable margin contraction and immediate multiple compression.
Global regulatory actions classify Ultimate Team 'loot boxes' as gambling, heavily restricting or banning the mechanic in key markets.
The NFL decides to move away from an exclusive licensing agreement, allowing competitors to release simulation football titles.
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Prolonged top-line contraction signals player fatigue and softening engagement within live services, disrupting the predictable deferred revenue cash float that underpins enterprise cash flow generation.
Hiện tại:-1.3% for the period ended 2025-03-31
Cảnh báo nếu< -5.0% over any trailing twelve-month period
Network Effects
Economic profit is supported when reported returns exceed the company cost-of-capital hurdle.
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The highlighted base cell is anchored to composite fair-value midpoint ($136.08). It is the reference value for this grid, not a separate standalone fair-value claim.
FCFF DCF remains positive at the base case: base FCFF $1.3B after capex $223.9M, with terminal value at 58.0% of enterprise value. No FCF cliff is projected unless capex/revenue or gross margin materially resets.
EA successfully scales new IP while accelerating live-services monetization across core franchises. Operating leverage from a fully digital mix expands margins, justifying a sustained premium multiple.
If it drops below 1.3x, downside risk materializes rapidly due to multiple compression.
If it drops below 1.3x, downside risk materializes rapidly due to multiple compression.
If it drops below 1.3x, downside risk materializes rapidly due to multiple compression.
If it drops below 1.3x, downside risk materializes rapidly due to multiple compression.
Capital allocation should be evaluated against reinvestment needs, balance-sheet strength, and shareholder returns.
| Doanh thu | 7.463.000.000 |
|---|---|
| Giá vốn doanh thu | 1.543.000.000 |
| Lợi nhuận gộp | 5.920.000.000 |
| Chi phí hoạt động | 4.343.000.000 |
| Lợi nhuận hoạt động | 1.577.000.000 |
| Các khoản ngoài hoạt động và thuế | -456.000.000 |
| Lợi nhuận ròng | 1.121.000.000 |
| Tổng tài sản | 12.368.000.000 |
|---|---|
| Tiền mặt | 2.136.000.000 |
| Tài sản ngắn hạn | 3.276.000.000 |
| Tổng nợ phải trả | 5.982.000.000 |
| Nợ ngắn hạn | 3.459.000.000 |
| Vốn chủ sở hữu | 6.386.000.000 |
Dữ liệu tài chính tại thời điểm được dùng trong phân tích ngày 2026-05-20.
| Kỳ | Doanh thu | EBITDA | Lợi nhuận ròng | Dòng tiền hoạt động | Dòng tiền tự do | Capex | Khấu hao và phân bổ | Thù lao bằng cổ phiếu | Mua lại cổ phiếu | Cổ tức đã trả | Phát hành nợ ròng | Dòng tiền đầu tư | Dòng tiền tài chính | Tiền đầu kỳ | Tiền cuối kỳ | Tiền mặt và đầu tư | Tổng nợ | Biên hoạt động | ROIC | WACC | Chênh lệch ROIC−WACC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 878 Tr | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022-03-31 | 7 T | 1,6 T | 789 Tr | 1,9 T | 1,7 T | 188 Tr | 486 Tr | 528 Tr | 1,3 T | 193 Tr | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2,7 T | 2 T | 16,1% | — | — | — |
| 2023-03-31 | 7,4 T | 1,9 T | 802 Tr | 1,6 T | 1,3 T | 207 Tr | 536 Tr | 548 Tr | 1,3 T | 210 Tr | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2,4 T | 1,9 T | 19,4% | — | 6,5% | — |
| 2024-03-31 | 7,6 T | 2,1 T | 1,3 T | 2,3 T | 2,1 T | 199 Tr | 404 Tr | 584 Tr | 1,3 T | 205 Tr | — | — | — | — | — | 2,9 T | 1,9 T | 20,9% | — | 7,2% | — |
| 2025-03-31 | 7,5 T | 2 T | 1,1 T | 2,1 T | 1,9 T | 221 Tr | 356 Tr | 642 Tr | 2,5 T | 199 Tr | — | — | — | — | — | 2,1 T | 2 T | 21,1% | — | 6,7% | — |
EA trades at 20.7x forward earnings against a peer median of 26.6x; EV/EBITDA of 33.3x against a peer median of 28.7x; 6 peers.
Normal capex phase with heavy reliance on share buybacks rather than dividends for capital return.
Accelerating digital transition, new console generation penetration, and monetization of live services.
Slowing overall industry growth, heavy competition in non-sports titles, and regulatory headwinds.
Normal capex phase with heavy reliance on share buybacks rather than dividends for capital return.
Zero. The asset currently trades at an unjustifiable premium to conservative fair value estimates.
If holding, trim exposure given the ~32% premium to intrinsic value, reallocating capital to higher-conviction, undervalued compounders.
Upside case depends on the report valuation range and named growth catalysts.
The market is aggressively pricing in an implied ~20% growth trajectory, completely ignoring the eventual deceleration cycles, structural licensing fades, and regulatory risks targeting core monetization engines.
Sell. The composite fair value of $136.44 represents a material and deliberate discount to the current $201.70 trading price, driven by a highly optimistic market expectation that refuses to acknowledge the reality of structural moat fade.
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Core franchises experience severe player attrition due to a lack of innovation and aggressive monetization, leading to a permanent structural decline in live-service revenues.
Sustained margin degradation indicates escalating development and licensing royalty costs that cannot be offset by high-margin in-game digital spending, weakening structural profitability.
Hiện tại:21.1% for the period ended 2025-03-31
Cảnh báo nếu< 18.0% over any trailing twelve-month period
A breakdown in cash conversion reflects diminishing deferred revenue from digital bookings and unfavorable working capital shifts, curtailing capital return capacity and share repurchases.
Hiện tại:1.855 as of 2026-05-20
Cảnh báo nếu< 1.30x on a trailing twelve-month basis
Formal prohibition of randomized in-game purchasing mechanics would eliminate high-margin live-service monetization streams across sports titles, causing structural cash flow impairment.
Hiện tại:No active commercial bans across major jurisdictions as of 2026-05-20
Cảnh báo nếu>= 1 statutory ban or regulatory gambling classification of Ultimate Team mechanics enacted in the EU or US within any fiscal year
Loss of exclusive sports licensing rights eliminates EA's competitive moat in sports simulation, enabling direct rival entry and dividing customer engagement across titles.
Hiện tại:Exclusive NFL licensing in place as of 2026-05-20
Cảnh báo nếu>= 1 formal non-renewal or termination of exclusive simulation video game licensing rights with the NFL within any contract cycle
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Add depreciation to net income, subtract maintenance capex, divide by diluted shares, and apply a normalized valuation multiple.
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A balanced but structurally conservative path, anchoring heavily on the superior cash conversion uniquely evident in owner earnings while appropriately weighting the structural fade of exclusive legacy sports licenses.
Warning level: < 18.0% over any trailing twelve-month period. Sustained margin degradation indicates escalating development and licensing royalty costs that cannot be offset by high-margin in-game digital spending, weakening structural profitability.
Warning level: < 1.30x on a trailing twelve-month basis. A breakdown in cash conversion reflects diminishing deferred revenue from digital bookings and unfavorable working capital shifts, curtailing capital return capacity and share repurchases.
Warning level: >= 1 statutory ban or regulatory gambling classification of Ultimate Team mechanics enacted in the EU or US within any fiscal year. Formal prohibition of randomized in-game purchasing mechanics would eliminate high-margin live-service monetization streams across sports titles, causing structural cash flow impairment.
Warning level: >= 1 formal non-renewal or termination of exclusive simulation video game licensing rights with the NFL within any contract cycle. Loss of exclusive sports licensing rights eliminates EA's competitive moat in sports simulation, enabling direct rival entry and dividing customer engagement across titles.
| Biên |
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| EA | Electronic Arts Inc. | $50.6B | 20.7x | 6.7x | 33.3x | — | — |
| TTWO | Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. | 30.1x | 6.7x | 55.0x | -86.2% | -2.0% | |
| GOOGL | Alphabet Inc. | 26.8x | 11.1x | 28.9x | 38.9% | 36.1% | |
| GOOG | Alphabet Inc. Class C | 26.6x | 11.0x | 28.7x | 38.9% | 36.1% | |
| META | Meta Platforms Inc. | 16.7x | 7.1x | 14.0x | 32.9% | 40.6% | |
| NFLX | Netflix Inc. | 23.2x | 8.0x | 26.7x | 48.5% | 32.3% |
