EA issues strong bookings guidance as CEO touts ‘Battlefield’ reveal

EA issues strong bookings guidance as CEO touts ‘Battlefield’ reveal


Visitors play the EA Sports FC 25 game in front of a placard with England’s midfielder Jude Bellingham at the Electronic Arts booth during the media day at the Gamescom video games trade fair in Cologne, western Germany, on Aug. 21, 2024.

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Electronic Arts shares rose more than 5% after the company topped fiscal fourth-quarter bookings estimates and issued upbeat guidance.

Here’s how the company did versus LSEG consensus estimates:

  • Earnings per share: 98 cents. This figure is not comparable to analysts’ estimates.
  • Revenue (bookings): $1.80 billion vs. $1.56 billion expected

The video game maker said it expects bookings to range between $7.60 billion and $8 billion for fiscal 2026, ahead of a StreetAccount estimate of $7.62 billion. Net bookings for fiscal 2025 totaled $7.355 billion.

First-quarter bookings guidance came up short of analysts’ expectations. EA expects the figure to range between $1.175 billion and $1.275 billion, versus a $1.275 billion projection from analysts.

CEO Andrew Wilson said the company’s FC and College Football games contributed to a strong year of bookings.

“As we look to the future, we’re confident in our ability to execute across a deep pipeline — beginning this summer with the highly anticipated reveal of ‘Battlefield,’ a pivotal step in delivering on our next generation of blockbuster entertainment,” he wrote.

Net income for the fourth-quarter of 2025 grew nearly 40% to $254 million, or 98 cents per share, from $182 million, or 67 cents per share, in the fourth quarter of 2024. For the year, net income totaled $1.12 billion, or $4.25 per share, down from $1.27 billion, or $4.68 per share, last year.

The company also announced a dividend of 19 cents per share.

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