EA's Q2 earnings tumble 43.7% with $1.84B in revenues, as live services drop and margins contract.
Despite missing expectations for its second quarter, Wedbush analysts believe the focus remains on Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ:EA, ETR:ERT)'s (EA) pending, go-private transaction with an investor consortium led Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF). “We expect the transaction to go through with few regulatory hurdles," the analysts wrote in a note to clients on Wednesday.
While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Electronic Arts (EA) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended September 2025, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.
Electronic Arts (EA) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.21 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.27 per share. This compares to earnings of $2.15 per share a year ago.
Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ:EA, ETR:ERT) reported better-than-expected earnings for the fiscal second quarter, though net bookings and revenue were lower year-over-year. For the quarter ended September 30, net bookings were down 13% year-over-year at $1.818 billion, attributed by EA to the strength of the College Football 25 release in the year-ago period.
Electronic Arts missed Wall Street expectations for second-quarter bookings on Tuesday, weighed down by uncertain spending on its core sports portfolio, while the videogame publisher bets big on the new "Battlefield 6" title.
Get a deeper insight into the potential performance of Electronic Arts (EA) for the quarter ended September 2025 by going beyond Wall Street's top-and-bottom-line estimates and examining the estimates for some of its key metrics.
EA said its partnership with the NFL is expanding in an effort to boost the video-game maker's Madden NFL franchise and college-football offerings.
Electronic Arts (EA) is one of the world's largest gaming companies. It has agreed to be acquired for US$55 billion in the second largest buyout in the industry's history.
EA has long faced gamer backlash over microtransactions, loot boxes, and lack of innovation. Going private could allow the firm more creative freedom, but analysts warn that being $20 billion in debt could push EA to double down on live-service models.
Video game publisher Electronic Arts (EA), one of the biggest video game companies in the world behind games such as The Sims and Battlefield, has been sold to a consortium of buyers for US$55 billion (about A$83 billion). It is potentially the largest-ever buyout funded by private equity firms.
For years, tech-focused buyout group Silver Lake coveted video game developer Electronic Arts, the power behind the popular "Battlefield" and "Madden NFL" series.