EA tops fourth-quarter bookings 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.
Electronic Arts topped fiscal fourth-quarter bookings estimates Tuesday.
Shares rose about 7%.
Here's how the company did versus LSEG consensus estimates: Earnings : 98 cents per share. The figure is not comparable to analyst estimates
: 98 cents per share. The figure is not comparable to analyst 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 the fiscal 2026 year, ahead of a StreetAccount estimate of $7.62 billion. Net bookings for the 2025 fiscal year totaled $7.355 billion.
First-quarter bookings guidance came up short of analyst 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 that 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 Q4 2025 grew nearly 40% to $254 million, or 98 cents a share, from 182 million, or 67 cents in the fourth quarter of Q4 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 19-cent per share dividend.
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