StockNews.com assumed coverage on shares of Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI – Get Rating) in a report published on Thursday. The firm issued a hold rating on the stock.
ATVI has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Benchmark reissued a buy rating and issued a $90.00 price target on shares of Activision Blizzard in a research note on Friday, March 10th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised Activision Blizzard from a hold rating to a buy rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $83.00 to $90.00 in a research note on Thursday, February 16th. Robert W. Baird raised Activision Blizzard from a neutral rating to an outperform rating and set a $95.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, November 22nd. Wedbush reaffirmed an outperform rating and set a $95.00 price objective on shares of Activision Blizzard in a research note on Friday, January 27th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised Activision Blizzard from an equal weight rating to an overweight rating and set a $95.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Monday, November 28th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and fifteen have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Activision Blizzard currently has an average rating of Moderate Buy and a consensus target price of $91.36.
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Activision Blizzard Stock Performance
ATVI stock opened at $78.99 on Thursday. The business's fifty day moving average is $76.72 and its 200-day moving average is $75.58. The company has a quick ratio of 4.07, a current ratio of 4.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19. The company has a market cap of $61.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 41.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.43 and a beta of 0.42. Activision Blizzard has a twelve month low of $70.94 and a twelve month high of $81.50.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other Activision Blizzard news, COO Daniel Alegre sold 8,847 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $78.50, for a total transaction of $694,489.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief operating officer now owns 156,170 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,259,345. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 1.10% of the company's stock.
Hedge Funds Weigh In On Activision Blizzard
Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Norges Bank bought a new position in Activision Blizzard during the fourth quarter worth about $742,922,000. FMR LLC lifted its position in Activision Blizzard by 39.8% during the second quarter. FMR LLC now owns 19,689,007 shares of the company's stock worth $1,532,987,000 after acquiring an additional 5,605,802 shares during the last quarter. Flossbach Von Storch AG lifted its position in Activision Blizzard by 85.6% during the fourth quarter. Flossbach Von Storch AG now owns 11,427,722 shares of the company's stock worth $874,792,000 after acquiring an additional 5,270,426 shares during the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its position in Activision Blizzard by 116.3% during the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 7,084,876 shares of the company's stock worth $542,347,000 after acquiring an additional 3,809,814 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Renaissance Technologies LLC acquired a new stake in Activision Blizzard during the first quarter worth approximately $281,635,000. Institutional investors own 79.34% of the company's stock.
About Activision Blizzard
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Activision Blizzard, Inc engages in the development and publication of entertainment content and services. It operates through the following segments: Activision Publishing Inc, Blizzard Entertainment Inc, and King Digital Entertainment. The Activision Publishing Inc segment delivers content through both premium and free-to-play offerings, as well as by licensing software to third-party or related-party companies that distribute Activision products.
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