Activision Blizzard Inc. chart

Last update: 2022-12-30
Key statistics and financials
Revenue per share 9.81
Dividend & YieldN/A£ (N/A)
Beta 0.52
Market capitalization N/A
Operating cash flow 2.02B
ESG Scores 18.9

Company description

Activision Blizzard, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops and publishes interactive entertainment content and services in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates through three segments: Activision, Blizzard, and King. It develops and distributes content and services on video game consoles, personal computers, and mobile devices, including subscription, full-game, and in-game sales, as well as by licensing software to third-party or related-party companies that distribute Activision and Blizzard products. The company also maintains a proprietary online gaming service, Battle.net that facilitates digital distribution of content, online social connectivity, and the creation of user-generated content. In addition, it operates esports leagues and offer digital advertising content; and provides warehousing, logistics, and sales distribution services to third-party publishers of interactive entertainment software, as well as manufacturers of interactive entertainment hardware products. The company's key product franchises include Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Hearthstone, Overwatch, Overwatch League, and Candy Crush. It serves retailers and distributors, including mass-market retailers, consumer electronics stores, discount warehouses, and game specialty stores through third-party distribution and licensing arrangements. The company is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

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Financial data

Financial Statements

Cashflow Statement 2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Change To Liabilities -187M -123M 206M -544M
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities -230M -22M -178M -59M
Net Borrowings -1.74B 944M 944M
Total Cash From Financing Activities -2.02B -237M 711M -521M
Change To Operating Activities -982M -166M -620M -806M
Issuance Of Stock 99M 105M 170M 90M
Net Income 1.85B 1.5B 2.2B 2.7B
Change In Cash -491M 1.57B 2.85B 1.79B
Effect Of Exchange Rate -31M -3M 69M -48M
Total Cash From Operating Activities 1.79B 1.83B 2.25B 2.41B
Depreciation 509M 328M 197M 116M
Change To Account Receivables -114M 182M -194M 71M
Other Cashflows From Financing Activities -26M -48M -48M
Change To Netincome 227M -118M 217M 554M
Capital Expenditures -131M -116M -78M -80M

Income Statement 2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Research Development 1.1B 998M 1.15B 1.34B
Income Before Tax 1.88B 1.63B 2.62B 3.16B
Net Income 1.85B 1.5B 2.2B 2.7B
Selling General Administrative 1.88B 1.66B 1.85B 1.81B
Gross Profit 4.98B 4.39B 5.83B 6.49B
Ebit 2B 1.74B 2.83B 3.34B
Operating Income 2B 1.74B 2.83B 3.34B
Interest Expense -140M -90M -99M -108M
Income Tax Expense 29M 130M 419M 465M
Total Revenue 7.5B 6.49B 8.09B 8.8B
Cost Of Revenue 2.52B 2.09B 2.26B 2.32B
Total Other Income ExpenseNet -121M -106M -212M -172M
Net Income From Continuing Ops 1.85B 1.5B 2.2B 2.7B
Net Income Applicable To Common Shares 1.85B 1.5B 2.2B 2.7B

Balance Sheet Statement 2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Total Liabilities 6.5B 7.04B 8.07B 7.46B
Total Stockholder Equity 11.39B 12.8B 15.04B 17.6B
Other Current Liabilities 1.7B 1.85B 1.81B 1.26B
Total Assets 17.89B 19.84B 23.11B 25.06B
Common Stock
Other Current Assets 653M 585M 702M 981M
Retained Earnings 6.59B 7.81B 9.69B 12.03B
Treasury Stock -6.16B -6.18B -6.18B -6.14B
Cash 4.22B 5.79B 8.65B 10.42B
Total Current Liabilities 2.64B 2.92B 3.1B 2.41B
Other Stockholder Equity -601M -619M -622M -578M
Property, Plant, and Equipment 282M 485M 452M 406M
Total Current Assets 6.11B 7.29B 10.56B 12.56B
Net Tangible Assets 830M 2.46B 4.66B 7.14B
Net Receivables 1.03B 848M 1.05B 972M
Accounts Payable 253M 292M 295M 285M


Insider Transactions

Here are the insider transactions of stock shares related to Activision Blizzard Inc.:

Filer Name Transaction Text Ownership Date Filer Relation Shares
ALEGRE DANIELSale at price 78.16 per share.D2022-09-09President10k
ALEGRE DANIELSale at price 81.00 per share.D2022-08-08President7k
ZERZA ARMINSale at price 80.22 per share.D2022-08-03Chief Financial Officer10.17k
BOWERS REVETA FStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2022-06-24Director3.21k
CORTI ROBERT JStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2022-06-24Director3.21k
KELLY BRIAN GStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2022-06-24Director3.21k
MORGADO ROBERT JStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2022-06-24Director3.21k
NOLAN PETER JStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2022-06-24Director3.21k
MEYER BARRY MStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2022-06-24Director3.21k
CARR KERRYStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2022-06-24Director3.21k
OSTROFF DAWNStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2022-06-24Director3.21k
MESERVEY LULU CHENGStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2022-06-24Director3.21k
ZERZA ARMINSale at price 77.54 per share.D2022-06-01Chief Financial Officer3.29k
MORGADO ROBERT JConversion of Exercise of derivative security at price 11.69 - 17.07 per share.D2022-05-11Director44k
YANG JESSESale at price 78.67 - 78.73 per share.D2022-05-05Officer10.81k
MESERVEY LULU CHENGStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2022-05-03Director574
YANG JESSESale at price 79.54 per share.D2022-03-15Officer2.07k
ALEGRE DANIELSale at price 79.66 per share.D2022-03-14President14.56k
YANG JESSEStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2022-03-07Officer41.6k
HARTONG HENDRIK J. IIISale at price 74.91 - 81.79 per share.I2022-01-18Director356
HARTONG HENDRIK J. IIIPurchase at price 58.70 - 82.75 per share.I2021-12-21Director577
YANG JESSEStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-11-30Officer8.53k
YANG JESSEStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-11-04Officer3.37k
BULATAO BRIANStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-11-04Officer14.66k
ZERZA ARMINStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-11-04Chief Financial Officer49.48k
DIXTON GRANT MICHAELStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-11-04Officer14.66k
NOLAN PETER JPurchase at price 81.93 per share.I2021-08-09Director3.95k
KOTICK ROBERT AStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-08-06Chief Executive Officer116.32k
NOLAN PETER JPurchase at price 80.06 - 82.28 per share.I2021-08-06Director20.77k
DIXTON GRANT MICHAELStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-08-05Officer112.05k
BOWERS REVETA FStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-06-17Director2.68k
CORTI ROBERT JStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-06-17Director2.68k
KELLY BRIAN GStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-06-17Director2.68k
MORGADO ROBERT JStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-06-17Director2.68k
NOLAN PETER JStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-06-17Director2.68k
MEYER BARRY MStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-06-17Director2.68k
WASSERMAN CASEYStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-06-17Director2.68k
HARTONG HENDRIK J. IIIStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-06-17Director2.68k
OSTROFF DAWNStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-06-17Director2.68k
YANG JESSEStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-06-14Officer2.02k
ALEGRE DANIELSale at price 93.68 per share.D2021-05-14President21.72k
NOLAN PETER JPurchase at price 93.86 per share.I2021-05-12Director2k
ZERZA ARMINSale at price 94.84 - 94.88 per share.D2021-05-11Chief Financial Officer23.72k
ZERZA ARMINConversion of Exercise of derivative security at price 52.52 - 60.87 per share.D2021-05-11Chief Financial Officer9.36k
NOLAN PETER JPurchase at price 93.42 - 95.62 per share.I2021-05-10Director20k
ZERZA ARMINStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-05-06Chief Financial Officer75.24k
WALTHER CHRISTOPHER BSale at price 91.98 per share.I2021-03-15Officer45.03k
WALTHER CHRISTOPHER BConversion of Exercise of derivative security at price 41.09 per share.I2021-03-15Officer45.03k
KOTICK ROBERT AStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-03-01Chief Executive Officer1.34M
ALEGRE DANIELSale at price 95.74 per share.D2021-02-24President18.5k
KOTICK ROBERT AStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2020-12-31Chief Executive Officer340.33k

Insider transaction explanations

Insider buying is the legal purchase of shares by a senior executive or director of a company. "Filer Name" corresponds to the name of the stock buyer or seller. "Transaction Text" describes the transaction. "Ownership" gives information about the transaction type. "Date" is the reported transaction date. "Filer Relation" gives the role of the insider in the company. "Shares" is the value of the transaction. You will find the complete description of the General Transaction Codes on the SEC dedicated page


Investment strategy backtesting

These are the result of three automatic investment systems applied to Activision Blizzard Inc.. You will find the performance of an systematic investment system, a momentum strategy, and a buy the dip trading strategy.


Systematic investment results on Activision Blizzard Inc.

Here is the result of two systematic investment strategies applied to Activision Blizzard Inc.. The first strategy automatically buys the first day of the month, and the second strategy buys the fifteenth day of the month.

Systematic investment equity curve on Activision Blizzard Inc.

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two systematic investment strategies applied to Activision Blizzard Inc.:

Activision Blizzard Inc. automated entries

The systematic investment strategy that buys the first day of the month would give a performance of 0% on the backtest period.

Performance at glance

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Momentum strategy results on Activision Blizzard Inc.

This is the result of two momentum investment strategies applied to Activision Blizzard Inc.. The first strategy uses a momentum signal calculated on one quarter, and the second uses a momentum signal calculated on two quarters.

Momentum entry openings on Activision Blizzard Inc.

The following chart shows all the entries opened by the momentum investment system on Activision Blizzard Inc.:

Activision Blizzard Inc. momentum entries
  • The first momentum investment strategy would give -14.46% of return on Activision Blizzard Inc.. That represents -34.11£ of latent gain with 235.86£ of employed capital.
  • The second momentum investment strategy would give 0% of return on Activision Blizzard Inc.. That represents 0.0£ of latent gain with 0.0£ of employed capital.
Performance at glance (1Q Momentum)

Performance

-14.46 %

Latent gain

-34.11 £

Invested capital

235.86 £

Annualized return

-0.0 %
Performance at glance (2Q Momentum)

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Momentum equity curve on Activision Blizzard Inc.

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two momentum strategies applied to Activision Blizzard Inc.:

Activision Blizzard Inc. momentum equity

Note: the dividends potentially given by Activision Blizzard Inc. are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on Activision Blizzard Inc.

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution of the two momentum strategies on Activision Blizzard Inc. since the beginning:

Activision Blizzard Inc.

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250£, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000£.


Buy the dip strategy result on Activision Blizzard Inc.

Buy the dip entry openings on Activision Blizzard Inc.

Activision Blizzard Inc.

The performance achieved by the robo-advisor on Activision Blizzard Inc. is 0%. That represents 0.0$ of latent gain with 0.0£ of employed capital. The following chart shows Activision Blizzard Inc. stock price with all the entries opened by the automated investment system.

Note: The blue line represents the weekly stock price of Activision Blizzard Inc., and the green triangles represent the entry openings. The artificall robo-advisor needs at least 100 weeks of trading history to work.

Performance at glance

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Equity curve of the strategy applied to Activision Blizzard Inc.

The following chart shows the result of the investment strategy applied to Activision Blizzard Inc.:

Activision Blizzard Inc.

Note: the dividends potentially given by Activision Blizzard Inc. are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on Activision Blizzard Inc.

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution since the beginning of the investment strategy on Activision Blizzard Inc.:

Activision Blizzard Inc.

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Investment strategies comparison on Activision Blizzard Inc.

In this section, I will compare the three previous investment strategies applied to Activision Blizzard Inc..

Equity curve comparison on Activision Blizzard Inc.

The following chart shows the equity curve of the artificall advisor, the trend folowing and the automatic investment strategies:

Activision Blizzard Inc. investment strategy comparison

Employed capital comparison on Activision Blizzard Inc.

Activision Blizzard Inc. investment comparison

Performance comparison on Activision Blizzard Inc.

Strategy Latent Profit Growth Employed capital CAGR
Automatic investment 0% 0.0£ 0.0£ 0.0%
Momentum 1 quarter -14.46% -34.11£ 235.86£ -241.0%
Momentum 2 quarters 0% 0.0£ 0.0£ -0.0%
Non-directional 0% 0.0£ 0.0£ -0.0%
Annualized return comparison

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Correlated stocks

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Positive correlations

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Negative correlation

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Note: The algorithm computes the probability of correlation between Activision Blizzard Inc. and the other stocks. There may be false positives or some missing correlated stocks. If the price of Activision Blizzard Inc. does not vary for 36 weeks, the correlation calculation result will be wrong.


Company information

Company name Activision Blizzard Inc.
Country United States
City Santa Monica
Address 2701 Olympic Boulevard Building B
Phone 310 255 2000
Website www.activisionblizzard.com
FullTime employees 9800
Industry
Sector
Exchange XLON
Ticker 0H8X.XLON
Market www.londonstockexchange.com

Activision Blizzard Inc. ESG Scores

Environment scores

Environment ESG Factors Scores
Environment Score 0.2
Peer Environment Performance 1.6194174757282
Environment Percentile unknown
Palm Oil no
Nuclear no
Fur Leather no
GMO no
Coal no
Pesticides no
Animal Testing no

Social scores

Social ESG Factors Scores
Social Score 12.5
Peer Social Performance 9.5473786407767
Social Percentile unknown
Highest Controversy 4
Peer Highest Controversy Performance 1.4857142857143
Adult no
Gambling no
Alcoholic no
Tobacco no
Catholic no
Controversial Weapons no
Small Arms no
Military Contract no
Peer Count yes

Related Controversy: Employee Incidents


Governance scores

Governance ESG Factors Scores
Governance Score 6.3
Peer Governance Performance 6.5864077669903
Governance Percentile unknown

ESG at glance
Total ESG Scores: 18.9
Environment Score: 0.2
Social Score: 12.5
Governance Score: 6.3

ESG Performance: UNDER_PERF

Peer Group: Software & Services

Peer Esg Score Performance: 17.753523809524

Rating Year: 2022

Rating Month: 8

Max Age: 86400

Percentile: 22