Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) earnings on July 28, 2026

After the market closes Q2 2026

More Electronic Arts Inc. earnings

Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Missed

Electronic Arts shares barely moved after earnings, closing nearly flat as the market saw no major surprise in the report.

EA price around the earnings

208.91

Change: +0.0%

2026-07-29, 20:00 UTC

Start of the measured window End of the measured window
208.54 208.82 209.09 209.37 208.87
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Price series around the event

Prior thesis

Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Missed

Thesis published

Persistent earnings miss pattern with severe Q1/Q4 misses; negative analyst skew; Saudi deal speculation insufficient offset.

Context analyzed before publication

Trend
Sharp deterioration from -12.9 to -70.7 over 7 days into event; trend strength reversal.

Analysts

Evidence

Analysts covering the stock
14
Average price target
205.79
Lowest price target
168
Highest price target
210
Upside to price target
-1.5%
Quarterly earnings growth
81.5%
Revenue growth
11.9%
Forward EPS
9.63
Trailing EPS
3.51
Analyst moves in the last 60 days
0
  • Strong buy: 0
  • Buy: 1
  • Hold: 17
  • Sell: 0
  • Strong sell: 0
Strong buy
0
Buy
1
Hold
17
Sell
0
Strong sell
0

News and sentiment

Evidence

Sentiment
Sentiment
Constructive
Mention volume
Low
Normalized volume
33%

Technicals

Evidence

Average true range (ATR)
0.3%
Distance to 52-week high
-0.1%
14-day change (14d)
+1.3%
30-day change (31d)
+1.9%
30-day relative strength
+5.2%
QQQ change (31d)
-3.3%
Nearest support
209
Nearest resistance
210
Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
1.31

Trends

Evidence

Average earnings surprise
+10.4%
  • May 5, 2026: actual EPS 1.59 vs estimate 2.36 (surprise -32.4%)
  • February 3, 2026: actual EPS 0.35 vs estimate 1.48 (surprise -76.4%)
  • October 28, 2025: actual EPS 0.54 vs estimate 0.35 (surprise +52.7%)
  • July 29, 2025: actual EPS 0.25 vs estimate 0.13 (surprise +97.5%)

Expected move

Implied move
+0.2%
Source
Options chain

Reactions over its last 20 earnings

Median move
2.4%
75th percentile move
5.6%
90th percentile move
7.6%
Up / down moves
11 / 9
Average up move
+3.8%
Average down move
-2.8%

Monitoring and close

What Electronic Arts Inc. reported

Status
Finished

EA reports earnings Wednesday. Saudi PIF's $55 billion acquisition gets EU approval. Stock optimistic amid deal and new game updates.

Pre-market second reading after the results

There is no second reading available for this event.

How the stock reacted

Outcome
Missed
Consolidated
+0.0%
Max favorable move (MFE)
0.2%
Max adverse move (MAE)
0.2%