Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (TTWO) earnings on August 7, 2026

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More Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. earnings

Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Accurate

Take-Two's stock climbed 6% despite a weak sales forecast, helped by the CEO's comments on GTA VI's strong pre-orders.

TTWO price around the earnings

246.50

Change: +6.0%

2026-08-07, 20:00 UTC

Start of the measured window End of the measured window
225.00 232.41 239.81 247.22 232.57
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Price series around the event

Prior thesis

Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Accurate

Thesis published
Results released

Positive outlook; the scenario is optimistic.

The company has a strong recent record of beating earnings expectations and analysts are very supportive, but the stock's recent trend is weak, so the outlook is positive but with some caution.

Context analyzed before publication

Summary
Positive outlook; the scenario is optimistic.
Playbook
The stock has been volatile recently, with a negative trend over the past month, but it is showing some stabilization. Analyst price targets cite significant upside, and the company's earnings history is strong.
Trend
Expert sentiment stable and positive

Analysts

Drivers

  • Analysts Positive

    Analysts rate it a strong buy, with a price target of $284, citing about 22% above the current price.

Evidence

Analyst consensus
Strong buy
Consensus average (1-5)
1.17
Analysts covering the stock
29
Average price target
284.14
Lowest price target
170
Highest price target
368
Upside to price target
22.2%
Revenue growth
6.1%
Forward EPS
10.03
Trailing EPS
-1.6
Analyst moves in the last 60 days
10
  • Strong buy: 2
  • Buy: 26
  • Hold: 0
  • Sell: 0
  • Strong sell: 1
Strong buy
2
Buy
26
Hold
0
Sell
0
Strong sell
1
  • July 27, 2026 · BTIG: Reiterates rating (Buy → Buy)
  • July 7, 2026 · Wells Fargo: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
  • July 2, 2026 · BTIG: Reiterates rating (Buy → Buy)
  • June 25, 2026 · BTIG: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
  • June 25, 2026 · BMO Capital: Maintains rating (Outperform → Outperform)
  • June 24, 2026 · BTIG: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
  • June 24, 2026 · BTIG: Initiates coverage (Buy → Buy)
  • June 23, 2026 · B of A Securities: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
  • June 23, 2026 · BTIG: Initiates coverage (Buy → Buy)
  • June 15, 2026 · DA Davidson: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)

News and sentiment

Evidence

Sentiment
Sentiment
Constructive
Mention volume
High
Normalized volume
99%
News
Sources (5)

Technicals

Drivers

  • Technical Negative

    The stock's trend is weak, falling about 10% over the past month and underperforming the tech-heavy index by 10.6%.

Evidence

Price when the context was analyzed
232.58
Average true range (ATR)
3.3%
Distance to 52-week high
-11.4%
14-day change (14d)
+1.0%
30-day change (30d)
-9.8%
30-day relative strength
-10.6%
QQQ change (30d)
+0.7%
Nearest support
230.34
Distance to nearest support
1%
Nearest resistance
232.9
Distance to nearest resistance
0.1%
Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
0.74
  • Major: 230.34 (1% away, 0.29 ATR, 41 touches)
  • Major: 229.03 (1.5% away, 0.46 ATR, 38 touches)
  • Major: 226.93 (2.4% away, 0.73 ATR, 39 touches)
  • Major: 232.9 (0.1% away, 0.04 ATR, 51 touches)
  • Major: 234.27 (0.7% away, 0.22 ATR, 33 touches)
  • Minor: 236.46 (1.7% away, 0.5 ATR, 4 touches)

Trends

Evidence

Average earnings surprise
+68.9%
  • May 21, 2026: actual EPS 0.8 vs estimate 0.56 (surprise +43.5%)
  • February 3, 2026: actual EPS 1.23 vs estimate 0.83 (surprise +47.5%)
  • November 6, 2025: actual EPS 1.46 vs estimate 0.93 (surprise +56.5%)
  • August 7, 2025: actual EPS 0.61 vs estimate 0.27 (surprise +128.1%)

Expected move

Drivers

  • Past earnings Positive

    The company has beaten earnings expectations 100% of the time, with an average surprise of +68.9%, a strong recent track record.

Implied move
+0.0%
Source
Options chain

Reactions over its last 20 earnings

Median move
5%
75th percentile move
8.3%
90th percentile move
12%
Up / down moves
9 / 11
Average up move
+7.3%
Average down move
-5.5%

Monitoring and close

What Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. reported

Status
Finished
Actual EPS0.35
EPS estimate0.33
EPS surprise+6.1%
Revenue$1,386 million
Revenue estimate$1,413 million
Revenue surprise-1.9%

Take-Two holds fiscal 2027 bookings forecast. Shares rise 4.2%. Case Desk falls 21% after reporting lower-than-expected quarterly revenue. Under Armour cuts its annual revenue outlook.

Sources (27)

Pre-market second reading after the results

Verdict
Beat expectations

Heading into the open, results beat expectations on earnings but not on revenue, and the price is indicating +1.1% pre-market, a move below the stock's usual reaction (about 5%). The figures confirm the optimistic scenario. In the 1,609 similar cases in our market history, the close held that direction 75% of the time.

How the stock reacted

Outcome
Accurate
Consolidated
+6.0%
Max favorable move (MFE)
6.4%
Max adverse move (MAE)
7.5%