ATVI

[setravis]

AP
Ahead of the Bell: Activision Rises
Tuesday November 6, 8:40 am ET 
Activision Up on Higher Fiscal 3rd-Qtr and 2008 Forecasts, Analysts Praise Upcoming Games


NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of Activision Inc. edged up in premarket electronic trading Tuesday after the video game publisher predicted strong sales during the holiday season.
The Santa Monica, Calif.-based company reported an adjusted profit for its fiscal second quarter, while analyst polled by Thomson Financial expected a loss.


Analysts said the company has a solid lineup of games in the next few quarters, including "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare." Edward Williams of BMO Capital Markets expects "enormous" sales of the first-person shooter.

Williams raised his price target on Activision shares to $24 from $21, and kept a "Market Perform" rating on the stock.

"The company has a strong line-up for the holidays, and should receive a strong performance from titles released in the first two quarters of the fiscal year as well," he said.

Goldman Sachs analyst Mark Wienkes said Activision will have the industry's best slate of games in the holiday season.

Shares added 14 cents, to $23.04, in premarket trading. The stock closed at $22.90 Monday, and ranged from $22.88 to $23.09 premarket.



Yesterday's closing chart.......

[setravis]

Always impressed with you Setravis,  I have a mighty hard time keeping track of them all...  but it is true that ATVI would have made for some very nice swing trades over the last 9 months!

Will be interesting to see if it can break 16 in short order...  Will keep watching

I'm very impressed with a lot of members on our trading boards,
You being one of them ! Take to the limits... Keep up the great work. (applaud)

[Nidhi]

Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATVI) is raising its net revenue and earnings per diluted share outlook for the fiscal third quarter ending December 31 2007 and for fiscal year 2008. Robert Kotick, Chairman and CEO, Activision, Inc., said, "We are confident that the third quarter of fiscal 2008 will be the largest and most profitable quarter ever. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and our newly released Call of Duty 4(TM): Modern Warfare(TM) already are two of the biggest entertainment titles this year. Due to the strong consumer response to our slate through October and strong retail sales over the Thanksgiving weekend, we are raising our financial outlook for the December quarter and the fiscal year."

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[setravis]

"ATVI" Threads have been Merged.
Please use the search before starting new threads on a Stock Pick.
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Just trying to get threads together,so we don't have a numerous amount floating around on the same stock.                                                           
Thank You....and good luck with all your trades....make some $$$   



I will leave you today's closing chart while I'm in this thread.......

[BigSully1]

Vivendi to Buy Major Activision Stake
Sunday December 2, 8:21 pm ET
By Keith St. Clair, Associated Press Writer 
Game Makers Vivendi Games, Activision to Combine in Deal That Gives Vivendi Controlling Stake


LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Vivendi SA said Sunday that it plans to acquire a controlling stake in Activision Inc. and combine the company with Vivendi Games in a deal that would create a rival to Electronic Arts Inc. as the world's largest video game publisher.
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The combination of Santa Monica-based Activision, whose titles include "Guitar Hero," "Call of Duty" and the "Tony Hawk" series, and Vivendi Games, which publishes "Crash Bandicoot" and owns the online role-playing franchise "World of Warcraft," would create the world's largest pure-play online and console game publisher, the companies said.

Vivendi Games will convert its equity into Activision shares valued at $8.1 billion, and Vivendi will buy an additional $1.7 billion of stock, for a total of $9.8 billion, giving Vivendi a 52 percent stake in a new company to be called Activision Blizzard. On that basis, Activision and Vivendi valued the combined company at $18.9 billion.

"This transaction has always stuck out as the way to become the number one most successful video-game publisher," Activision Chief Executive Bobby Kotick said in an interview.

Vivendi's Irvine, Calif.-based Blizzard Entertainment is behind the top multiplayer online role-playing game franchise, "World of Warcraft," which the company says more than 9.3 million subscribers worldwide. Blizzard's Warcraft and Diablo series are two of the top-selling video game lines of all time.

Jean-Bernard Levy, chairman and chief executive officer of Vivendi, pledged the deal "will unlock the value of Blizzard."

Said Jeff Brown, spokesman for Electronic Arts: "We wish them luck. We look forward to the competition and believe that EA still has the strongest portfolio of perennial game franchises."

Kotick, who will stay on as president and CEO of the new company, said the deal had been in negotiations since January.

Under the agreement, shares of Vivendi Games will be converted into 295.3 million new shares of Activision common stock at a price of $27.50 per share, for a value of $8.1 billion, the companies said in a statement.

Vivendi, based in Paris, France, also will purchase 62.9 million newly issued shares of Activision common stock at a price of $27.50 per share, or $1.7 billion, giving Vivendi its 52 percent stake.

Activision Blizzard will continue to operate as a public company traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker ATVI.

After the transaction closes, expected in the first half of 2008, Activision Blizzard will launch a $4 billion all-cash tender offer to purchase up to 146.5 million Activision Blizzard common shares at $27.50 each. Vivendi also has agreed to acquire an additional $700 million of newly issued Activision shares, giving Vivendi about a 68 percent stake in Activision Blizzard if the tender offer is fully subscribed.

The offer price is a 24 percent premium to Activision's closing price Friday of $22.15 per share.

Activision Blizzard's board of directors will be comprised of six directors designated by Vivendi, two Activision management directors and three independent directors who currently serve on Activision's board of directors.

Vivendi Games CEO Bruce Hack will serve as vice chairman and chief corporate officer of Activision Blizzard.

The merger will provide Activision Blizzard with the most diversified and broadest portfolio of interactive entertainment assets in the industry, according to the statement.

The companies said the transaction would be accretive to earnings for both companies' shareholders in the first year after the deal closes. The combined company is targeting pro forma operating income of $1.1 billion and pro forma earnings per share of more than $1.20 in calendar year 2009.

[bjc]

There have been a number of themes I should have picked up on as a college student over the past 5 years or so. .

1.) The iPod.  If I had bought a little bit of AAPL when I first heard of the iPod, I would be doing pretty well.  Even the first time I bought one.  I had a roommate and everything who loved mac, so I should've seen the massive growth coming there, too.  And we all know Jobs is a genius.  The return here would be truly remarkable.  What a turnaround!

2.) Nintendo.  The Wii is SO fun, and you can't buy it anywhere...seems like quite the combination for an explosion in stock price.  Nintendo has worked this perfectly, I don't know if they can't really make enough Wii's to meet demand but the fact that they are always running out kinda keeps them "hot" or whatever the lingo may be.  Anyway, I caught on to this idea but sold early and haven't reaped the benefits.

3.) CROX, DECK, UA

These are all self explanatory.  Deckers makes the ugly boots called Uggs.  Girls love them though.  I think UA looks decent here, still a bit pricey but they have all the room in the world to expand, even if they can take a small chunk of Nike's pie that is huge growth.

4.) Activision

Guitar Hero is so popular.  I shoud've bought this summer when it was the only game anyone would talk about.

5.) RIMM

It's not like the blackberry is something we all just heard about after RIMM's run.  You could see this a mile away, I really wish I had gotten my paws on some RIMM.


anyway, I guess I am just trying to remind myself to catch on to such trends in the future.  It seems college kids often catch on to trends in their early stages.  I'd say this also applies for anywhere in 20s. 

[setravis]

ScottishTrader,
This is a beast ! Another Pop...this has put on such a show !!
I would say, indeed a turnaround 

Symmetrical Triangle... BreakOut !!!


Beat earnings...Activision, 2nd best selling online game Modern Warfare.
beats by $0.12, beats on revs; guides FY09 EPS above consensus, revs above consensus (27.70 +0.21) Reports Q4 (Mar) earnings of $0.17 per share, $0.12 better than the First Call consensus of $0.05; revenues rose 92.8% year/year to $602.5 mln vs the $369.1 mln consensus. Co issues upside guidance for FY09, sees EPS of $1.30 vs. $1.18 consensus; sees FY09 revs of $3.1 bln vs. $2.82 bln consensus.



52wk Range: 16.94 - 29.87
Volume: 22,077,089
Avg Vol (3m): 3,928,410
Market Cap: 9.33B
P/E (ttm): 34.50
EPS (ttm): 0.92


Technicals
Record Price High...
Most Actives...
Record Price Break Out... 
Gap Up
MACD - Bullish
Percentage Gainer
Price Gainer

Last Price Quote is:
15.63%above 13-day MA
16.61%above 50-day MA
RS Rating: 89 

Fundamentals
Analyst Upgrade to Buy
Analyst Downgrade to Hold

Key Data:
Market Cap (M): $7,982.69 
P/E Ratio: 30.16 
PEG Ratio: 1.39362 
Next Earnings: 08/07/2008
Last Analyst Rating: Hold


Below are the 6 month, 1 year, 2 year and 3 year charts...awesome !!