ATVI
P/E (ttm): 29.83
PERIOD ENDING .....31-Dec-07 .30-Sep-07. 30-Jun-07. 31-Mar-07
Retained Earnings ..728,497 .. 456,301 .. 455,603 .. 427,777 <--
Total Revenue ....1,482,484. 317,746. 495,455. 312,512
Sale of Stock .......8,702 ... 19,080 .. 11,182 .... -
Net Borrowings ........0..........0..........0..........0 <-----
http://stockcharts.com/charts/gallery.html?ATVI
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to $20? no? short sell]
Short % of Float (as of 26-Feb-08)3: 2.50%
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy): 79.90% <<====xlnt
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy): 90.60% <<====xlnt
Total Debt (mrq): 0 <<====xlnt
Activision, Inc. engages in the development, publi****ng, and distribution
of interactive entertainment software and peripheral products. It offers
a ****tfolio of products that spans various categories and markets, and is
used on various game hardware platforms and operating systems. The
company's products include game categories, such as action/adventure,
action s****ts, racing, role-playing, simulation, first-person action,
music-based gaming, and strategy. It offers its products primarily in
versions that operate on the Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3,
Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360 console systems, Nintendo Game Boy
Advance, Sony PlayStation ****table, and Nintendo Dual Screen hand-held
devices, and personal computers. The company develops, markets, and sells
products directly, by license, or through its affiliate label program
with certain third-party publishers. It provides logistical and sales
services to third-party publishers of interactive entertainment software
and manufacturers of interactive entertainment hardware. The company was
founded in 1979 as Activision, Inc. It changed its name to Mediagenic,
Inc. in 1988. The company changed its name back to Activision, Inc. in
December 1992. Activision Inc. is based in Santa Monica, California.
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FROM THE RECENT 10Q QUARTERLY RE****T:
we have a long-term relation****p with Marvel Entertainment, Inc. through
an exclusive licensing agreement for the Spider-Man and X-Men franchises
through 2017. This agreement grants us the exclusive, worldwide rights to
develop and publish video games based on Marvel's comic book franchises:
Spider-Man and X-Men. In addition, we have an agreement with Spider-Man
Merchandising, LP which grants us exclusive, worldwide rights to publish
video games based on subsequent Spider-Man feature films through 2017.
Through December 31, 2007, games based on the Spider-Man and X-Men
franchises have generated approximately $1.1 billion in net revenues
worldwide. Under this agreement, in the first quarter fiscal 2007 we
released the video game, X-Men:
The Official Game coinciding with the theatrical release of "X-Men: The
Last Stand." In the third quarter fiscal 2007, we released Marvel:
Ultimate Alliance across multiple platforms and Spider-Man: Battle for
New York on the NDS and the GBA. In the first quarter fiscal 2008, we
released Spider-Man 3 based on Columbia Pictures/Marvel Entertainment,
Inc.'s feature film "Spider-Man 3," which was released in May 2007. We
also released Spider-Man: Friend or Foe in the third quarter fiscal 2008.
We also have an exclusive licensing agreement with professional
skateboarder Tony Hawk. The agreement grants us exclusive rights to
develop and publish video games through 2015 using Tony Hawk's name and
likeness. Through December 31, 2007, we have released nine titles in the
Tony Hawk franchise with ***ulative net revenues of $1.3 billion,
including the fiscal 2008 third quarter release, Tony Hawk's Proving
Ground, which was released on the PS3, the PS2, the Wii and the NDS.
We have continued our focus on establi****ng and maintaining relation****ps
with talented and experienced software development and publi****ng teams.
In June 2006, we acquired RedOctane, Inc. ("RedOctane"), the publisher of
the popular Guitar Hero franchise. The Guitar Hero franchise has set the
industry record, surpassing $1 billion in North America retail sales in
just 26 months, according to the NPD Group, which is a provider of
consumer and retail market research information for a wide range of
industries. In the third quarter fiscal 2008, we released Guitar Hero
III: Legends of Rock, which according to the NPD Group was the number one
title in units and dollars for calendar year 2007, making it the best-
selling video game of all time in a single calendar year. We plan on
continuing to build on this franchise by investing in future development
of Guitar Hero titles across a variety of platforms
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