Earnings can be summed up by three words, Candy Crush Asia.
I wonder how it must feel to be part of the Call of Duty-team and be the least profit contributing division within ATVI. The change has been dramatic.
In Q1 2016 revenues and margins where as follows:
- Activision: $360m (28%)
- Blizzard: $294m (29%)
- King: $207m (32%)
In Q3 2016 revenues and margins where as follows:
- Activision: $377m (33%)
- Blizzard: $727m (44%)
- King: $459m (30%)
YoY revenues grew 58%, the breakdown is as follows:
- Americas +61%
- EMEA +36%
- Asia Pacific +113%
YoY revenues per platform breakdown is as follows:
- Console 8%
- PC 70%
- Mobile +236%
85% of sales are digital, approx. 80% excluding King.
Full year guidance was $6.45bn and EPS of 1.92. That is a P/S of 4.8x and PE around 21.7 (at $41.7 share price)