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Fly News Breaks for February 13, 2019
EA, ATVI
Feb 13, 2019 | 06:19 EDT
SunTrust analyst Matthew Thornton lowered his price target on Activision Blizzard (ATVI) to $49, saying the company's reported quarter and guidance were "clearly challenged", with added risk coming from the rising popularity of Electronic Arts' (EA) Apex Legends. The analyst also keeps his Buy rating on the stock, noting that some of its uncertainty has been removed while the management is increasing development investment to accelerate new content. Thornton lowers his FY19 and FY20 EPS by 42c and 43c to $2.25 and $2.50 respectively, adding that his new valuation multiples are in in with historical average and may prove conservative.