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Electronic Arts (FRA:ERT) Financial Strength : 8 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Electronic Arts Financial Strength?

Electronic Arts has the Financial Strength Rank of 8. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.

Good Sign:

Electronic Arts Inc shows strong financial strength.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Electronic Arts's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 24.33. Electronic Arts's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.25. As of today, Electronic Arts's Altman Z-Score is 5.19.


Competitive Comparison of Electronic Arts's Financial Strength

For the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia subindustry, Electronic Arts's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Electronic Arts's Financial Strength Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Electronic Arts's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Electronic Arts's Financial Strength falls into.



Electronic Arts Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Electronic Arts's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was €-14 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was €335 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €1,725 Mil.

Electronic Arts's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*334.705/-13.755
=24.33

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Electronic Arts's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(65.107 + 1724.877) / 7134.26
=0.25

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Electronic Arts has a Z-score of 5.19, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 5.19 is strong.

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Electronic Arts  (FRA:ERT) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Electronic Arts has the Financial Strength Rank of 8. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.


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Electronic Arts (FRA:ERT) Business Description

Address
209 Redwood Shores Parkway, Redwood City, CA, USA, 94065
EA is one of the world's largest third-party video game publishers and has transitioned from a console-based video game publisher to the one of the largest publishers on consoles, PC, and mobile. The firm owns number of large franchises, including Madden, EA Sports FC, Battlefield, Apex Legends, Mass Effect, Dragon's Age, and Need for Speed.

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