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a finacial analysis for the company activision blizzard over the last 3 years
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ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
A financial analysis
OVERVIEW
o Activision Blizzard revealed History successful productso Financial analysis Comparing yearly earnings Stock evolutiono Conclusiono sources
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD EXPLAINEDHISTORY
o American holding company Activision Blizzard Entertainmento 2008o Vivendi Games
o HQ of Actvision: Santa Monica, California
o HQ of Blizzard: Irvine, California
o More than 7000 employees
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD EXPLAINEDHISTORY
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD EXPLAINEDSUCCESSFUL PRODUCTS
o Most successful franchises: Activision Call of Duty series
Guitar Hero series
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD EXPLAINEDSUCCESSFUL PRODUCTS
$ 310 mill
4.7 mill copies sold
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD EXPLAINEDSUCCESSFUL PRODUCTS
o Most sucessful franchises: Blizzard Starcraft series
Warcraft series
Diablo series
COMPARING YEARLY EARNINGS
COMPARING YEARLY EARNINGS
COMPARING YEARLY EARNINGS
COMPARING YEARLY EARNINGS
COMPARING YEARLY EARNINGS
Life expectancy of certain aquisitions
STOCK EVOLUTION
COMPARISON OF 6 YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN* Among Activision Blizzard, Inc., The NASDAQ Composite Index
And The RDG Technology Composite Index
STOCK EVOLUTION
STOCK EVOLUTION
o Value of 1 share: $10.90(01/01/2009) +3.67%
o Value of 1 share: $11.30(12/31/2009)
o Cash dividend of $0.15/share
o No dividend in 2009 or 2008
CONCLUSION
o A very strong company
o Provides assurance to the investor
o Success will continue to grow due to long anticipated releases
THE END
Thank you for watching
Tijs De Smedt
SOURCES
o Activision Blizzard: http://investor.activision.com/reports.cfm
o Activision Blizzard annual report:http://investor.activision.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1047469-10-1649
o Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision_Blizzard
o Hard times: PC game piracy in US estimated at 75-80%http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/165488/hard-times-pc-game-piracy-in-us-estimated-at-75-80/
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