As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Activision Blizzard, Inc performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
Net Bookings: $3.57 billion versus $3.26 billion estimated by five analysts on average.
Net revenues-King: $727 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $698.80 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +6.3%.
Net revenue-Other/Revenues from non-reportable segments:
$241 million compared to the $224.50 million average estimate based on four analysts.
Net revenues-Activision [$M]: $1.85 billion versus $1.53 billion estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +60% change.
Net revenues-Blizzard [$M]: $794 million versus $715.39 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +89.5% change.