Activision Blizzard Announces Better-Than-Expected Fourth Quarter And Calendar Year 2012 Results
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced better-than-expected financial results for the fourth quarter and calendar year 2012.
| Fourth Quarter | Calendar Year | |||||||||||||
| (in millions, except EPS) | 2012 | Prior Outlook* | 2011 | 2012 | 2011 | |||||||||
| GAAP | ||||||||||||||
| Net Revenues | $ | 1,768 | $ | 1,485 | $ | 1,407 | $ | 4,856 | $ | 4,755 | ||||
| EPS | $ | 0.31 | $ | 0.19 | $ | 0.08 | $ | 1.01 | $ | 0.92 | ||||
| Non-GAAP | ||||||||||||||
| Net Revenues | $ | 2,595 | $ | 2,412 | $ | 2,408 | $ | 4,987 | $ | 4,489 | ||||
| EPS | $ | 0.78 | $ | 0.70 | $ | 0.62 | $ | 1.18 | $ | 0.93 | ||||
| *Prior Outlook was provided by the company on November 7, 2012 in its earnings release | ||||||||||||||
For calendar year 2012, Activision Blizzard delivered record GAAP net revenues of $4.86 billion, as compared with $4.76 billion for 2011. On a non-GAAP basis, the company’s net revenues were $4.99 billion, as compared with $4.49 billion for 2011. For the calendar year 2012, GAAP net revenues from digital channels were $1.54 billion and represented 32% of the company’s total revenues. On a non-GAAP-basis, for the calendar year 2012, net revenues from digital channels were a record $1.60 billion and represented 32% of the company’s total net revenues.
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