"The company's Q4 FY13 line-up faces a murderer's row of competition from the deepest industry AAA release slate we can remember outside of the holiday window," he wrote in a note to investors. And its boxed games portfolio for the rest of the 2013 financial year also raises a lot of questions, according to analyst Doug Creutz. While FIFA 13 and Madden NFL 13 have been strong for EA so far this year, titles such as Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Need for Speed: Most Wanted and NHL 13 have all underperformed at retail. With Electronic Arts falling out of the NASDAQ 100, analysts have begun to estimate significant reduction in its 2013 financial performance, ending March next year.Īlthough Cowen & Company expects EA shares can outperform the market by 20 per cent in the 2014 financial year boosted by a new console cycle and the next title in the Battlefield franchise, near term performance will be hampered by the publisher's packaged goods business, it said.Ĭonsensus puts EA's 2013 financial year earnings per share at $1.04, the company itself expects $1.00 - $1,15, but Cowen & Company is bracing for $0.82.
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