How to Buy Electronic Arts Stock
Electronic Arts Inc
Electronic Arts Inc. develops, markets, publishes, and distributes games, content, and services for game consoles, PCs, mobile phones, and tablets worldwide.
Electronic Arts stock last closed at $148.48, down 1.05% from the previous day, and has increased 9.28% in one year. It has overperformed other stocks in the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia industry by 0.07 percentage points. Electronic Arts stock is currently +28.88% from its 52-week low of $115.21, and -11.88% from its 52-week high of $168.50.
There are currently 250.77M EA shares outstanding. The market cap of EA is $37.23B. In the last 24 hours, 1.7M EA shares were traded.
How to Buy Electronic Arts Stock
Wondering how to invest in Electronic Arts stock? Here's how.
- Choose where to buy Electronic Arts stock: You need to pick an online brokerage, but don't worry - we've analyzed dozens of online brokerages and apps to help you decide where to buy Electronic Arts stock.
- Sign up for a brokerage account: Sign up for 0% commission trading with the highest-rated brokerage we've selected.
- Put funds into your brokerage account: Select your method of payment and add your details.
- Research Electronic Arts stock: The Electronic Arts ticker symbol is EA. Is Electronic Arts stock a good investment? Should you buy shares of EA? How do EA's underlying business fundamentals look? Do top analysts think Electronic Arts is a good buy? Why has EA's stock price moved recently? (Hint: Our stock market analysis tools can help you evaluate if EA is a good stock to buy).
- Make your EA trade: Decide if you will purchase EA shares at the current market price or use a limit order to buy EA shares at a specific price.
- Keep an eye on your EA investment: Create a watchlist to get the latest news on your investment in Electronic Arts shares.
Step 1: Choose where to buy Electronic Arts stock
You need a brokerage account to access the NASDAQ market and buy EA stock.
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Open eToro AccountStep 2: Sign up for a brokerage account
Now that you've picked the best brokerage, it's time to fill out some personal information so you can buy EA stock today.
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Step 3: Put funds into your brokerage account
Now that you've opened your account on the best investment app, your next step is to transfer the money for your investment:
Watch the tutorial below for more details depositing funds into your new investment account.
Step 4: Research Electronic Arts stock
After you have identified the best place to buy Electronic Arts stock, it's important to analyze their stock prior to investing, so you can understand the risk as well as the upside.
Electronic Arts Metrics
Electronic Arts Overview
WallStreetZen was created to help average investors perform more accurate fundamental analysis.
You can view all of the due diligence checks on EA's stock page.
How is EA stock valued?
You can use many financial metrics, analyses, models, and charts to gauge EA's fair value.
Using relative valuations measures:
- EA may be undervalued based on its P/E ratio of 34.69x, relative to Electronic Gaming & Multimedia industry P/E ratio of -13.2x
- EA may be undervalued based on its P/B ratio of 5.83x, relative to Electronic Gaming & Multimedia industry P/B ratio of 7.12x
- EA could be overvalued based on its PEG ratio of 1.69x
You can access additional valuation analysis on EA's stock here.
Is EA a healthy company?
Passed Health Checks:
- EA earnings of $1.61B is not sufficient to cover its interest payments.
- EA's operating cash flow of $2.08B allows it to safely service it's debt of $1.88B.
- There are more short-term assets than long-term liabilities on the EA balance sheet.
Failed Health Checks:
- EA has a relatively high debt to equity ratio of 0.94.
- Total EA debt is higher than 5 years ago, relative to shareholder equity.
- EA profit margin has gone down from 16.8% to 15% in the past year.
- There are more short-term liabilities than short-term assets on the EA balance sheet.
Is it a good time to buy EA stock, according to Wall Street analysts?
Out of 15 Wall Street analysts who monitor EA, the consensus analyst rating on EA is a Buy
It's important to note that analyst forecasts are not recommendations, nor are they investment advice.
Most Recent EA Analyst Recommendations
Omar Dessouky, a top 12% analyst from Bank of America maintains EA with a hold rating and raises their EA price target from $150.00 to $166.00, on May 7, 2025.
Martin Yang, a top 4% analyst from Oppenheimer maintains EA with a buy rating and raises their EA price target from $170.00 to $185.00, on May 7, 2025.
Brian Nowak, a top 3% analyst from Morgan Stanley maintains EA with a hold rating and raises their EA price target from $135.00 to $148.00, on May 7, 2025.
David Karnovsky, a top 12% analyst from JP Morgan maintains EA with a hold rating and raises their EA price target from $135.00 to $160.00, on May 7, 2025.
Mike Hickey, a top 2% analyst from Benchmark maintains EA with a strong buy rating and raises their EA price target from $140.00 to $160.00, on Mar 24, 2025.
You can dive deeper into what analysts are saying on the Electronic Arts stock forecast page.
EA Trading Indicators
EA Performance Numbers
Last year, EA earnings were $1.12B. Over the past five year, EA's earnings have increased by -16.22% per year. This was slower than the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia industry average of 0.07%.
Last year, EA revenue was $7.46B. During the past five year, EA's revenue has increased by 6.15% per year. This was slower than the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia industry average of 18.26%.
You can analyze EA's earnings and revenue performance here.
Who is buying/selling EA?
In the last 12 months, insiders at EA have sold more shares than they have bought.
Laura Miele, President of EA Entertainment of EA, was the latest EA insider to sell. They sold $28,822.00 worth of EA shares on Jun 2, 2025.
Learn more about who owns EA shares here.
Does EA stock generate passive income?
Electronic Arts pays a dividend of 0.51%, compared to the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia industry's average dividend yield of 1.2%. If you owned $1,000 worth of EA stock, you would have been paid $5.12 in the past 12 months.
Electronic Arts dividend payments have consistently grown over the past 5 years and have remained stable.
Find more data about Electronic Arts dividend yield and history here.
What others are saying about EA
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Step 5: Make your EA trade
There are two primary order types:
- Market order: A market order is an order to buy or sell a stock at the best available price.
Market orders are mostly the best for newer investors. - Limit order: A limit order allows you to buy or sell a stock at a specific price (or better).
If you want to be certain you're buying or selling at an exact dollar amount limit, place a limit order.
Hit the Open button and eToro will execute the order.
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Step 6: Keep an eye on your EA investment
Now that you own some shares in EA, you'll want to stay up-to-date on your shares.
Put EA on a watchlist to track your EA stock.
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How to Buy Stock in Electronic Arts
To summarize, here are the 6 steps to buy Electronic Arts stock:
- Choose where to buy Electronic Arts stock
- Sign up for a brokerage account
- Put funds into your brokerage account
- Research Electronic Arts stock
- Make your EA trade
- Keep an eye on your EA investment
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