COMPARE · Reviewed August 3, 2026
EA vs TTWO
Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. EA scored 40.7, TTWO scored 31.2 — EA leads.
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Different reporting periods. EA's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but TTWO's are as of March 2026 — a 3-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
EA
Electronic Arts Inc.
40.7
$209.94 · $53.0B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
9.5
EA leads
TTWO
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
31.2
$241.07 · $45.1B
fundamentals as of
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
EA
stronger →← stronger
TTWO
78
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
24
33
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
91
26
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
14
EA is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
EA
TTWO
$2.3bB
FCF
$462mC
+0.9%C
Rev
+18.2%B+
0.27A-
D/E
0.84C+
59.8xC
P/E
—
1.30B
PEG
3.39D
—
P/S
6.8xC
Winner per row is the stronger grade in our model; a tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
EA
TTWO
2% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
310% above
~6%/yr
Growth the price implies10-yr FCF · lower = less priced in
~53%/yr
-5%
1-yr DCF upside
-81%
+2%
5-yr DCF upside
-76%
+14%
10-yr DCF upside
-64%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
EA
Why this score
- Durable high returns
TTWO
Why this score
- Diluting shareholders
The companies
EAElectronic Arts Inc.
Why now
Electronic Gaming & Multimedia · market cap $53.0b. Trading near 52-week high of $209.95 — momentum setup, limited technical margin of safety. 14 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $205.79 (implying -2% upside).
Moat
ROE 15% sits above Buffett's preferred 15% threshold — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income — non-cash charges (depreciation, intangible amortization) are holding down GAAP earnings while cash generation stays strong. $53.0b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Trailing P/E 59.8x prices in sustained high growth — any quarter that disappoints triggers sharp re-rating. Trading within 0% of the 52-week high — limited technical margin of safety; a momentum reversal would test conviction.
TTWOTake-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
Why now
Electronic Gaming & Multimedia · market cap $45.1b. 9% off the 52-week high of $265.94. Revenue growing +18%, comfortably above the S&P median. 29 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $284.14 (implying +18% upside).
Moat
Turnaround / out-of-favor name — GAAP-unprofitable for now, so the durability case is forward-looking: it rests on a recovery (margin normalization, a cyclical upturn or restructuring) or an un-monetized asset (IP / network effects / first-mover position) rather than on current reported results.
Risk
Currently unprofitable (margin -4.5%) — path to GAAP profitability is the core thesis risk. ROE -8% is below the long-run sustainable threshold of ~10% — capital efficiency would need to improve for the equity base to compound at the market rate.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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