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Activision Blizzard (ATVI) Stock Gets Crushed After Earnings Miss

Activision Blizzard Inc ATVI just released their fourth quarter fiscal 2015 earnings results, posting earnings of $0.81 per share and revenue of $1.353 billion.

Currently, ATVI has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), but it is subject to change following the release of the company's latest earnings report. Here are 5 key statistics from this just announced report below.

Activision Blizzard:

Missed earnings estimates. The company posted $0.81 per share , missing our Zacks Consensus Estimate of 0.83.

Missed revenue estimates. The company saw revenue figures of $1.353 billion , missing our estimate of $2.201 billion.

Monthly active users in 2015 increased by 25%, reaching all-time highs.

"With our expected closing of the acquisition of King Digital later this month, we will have the largest game network in the world"-CEO Bobby Kotick.

ATVI was down $4.20, or 13.76%, to $26.32 as of 5:14 PM ET in after hours trading shortly after its earnings report was released.

Here's a graph that looks at Activision Blizzard's quarterly revenues growth.

Activision Blizzard Inc. (ATVI) Quarterly Revenue & Growth Rate | FindTheCompany

Activision Blizzard Inc is a worldwide pure-play online and console game publisher with leading market positions across all categories of the rapidly growing interactive entertainment software industry. Activision Blizzard's portfolio includes best-selling video games such as Guitar Hero, Call of Duty, Tony Hawk, Spider-Man, X-Men, Shrek, James Bond, and Transformers; it also owns leading franchises like Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Blizzard Entertainment's StarCraft, Diablo, and Warcraft, including the global number one subscription-based multi-player online role-playing game, World of Warcraft. Activision Blizzard was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

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