quinta-feira, dezembro 15, 2005

Derrocada na Activision

Hoje as acções da activision tiveram um bom comportamento, fechando a subir 5.3%, mas os mercados surpreendem-nos sempre...

No afterhours a empresa lança uma revisão dos resultados, prevendo uma quebra nos resultados, e mesmo que estes sejam bons não deixa de ser uma estimativa abaixo do esperado e geralmente o mercado penaliza isso seriamente.

Fechou o afterhours nos $12.5, ou seja, uma descida de -8% relativamente ao preço de compra!
Obviamente que os stops irão disparar logo na abertura mas uma vez que estamos bastante abaixo desses niveis irei esperar por um melhor preço para vender.
Para já irei colocar uma venda nos 13 Dólares mas caso o preço recupere no pre-market irei ver se é possível manter a posição caso exista indicações de que o preço irá recuperar nos próximos dias.

A notícia foi assim:

Activision Warns Of Lower Sales, Earnings
SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) - Video game publisher Activision Inc. on Wednesday afternoon slashed its profits and sales forecast for the current third quarter as well as the remainder of its fiscal year.

Shares of Activision (ATVI) slid 14% in after-hours trading after a halt on the stock was lifted following the announcement. The shares closed the regular session up 72 cents at $14.30.

The Santa Monica-based company said the shortfall is partially attributable to soft-than-expected sales of its game titles in October and November. Further, the company said its operating results for the quarter would be disproportionately affected by heavy marketing spending to promote its holiday launch slate.

Although Activision did not provide specific projections, the company said its earnings for the third quarter ended December 31 would be "significantly lower" than previously forecast.

"For the quarter, we still expect to generate significant revenues; however, we are disappointed that our earnings performance will come in substantially below our previous outlook," Michael Griffith, CEO of the company's publishing unit, said in a statement.

The company also said its fourth quarter earnings would be below expectations because of lower-than-expected catalogue sales.

Last month, Activision said its third quarter earnings would be 52 cents a share on revenue of $790 million. In the fourth fiscal quarter, Activision had expected 5 cents a share on sales of $226 million. For the full fiscal year, Activision has said earnings would be 52 cents a share with revenue coming in at $1.48 billion.

The company was hoping strong earnings in the current quarter would provide the bulk of its profits as the window contained a full slate of eight titles for retail, including "Tony Hawk's American Wasteland," and the action game "Call of Duty 2" for the new Xbox 360 console.

During the quarter, Activision had expected a warmer consumer reception to two internally-developed titles: "True Crime: New York City" and "GUN."

(END) Dow Jones Newswires


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