Weekly profile.ACTIVISION Activision, Inc. NASDAQ: ATVI is an American video game developer and publisher. It was the first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles, founded on October 1 1979. INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic. Antonym: dec. . Symbol: ATVI ATVI Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute Exchange: NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on Close: $21.30 1-WK % Chg: 3.4% Business Overview Activision Inc., incorporated in 1979, is an international publisher of interactive entertainment software products. The company has two operating segments: publishing and distribution. Publishing relates to the development (both internally and externally), marketing and sale of DVD-, CD- and cartridge-based interactive entertainment software products owned or controlled by the company either directly, by license or through its affiliate label program with third-party publishers. Activision's distribution business consists of operations in Europe that provide logistical lo·gis·tic also lo·gis·ti·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to symbolic logic. 2. Of or relating to logistics. [Medieval Latin logisticus, of calculation and sales services to third-party publishers of interactive entertainment software, its own publishing operations and manufacturers of interactive entertainment hardware. In October 2002, the company acquired Luxoflux Corp., a software developer. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003 (fiscal 2003), Activision continued to enhance its internal product development capabilities with the acquisitions of two privately held interactive software development companies, Z-Axis Ltd. and Luxoflux Corp., as well as a 30% capital investment in a third, Infinity Ward Infinity Ward, located in Encino, California, is a computer game developer founded by the former employees of 2015, developers of . The studio was acquired by Activision in October 2003. : Income Statement LTM 03 * 2002 ** Revenue (millions) $909.7 $864.1 Operating Income (millions) 90.8 94.8 Net Income (millions) 63.1 66.2 EPS $0.64 $0.64 Income Statement Summary Revenue (millions) Headquarters: Santa Monica Operating Income (millions) Market Cap: $1.9 billion Net Income (millions) Dividend Yield: None EPS P/E Ratio: 34 * Latest twelve months ended on Dec. 31. ** Fiscal year ended on Mar. 31. |
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