Updated 8:54 am EST to reflect the $55 billion leveraged buyout. Video-gaming giant Electronic Arts’  (EA) year just got even better. Shares of the video-gaming juggernaut have quietly outperformed into fall, up nearly 32% year-to-date, 33% over six months, and a superb 12% in the past month alone, before Friday’s fireworks. For those unfamiliar, EA makes and publishes some of the biggest entertainment franchises. Founded in 1982, the Redwood City–based publisher is behind: EA Sports FC (formerly FIFA) ...

The internal rate of return may be lower than typically targeted in a leveraged buyout. ...

Welcome to Yahoo Finance's flagship show, The Morning Brief. I'm Julie Hyman. Let's get to the three things you need to know today.First up, US stock futures kicking off the week in positive territory. Investors are looking ahead to a busy week of data and Fed speak. Key events include Tuesday's Jolt report, which is expected to show a decline in job openings, and Friday's non-farm payroll sprint, but the latter report could be delayed if the government shuts down.And speaking of which, the clock is ticking ...

U.S. stocks are rising and clawing back some of their losses from late last week. The S&P 500 added 0.4% in early trading Monday, coming off its first losing week in the last four. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 29 points, or 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite was up 0.6%. All three are near their all-time highs set a week ago. Electronic Arts climbed after the video-game maker confirmed rumors it would be taken private in what could become the largest-ever buyout funded by private-equity firms. A ke ...

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Shareholder rights law firm Johnson Fistel, PLLP has launched an investigation into whether the board members of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) breached their fiduciary duties in connection with the proposed sale of the Company to an investor group (“the Group”) comprised of PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners. Background: On September 28, 2025, Electronic Arts entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) pursuant to which the Com ...

Shares of Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ:EA) are up 4.9% to trade at $202.85 at last check, after the videogame concern etched a take-private deal with Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners worth $55 billion. The agreement will pay out shareholders $210 per share in cash. In response, EA surged to a record high of $203.75 right out of the gateToday's surge comes just after the shares toppled resistance at the $180 level Friday, marking its best single-day percentage pop sin ...

Electronic Arts Videogame maker Electronic Arts said a group of investors including private-equity firm Silver Lake, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and Jared Kushner's investment firm Affinity ... ...

Jared Kushner's private equity firm and Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund are some of the investors teaming up to take the video game giant private. ...

EA shares rose about 15% Friday to lead S&P 500 and Nasdaq on a report that a deal was close. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Shares of Electronic Arts (EA) jumped in morning trading after the video game maker agreed to be purchased by a consortium for $55 billion in cash. The company said the buyers, the Saudi Public Investment Fund and private equity firms Silver Lake and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners, will pay $210 per share, an 8.6% premium from Friday's closing price. The transaction is expected to ...

Let's begin with Electronic Arts, though. Agreeing to be taken private in this $55 billion deal. David, I assume you're all over this.Got some historic levels in terms of LBO history, right. It's the biggest of all time. You know, we go back 2007 was the TXU deal that I can remember.Well, of course, having reported on it, it KKR and TPG didn't work out well. Natural gas in Texas, uh, right before, yeah, the fracking revolution, um, and prices and what happened there. uh you go RJR Nabiscoco you want to go w ...