WINTON GROUP Ltd Purchases 56,442 Shares of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. $TTWO

WINTON GROUP Ltd grew its holdings in Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO) by 2,526.5% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 58,676 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 56,442 shares during the period. WINTON GROUP Ltd’s holdings in Take-Two Interactive Software were worth $14,668,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC bought a new position in shares of Take-Two Interactive Software in the first quarter worth about $425,000. Empowered Funds LLC increased its position in Take-Two Interactive Software by 13.2% during the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 3,322 shares of the company’s stock worth $688,000 after purchasing an additional 388 shares in the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. increased its position in Take-Two Interactive Software by 118.7% during the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 304 shares of the company’s stock worth $63,000 after purchasing an additional 165 shares in the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership bought a new position in Take-Two Interactive Software in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $2,747,000. Finally, Jump Financial LLC lifted its stake in Take-Two Interactive Software by 105.3% in the 2nd quarter. Jump Financial LLC now owns 7,115 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,728,000 after purchasing an additional 3,650 shares during the last quarter. 95.46% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Take-Two Interactive Software Trading Down 1.0%

Shares of NASDAQ TTWO opened at $211.14 on Thursday. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $237.83 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $223.83. The stock has a market cap of $39.48 billion, a P/E ratio of -122.05, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 0.97. Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. has a 52-week low of $187.63 and a 52-week high of $265.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a current ratio of 1.06.

Take-Two Interactive Software (NASDAQ:TTWO) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, August 7th. The company reported ($0.18) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.33 by ($0.51). Take-Two Interactive Software had a positive return on equity of 12.25% and a negative net margin of 4.79%.The business had revenue of $1.53 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.36 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted ($0.07) EPS. Take-Two Interactive Software’s revenue for the quarter was down 2.1% on a year-over-year basis. Take-Two Interactive Software has set its Q2 2027 guidance at 0.900-1.000 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 5.750-6.000 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. will post 5.5 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Jon J. Moses sold 500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, June 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $244.61, for a total transaction of $122,305.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 21,868 shares in the company, valued at $5,349,131.48. This represents a 2.24% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Strauss Zelnick sold 40,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $252.64, for a total value of $10,105,600.00. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last three months, insiders sold 52,658 shares of company stock worth $12,948,552. 1.12% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have weighed in on TTWO. Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Take-Two Interactive Software in a research note on Monday, August 10th. BMO Capital Markets reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Take-Two Interactive Software in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on Take-Two Interactive Software from $289.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, August 10th. DA Davidson restated a “buy” rating and set a $300.00 price objective on shares of Take-Two Interactive Software in a research report on Monday, August 10th. Finally, Zacks Research cut Take-Two Interactive Software from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 25th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have given a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Take-Two Interactive Software currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $296.95.

About Take-Two Interactive Software

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc is a global developer, publisher and marketer of interactive entertainment. The company creates and distributes games for consoles, personal computers and mobile devices, as well as related downloadable content, subscriptions and in-game services.

Take-Two operates through well-known labels including Rockstar Games, 2K and Zynga. Its portfolio includes the Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption, NBA 2K, WWE 2K, Borderlands, BioShock, Civilization and XCOM franchises, along with mobile and social games such as Zynga’s casual and social entertainment offerings.

Founded in 1993 and headquartered in New York City, Take-Two serves customers worldwide through both physical retail channels and digital distribution platforms.