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    Activision is the largest third-party publisher in the world. It became the first third-party developer for video game consoles, and is responsible for popular franchises such as Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, and Tony Hawk.

    Why is activision stock so low?

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    #2  Edited By Romination

    There's a lot of it.

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    #3  Edited By KarlPilkington

    I've never taken any notice in the stock market.

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    #4  Edited By Karkarov

    Stock prices have to be matched against the company as well.  Like Romination said there is alot of Activision stock out there.  Most companies will actually go through lots of hoops to make sure their stock always stays at a reasonable price because when a stock gets the really high levels like 100 bucks a share people tend to be slower to buy.  That and it is considerably easier to maintain control of a cheap stock.

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    #5  Edited By Brendan

    Stock Price also depends on how many shares are put on the market by the company.  A company worth a paltry $500,000 that is only split into 10 shares will have a stock price of $50,000, for instance.  

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    #7  Edited By slantedwindows

    share price: price per piece

    shares: total number of pieces
    market cap: total number of pieces multiplied by price per piece

    ATVI - $13 BILLION
    ERTS - $6.7 B

    but the guy IS on to something though. for example, Citibank is doing a reverse split 1 for 10 to boost its stock price higher to around $45 a piece. the "fair value" of anything has a lot to do with psychology...
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    #10  Edited By scarace360

    Cause call of duty hasent come out in 2011 yet!

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    #11  Edited By KaosAngel

    Do you understand how stocks work?  The more stock, the cheaper it is.  Also the money Activision makes in revenue/profit is NOTHING compared to what the average corporation makes in.

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    #13  Edited By DystopiaX

    Videogames are relatively small money, and are a risky investment because the market is kind of volatile. Think of past great publishers/devs that faded away really quickly. On top of that, those in the know realize that the only major franchises they have left are Blizzard ones, which come out too infrequently to support a large publisher, and CoD, which has been doing well but is like putting all your eggs in one basket.


    Also, as others have said, there's a shitload of stock and Activision loses money every quarter there isn't a Call of Duty.
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    #14  Edited By Geno

    Stock prices are not an indicator of company wealth. Many other factors go into that. They're only relevant in comparison to where they've been in the past, not to other companies. 

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