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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000712515-24-000013"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EA"
cik: "0000712515"
company_name: "ELECTRONIC ARTS INC."
filed_at: "2024-05-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T21:21:36.661823+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# EA posts record FY24 cash flow $2.315B, net income up 59%; unveils $5B buyback

## Summary
- FY24 net revenue $7.562B (+2% YoY); diluted EPS $4.68 vs $2.88; net income $1.273B.
- Record operating cash flow $2.315B (+49% YoY); EA SPORTS FC net bookings up high-teens; Madden NFL record net bookings up 6%.
- Q4 net revenue $1.779B (-5% YoY) but net income $182M vs $12M loss prior year.
- Board authorizes new $5B stock repurchase program over three years; quarterly dividend $0.19/share payable June 19.
- FY25 guidance: net revenue $7.1-$7.5B, net bookings $7.3-$7.7B, diluted EPS $3.34-$4.00.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000712515-24-000013
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EA
- cik: 0000712515
- company_name: ELECTRONIC ARTS INC.
- filed_at: 2024-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712515/000071251524000013/0000712515-24-000013-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712515/000071251524000013/ea-20240503.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000712515-24-000013.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. reported preliminary financial results for fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2024.
  - Period: fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2024
  - Result: preliminary results
  source text: On May 7, 2024, Electronic Arts Inc. ("Electronic Arts" or “EA”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712515/000071251524000013/0000712515-24-000013-index.htm

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