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Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
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Take Two Interactive Software, Inc / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>The latest financial earnings report for Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. presents a balanced outlook on the company's operations and future growth prospects.</li><li>The company reported net bookings of $1.37 billion for the third quarter of fiscal 2025, in line with its guidance range.</li><li>Significant strength was noted in NBA 2K, pushing net bookings within expectations despite some moderation in mobile franchises.</li></ul>

The latest financial earnings report for Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. presents a balanced outlook on the company's operations and future growth prospects.The company reported net bookings of $1.37 billion for the third quarter of fiscal 2025, in line with its guidance range.Significant strength was noted in NBA 2K, pushing net bookings within expectations despite some moderation in mobile franchises.

Take-Two Interactive: How Its Integration of Zynga Is Helping Them Capture Opportunities Within The Mobile Sphere!

<ul><li>Take-Two Interactive Software has demonstrated a robust performance in its second-quarter fiscal year 2025 results.</li><li>The company reported net bookings of $1.47 billion, aligning with the higher end of its guidance range.</li><li>This performance was notably driven by the continued success of key franchises such as Grand Theft Auto and Borderlands.</li></ul>

Take-Two Interactive Software has demonstrated a robust performance in its second-quarter fiscal year 2025 results.The company reported net bookings of $1.47 billion, aligning with the higher end of its guidance range.This performance was notably driven by the continued success of key franchises such as Grand Theft Auto and Borderlands.

Take-Two Interactive Software: Expansion In The Mobile Gaming Sector As A Pivotal Growth Engine! - Major Drivers

<ul><li>Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. reported a stable start to the fiscal year 2025, with first-quarter net bookings of $1.2 billion aligning with expectations.</li><li>The management expressed confidence in their strategic outlook and reaffirmed growth projections for the upcoming fiscal years, hinting at a robust pipeline committed to driving growth through fiscal 2026 and 2027.</li><li>Baptista Research looks to evaluate the different factors that could influence the company's price in the near future and attempts to carry out an independent valuation of the company using a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) methodology.</li></ul>

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. reported a stable start to the fiscal year 2025, with first-quarter net bookings of $1.2 billion aligning with expectations.The management expressed confidence in their strategic outlook and reaffirmed growth projections for the upcoming fiscal years, hinting at a robust pipeline committed to driving growth through fiscal 2026 and 2027.Baptista Research looks to evaluate the different factors that could influence the company's price in the near future and attempts to carry out an independent valuation of the company using a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) methodology.

Take-Two Interactive Software: A Robust Pipeline of New Games Can Be A Key Growth Catalyst! - Major Drivers

<ul><li>Take-Two Interactive Software Inc reported a healthy performance for the fiscal fourth quarter of 2024 with net bookings of $1.35 billion.</li><li>The fiscal year 2024 saw net bookings of $5.33 billion.</li><li>The performance for the period was attributed to the success of NBA 2K24, Zynga's in-app purchases, Match Factory!, the Red Dead Redemption series, and the Grand Theft Auto series.</li></ul>

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc reported a healthy performance for the fiscal fourth quarter of 2024 with net bookings of $1.35 billion.The fiscal year 2024 saw net bookings of $5.33 billion.The performance for the period was attributed to the success of NBA 2K24, Zynga's in-app purchases, Match Factory!, the Red Dead Redemption series, and the Grand Theft Auto series.

Take-Two Interactive Software: Increased Relevance of Mobile and Strategic Titles

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Index Rebalance

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<li>Constituent changes to the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/s-p-500-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22886:1" rel="noopener">S&amp;P 500 INDEX</a> and capping changes will result in a round-trip trade of US$15.5bn across the Select Sector indices and the S&amp;P500 Equal Weight Index.</li>
<li>The Select Sector index trackers and S&amp;P500 Equal Weight trackers will need to buy the adds to the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/s-p-500-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22886:1" rel="noopener">S&amp;P500 INDEX</a> and sell the deletes, further increasing flow for the stocks.</li>
<li>The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vaneck-vectors-semiconductor" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32807:1" rel="noopener">VanEck Vectors Semiconductor (SMH US)</a> ETF will be selling <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/broadcom-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:998:1" rel="noopener">Broadcom (AVGO US)</a> at the same time as the Select Sector and S&amp;P500 Equal Weight Index trackers.</li>
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Constituent changes to the S&amp;P 500 INDEX and capping changes will result in a round-trip trade of US$15.5bn across the Select Sector indices and the S&amp;P500 Equal Weight Index.
The Select Sector index trackers and S&amp;P500 Equal Weight trackers will need to buy the adds to the S&amp;P500 INDEX and sell the deletes, further increasing flow for the stocks.
The VanEck Vectors Semiconductor (SMH US) ETF will be selling Broadcom (AVGO US) at the same time as the Select Sector and S&amp;P500 Equal Weight Index trackers.


Select Sector Indices and S&P Equal Weight Rebalance: US$15.5bn Flow Post Capping

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Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. develops, markets, distributes, and publishes interactive entertainment software games and accessories.  The Company's products are for console systems, handheld gaming systems and personal computers (including smartphones and tablets) and are delivered through physical retail, digital download, online and cloud streaming services.

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Take-Two Interactive: How Its Integration of Zynga Is Helping Them Capture Opportunities Within The Mobile Sphere!

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Baptista Research

Take-Two Interactive Software: Expansion In The Mobile Gaming Sector As A Pivotal Growth Engine! - Major Drivers

Take-Two Interactive Software has demonstrated a robust performance in its second-quarter fiscal year 2025 results. The company reported net...

Baptista Research

Take-Two Interactive Software: A Robust Pipeline of New Games Can Be A Key Growth Catalyst! - Major Drivers

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. reported a stable start to the fiscal year 2025, with first-quarter net bookings of $1.2 billion aligning with...

Baptista Research

Take-Two Interactive Software: Increased Relevance of Mobile and Strategic Titles

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc reported a healthy performance for the fiscal fourth quarter of 2024 with net bookings of $1.35 billion. The...

Baptista Research

Select Sector Indices and S&P Equal Weight Rebalance: US$15.5bn Flow Post Capping

Constituent changes to the S&P 500 Index and capping changes will result in a round-trip trade of US$15.45bn across the Select Sector indices and...

Brian Freitas

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