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Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
Weak signals across every dimension
1 of 5 met · composite in line with peers
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Stable quality
Profitability
3/4
Debt & liquidity
2/3
Efficiency
2/2
Growth is the one clear strength here: revenue grew 18.2% year over year, outpacing the sector median of 8.5% by +114%, and EPS growth of 117.8% runs +652% above the sector median of 15.7%. The last quarterly report reinforced that momentum — EPS came in 42.9% ahead of consensus. Against those numbers, the structural weaknesses are hard to ignore: operating margin sits at -1.6%, -108% below the sector median of 20.0%, and Debt/EBITDA of 26.4× exceeds the sector median of 1.5× by +1,609%, which leaves the balance sheet under meaningful strain. The forward picture is more constructive — the beat rate is strong and the forward PEG reads as reasonable — though the consensus view carries the usual optimistic tilt, and realized three-year EPS data from SEC filings is not available to anchor it. The composite of 35/100 against the sector median captures the tension between accelerating top-line growth and a cost structure that has not yet converted that growth into margin.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHTR | Charter Communications | 5/9 | 32% |
Quarter-by-quarter classification · a retrospective read by the current logic · not a price forecast
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. The method did not see these quarters in real time; this is the current logic applied to past reports.
The market prices in earnings growth; analyst sentiment is steady; has mostly beaten consensus.
Price against next year's expected earnings. The forward P/E already carries analyst optimism — read it alongside the “Versus consensus” line.
A forward P/E below the current one means the market expects earnings to grow; above it, to fall. The historical growth is realized figures from SEC filings, not a forecast.
The three-month change in the share of positive analyst ratings. This is sentiment, not an earnings-estimate revision, and not a call to act.
When TTWO reports on 2026-08-06, track whether operating margin narrows from its current level — 108% below the sector median of 20.0% — and whether Debt/EBITDA begins to compress from 17.1× above the median 1.54×. Revenue growth running at 2.1× the sector median is a partial offset, but margin recovery is the figure that matters most here.
In the annual report, find the sections covering debt covenants and liquidity disclosures — Debt/EBITDA at 17.1× above the sector median warrants a close read of refinancing terms. Also check management's discussion for how they plan to convert the 8.49% revenue growth into positive operating income.
Pick two or three companies from the same-sector table in section 06 and line up one metric — operating margin or Debt/EBITDA are the most relevant given TTWO's weak signals. The table is alphabetical with no ranking, so the selection is yours; the goal is to place TTWO's figures in a sector-relative context rather than reach an isolated verdict.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: -304%+22%-36%+315%
Over 4 years: ———26.38
Over 4 years: +53%-0%+5%+18%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 7 of 8 recent quarters — the company clears estimates regularly (consensus is often set conservatively).
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
| -1% |
| 24% |
| CMCSA | Comcast | 5/9 | 22% | -0% | 17% |
| DIS | Disney | 7/9 | 12% | +3% | 19% |
| EA | Electronic Arts | 5/9 | 13% | +1% | 15% |
| FOXA | Fox Corporation | 7/9 | 20% | +17% | — |
| GOOGL | Alphabet | 5/9 | 36% | +15% | 32% |
| META | Meta Platforms | 4/9 | 30% | +22% | 41% |
| NFLX | Netflix | 6/9 | 43% | +16% | 29% |
| OMC | Omnicom | 3/9 | -1% | +10% | 3% |
| T | AT&T | 6/9 | 18% | +3% | 19% |
| TMUS | T-Mobile | 6/9 | 18% | +8% | 21% |
| TTWO | Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. | 7/9 | -11% | +18% | -2% |
| VZ | Verizon | 6/9 | 17% | +3% | 21% |
A sample of 13 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
A simplified retrospective read: no analyst forecast (not available historically); the source is the annual report as of the date, so neighbouring quarters can rest on the same data. Quarters with the same classification in a row are merged into one row — each row is one change in the read, not a separate quarter. One ticker is an illustration of the classification logic, not statistics. How we calculate →
The last few quarters are recent context, not a fixed rate. Consensus for near quarters is set low, so companies clear it routinely; over long horizons the forecasts run the other way, too high.
A description of what the market and analysts expect. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. Analyst forecasts run systematically optimistic over long horizons — read them with that discount.