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Electronic Arts (EA) spent $2.5 billion on share buybacks in FY25

EA increased its annual total of shares repurchased compared to 2024.

Donovan Erskine

May 6, 2025 2:25 PM

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Electronic Arts’ has released its earnings report for Q4 2025, providing financial insight not only for the quarter, but the entire fiscal year. In providing its full-year numbers, Electronic Arts revealed that it has increased the amount it spends on share buybacks, spending a total of $2.5 billion.

Details surrounding EA’s stock buyback can be found in the Fiscal Year Financial Highlights section of its Q4 2025 earnings report. Here, the company confirms that it spent $2.5 billion in share repurchases in 2025, a sharp increase from the $1.3 billion spent in 2024.

It’s not rare for companies, especially ones as large as EA, to repurchase its own stock in order to raise its value and improve financial statements. In fact, EA stated its intention to spend $2.5 billion on stock buybacks at the end of the previous quarter.

You can get more insight from EA’s latest quarter from the company’s earnings call. Stick with Shacknews for more financial news in the world of gaming.

Donovan Erskine

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Donovan is a journalist from Maryland. His oldest gaming memory is playing Pajama Sam on his mom's desktop during weekends. Pokémon Emerald, Halo 2, and the original Star Wars Battlefront 2 were some of the most influential titles in awakening his love for video games. After interning for Shacknews throughout college, Donovan graduated from Bowie State University in 2020 with a major in broadcast journalism and joined the team full-time. He is a huge film fanatic and will talk with you about movies and games all day. You can follow him on twitter @Donimals_