Activision Blizzard upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Nomura Instinet - InvestingChannel

Activision Blizzard upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Nomura Instinet

Nomura Instinet analyst Andrew Marok upgraded Activision Blizzard to Buy from Neutral and raised his price target for the shares to $64 from $49. The game maker closed yesterday down $1.12 to $54.91. Last month’s launch of World of Warcraft Classic has driven “strong, above-expectations” engagement in the franchise, Marok tells investors in a research note. Further, Overwatch has recently added new features and last week announced a launch on the Nintendo Switch, the analyst points out. He believes these provides a “much more favorable backdrop” heading into November’s BlizzCon, where he expects Activision will see the reveal of a World of Warcraft expansion for 2020 release and at least one of Diablo 4 or Overwatch 2.