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Take-Two Holds Outlook, Shares Rise

Take-Two's quarterly bookings fell 18% and missed Yahoo Finance's consensus, but the shares rose after hours as it reiterated its full-year outlook ten days before Grand Theft Auto VI launches.

Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO) shares rose about 4.3% in after-hours trading today after it reiterated its full-year bookings outlook despite an 18% fall in quarterly bookings. The Grand Theft Auto and NBA 2K publisher reported its September quarter results at 9:05pm UK time, after the US close.

The shares closed at $207.40, down 3.5% on the day before the results. After hours they traded at about $216.42, according to Yahoo Finance. The close was 18.2% below the 10th of August closing high of $253.57, after a 13.0% rebound from the $190.17 close of the 30th of October to the 6th of November.

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Net bookings, the value of games and in-game spending sold in the period, were $1,601.3m, down from $1,960.5m a year earlier. Console fell to $742.6m from $907.9m, PC and other to $151.1m from $234.5m, and mobile to $707.6m from $818.1m. The GAAP (standard accounting) net loss was $54.0m, or $0.29 a share, against $133.9m, or $0.73, a year earlier.

Yahoo’s revenue consensus, which appears to line up with bookings, averaged $1.66bn across 18 analysts, so the quarter missed by about 3.5% and came in below the lowest estimate of $1.62bn. The loss per share was far smaller than the average forecast of $0.86 from 11 analysts. Take-Two reiterated net bookings of $8.0bn to $8.2bn for the full year and guided to $3.35bn to $3.5bn for the December quarter, the one that carries the launch.

Line chart of Take-Two Interactive daily closing share price from 10 August to 9 November 2026, showing a decline from an August high to a late-October low, a rebound, and a close of $207.40 on the day of its fiscal Q2 results.
Take-Two’s daily closing share price from the 10th of August to today: a slide to the 30th of October, a rebound, and a $207.40 close before the results. The chart does not show the GTA VI date.

Strauss Zelnick, Take-Two’s chairman and CEO, tied the outlook to the game’s release:

The launch of Grand Theft Auto VI is ten days away and, with pre-orders continuing to reach unprecedented levels, we expect to deliver an historic year for our company.

Strauss Zelnick, Take-Two Interactive

The after-hours gain followed the release and the unchanged outlook, though the 4:30pm New York conference call may also have contributed. GTA VI launches on the 19th of November on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, so the guided quarter is where it has to show. For UK holders, the dollar-listed shares also carry sterling currency risk.

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