TTWOTake-Two Interactive
Is it safe?
Strong, no red flags: a safe balance sheet, clean books, and quality strong.
Financially healthy, low distress risk Altman Z-score, a bankruptcy-risk model from five balance-sheet ratios.
Reported earnings show no manipulation flags Beneish M-score, a forensic model that detects earnings-manipulation patterns (receivables outrunning sales, margins slipping, accrual-heavy profit).
High fundamental quality Piotroski F-score, nine pass/fail tests of year-over-year financial health across profitability, balance sheet and efficiency. 7 to 9 is strong, 0 to 3 weak.
Insiders were net sellers (-$13.2M, 90 days to Oct 8, 2026), selling is often routine.
Investment-grade balance sheet. A rule of thumb on leverage, not a credit rating.
Moderate price swings, typical volatility. Worst drawdown -56% · now 19% below its 52-week high.
Unless marked, from SEC EDGAR, as of Mar 31, 2026.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. Altman sits structurally low for utilities and pipelines; Beneish runs high for fast growers, since sales growth alone lifts it; banks and REITs are excluded.
Can TTWO take a bad year?
Take-Two Interactive carries $693M of net debt at 19.8× EBITDA: a heavy load to carry through a bad year.
Net debt · as at Q1 2027 · over four years of earnings before interest, tax and depreciation, heavy
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 19.8×
Net debt / EBITDA
- Altman Z-score
- 4.11
Altman Z-score · safe zone, above 3
- Interest cover
- none
Interest cover · no operating profit to pay the interest bill from
Details›
- Total debtQ1 2027
- $2.52B
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.83B
- Net debt
- $693M
- EBITDA, trailing twelve months
- $35M
- Operating profit, trailing twelve months
- −$161M
- Debt / equity
- 0.70×
- Total debt / EBITDA
- 72.0×
- Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
- 32%
- Worst drawdown on file
- −56%
- Below its 52-week high
- 19%
Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.
Communication Services
Ranks #118 of 124 by RyuScore