Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) is currently the fourth best-performing stock on the S&P 500 — up almost 80% so far this year. That growth looks tame compared to its rival, Take Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO), though, whose shares have more than doubled since the start of 2017.
Yet while both companies are poised for strong sales gains and rising profitability, growth investors should prefer Activision over its smaller rival today.