Glu Mobile

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Glu Mobile is a global developer and publisher of free games for smartphone and tablet devices. The Company is focused on creating compelling original IP games on a wide range of platforms including iOS, Android™, Windows Phone, Google Chrome, and MAC OS. Glu's technology platform enables its titles to be accessible to a broad audience of consumers globally.

TypePublic
Founded2001
HQSan Francisco, CA, USMap
Websiteglu.com
Employee Ratings4.3More
Overall CultureC+More
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Employees (est.) (Dec 2018)659(+21%)
Job Openings51
Revenue (FY, 2020)$540.5 M(+32%)
Share Price (May 2021)$12.5
Cybersecurity ratingCMore

Key People/Management at Glu Mobile

Nick Earl

Nick Earl

President and Chief Executive Officer, Director
Eric Ludwig

Eric Ludwig

Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer
Chris Akhavan

Chris Akhavan

Senior Vice President, Business Development, Corporate Development & Advertising
Becky Ann Hughes

Becky Ann Hughes

Senior Vice President of Growth
Jerome Collin

Jerome Collin

Vice President & General Manager, Glu Sports
Mark van Ryswyk

Mark van Ryswyk

Executive Vice President
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Glu Mobile Office Locations

Glu Mobile has offices in San Francisco, Burlingame, San Mateo, Toronto and in 1 other location
San Francisco, CA, US (HQ)
875 Howard St #100, San Francisco
Burlingame, CA, US
330 Primrose Rd #306Burlingame
San Mateo, CA, US
2 Waters Park Dr #150
Toronto, CA
200 60 Spadina Ave
Hyderabad, IN
Western Pearl
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Glu Mobile Financials and Metrics

Glu Mobile Revenue

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Glu Mobile's revenue was reported to be $540.52 m in FY, 2020
USD

Revenue (FY, 2020)

540.5m

Gross profit (FY, 2020)

349.0m

Gross profit margin (FY, 2020), %

64.6%

Net income (FY, 2020)

20.4m

EBIT (FY, 2020)

20.5m

Market capitalization (3-May-2021)

2.2b

Closing stock price (3-May-2021)

12.5

Cash (31-Dec-2020)

364.4m

EV

1.9b
Glu Mobile's current market capitalization is $2.2 b.
Annual
USDFY, 2011FY, 2012FY, 2013FY, 2014FY, 2015FY, 2016FY, 2017FY, 2018FY, 2019FY, 2020

Revenue

66.2m108.2m105.6m223.1m249.9m200.6m286.8m366.6m411.4m540.5m

Revenue growth, %

111%12%(20%)

Cost of goods sold

18.4m33.4m37.0m85.8m107.7m120.1m141.2m138.3m145.5m191.6m

Gross profit

47.8m74.8m68.6m137.4m142.2m80.4m145.7m228.3m265.9m349.0m
Quarterly
USDQ2, 2011Q3, 2011Q1, 2012Q3, 2012Q1, 2013Q2, 2013Q3, 2013Q1, 2014Q2, 2014Q3, 2014Q1, 2015Q2, 2015Q3, 2015Q1, 2016Q2, 2016Q3, 2016Q1, 2017Q2, 2017Q3, 2017Q1, 2018Q2, 2018Q3, 2018Q1, 2019Q2, 2019Q3, 2019Q1, 2020Q2, 2020

Revenue

17.7m16.9m21.5m21.3m19.1m24.4m21.7m44.6m40.9m64.8m69.5m56.2m63.3m54.5m48.4m51.4m56.8m68.7m81.1m81.4m90.2m99.3m95.9m95.5m107.1m107.3m133.3m

Cost of goods sold

3.8m5.8m3.3m3.2m3.1m8.7m9.0m13.8m12.9m27.1m28.7m23.8m29.8m22.7m21.0m56.1m24.9m27.9m31.7m30.7m33.9m38.6m34.5m33.9m37.8m37.9m47.6m

Gross profit

13.9m11.1m18.2m18.1m16.1m15.7m12.8m30.8m28.0m37.7m40.7m32.4m33.4m31.8m27.4m(4.7m)31.9m40.7m49.4m50.7m56.3m60.7m61.4m61.7m69.3m69.4m85.7m

Gross profit Margin, %

78%66%85%85%84%64%59%69%69%58%59%58%53%58%57%(9%)56%59%61%62%62%61%64%65%65%65%64%
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Annual
USDFY, 2011FY, 2012FY, 2013FY, 2014FY, 2015FY, 2016FY, 2017FY, 2018FY, 2019FY, 2020

Cash

32.2m22.3m28.5m70.9m180.5m102.1m63.8m97.8m127.1m364.4m

Accounts Receivable

11.8m11.9m18.3m32.2m18.0m21.5m34.7m27.3m29.3m34.6m

Prepaid Expenses

1.9m5.2m7.7m18.3m14.8m

Current Assets

46.4m39.4m54.5m121.4m237.1m155.0m137.6m171.0m214.6m463.1m
Quarterly
USDQ2, 2011Q3, 2011Q1, 2012Q2, 2012Q3, 2012Q1, 2013Q2, 2013Q3, 2013Q1, 2014Q2, 2014Q3, 2014Q1, 2015Q2, 2015Q3, 2015Q1, 2016Q2, 2016Q3, 2016Q1, 2017Q2, 2017Q3, 2017Q1, 2018Q2, 2018Q3, 2018Q1, 2019Q2, 2019Q3, 2019Q1, 2020Q2, 2020

Cash

26.4m36.9m28.9m24.5m24.1m21.2m19.1m27.7m37.0m71.5m54.3m65.7m189.7m182.3m159.3m158.0m147.5m73.2m68.1m62.9m48.3m61.5m80.8m93.2m99.5m102.4m114.7m283.1m

Accounts Receivable

12.4m10.0m14.2m14.0m14.6m12.4m10.4m11.3m19.7m16.0m34.6m24.5m25.1m26.0m16.7m14.3m14.2m27.0m32.2m34.2m34.4m38.0m38.0m34.7m40.2m44.8m42.5m64.7m

Prepaid Expenses

2.5m4.0m1.8m2.1m3.0m2.4m4.6m4.6m8.9m6.5m16.8m15.4m16.2m17.7m15.2m18.2m18.4m

Current Assets

41.9m51.5m45.4m40.8m41.7m36.1m34.5m43.6m65.5m93.9m105.7m117.4m248.5m243.8m221.6m209.0m190.5m135.8m138.3m137.8m119.5m140.3m163.4m171.3m186.2m203.7m215.6m436.6m
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Annual
USDFY, 2011FY, 2012FY, 2013FY, 2014FY, 2015FY, 2016FY, 2017FY, 2018FY, 2019FY, 2020

Net Income

(21.1m)(20.5m)(19.9m)8.1m(7.2m)(87.4m)(97.6m)(13.2m)8.9m20.4m

Depreciation and Amortization

1.8m2.4m8.3m7.8m12.6m2.9m3.2m3.9m4.2m5.4m

Accounts Payable

602.0k(586.0k)3.3m(4.3m)(1.7m)3.1m4.7m(10.2m)3.1m773.0k

Cash From Operating Activities

(6.7m)(6.7m)(9.6m)30.6m(11.5m)(19.8m)(28.2m)32.3m35.2m76.1m
Quarterly
USDQ2, 2011Q3, 2011Q1, 2012Q2, 2012Q3, 2012Q1, 2013Q2, 2013Q3, 2013Q1, 2014Q2, 2014Q3, 2014Q1, 2015Q2, 2015Q3, 2015Q1, 2016Q2, 2016Q3, 2016Q1, 2017Q2, 2017Q3, 2017Q1, 2018Q2, 2018Q3, 2018Q1, 2019Q2, 2019Q3, 2019Q1, 2020Q2, 2020

Net Income

(4.9m)(11.1m)(6.8m)(9.8m)(13.4m)(5.5m)(8.4m)(16.4m)133.0k(3.6m)6.8m1.1m(4.4m)(4.2m)(8.5m)(26.5m)(70.2m)(22.8m)(46.3m)(58.0m)(7.2m)(11.6m)(11.9m)663.0k3.2m(1.9m)(8.3m)(16.8m)

Depreciation and Amortization

833.0k1.3m562.0k1.1m1.7m731.0k1.4m6.5m1.3m2.5m4.6m3.3m6.5m9.6m3.0m6.0m14.1m790.0k1.6m2.4m976.0k4.9m2.9m1.1m2.1m3.2m1.3m2.7m

Accounts Payable

1.4m961.0k(1.2m)(693.0k)30.0k550.0k1.7m306.0k(1.4m)(2.9m)(6.8m)(54.0k)(1.2m)(259.0k)(40.0k)674.0k(1.2m)2.1m5.6m(3.7m)(2.8m)7.3m13.6m9.4m7.5m12.1m

Cash From Operating Activities

(2.6m)(2.5m)(4.1m)(2.6m)(5.1m)(3.7m)(5.6m)(11.5m)3.8m8.8m11.2m(5.1m)(6.3m)(14.1m)(11.8m)(9.8m)(19.6m)(29.0m)(32.4m)(33.3m)(16.5m)(4.2m)13.4m(2.4m)6.9m10.2m(16.9m)(3.0m)
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USDQ2, 2011

Financial Leverage

1.9 x
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Glu Mobile Operating Metrics

Glu Mobile's Daily Active Users was reported to be 4.2 m in Q1, 2017. Glu Mobile's Monthly Active Users was reported to be 32.8 m in Q1, 2017.
Q1, 2014Q2, 2014Q3, 2014Q4, 2014Q1, 2015Q2, 2015Q3, 2015Q4, 2015Q1, 2016Q2, 2016Q3, 2016FY, 2016Q1, 2017

Daily Active Users

7 m5.3 m7.2 m7.2 m6 m6.1 m5.5 m5.1 m4.9 m4.1 m3.5 m4.4 m4.2 m

Monthly Active Users

64.5 m51.9 m60.3 m62.6 m54.6 m59.6 m53 m49.4 m42.4 m35.8 m29.6 m35.9 m32.8 m

Cumulative Installs

711.9 m772.1 m879.8 m969.2 m1.04 b1.13 b1.21 b1.29 b1.36 b1.42 b1.48 b1.54 b1.61 b

Installations

70.5 m56.4 m59.6 m60.4 m70.8 m
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Glu Mobile Acquisitions / Subsidiaries

Company NameDateDeal Size
Plain VanillaDecember 22, 2016$1.2 m
CrowdStarNovember 03, 2016

Glu Mobile Revenue Breakdown

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Glu Mobile revenue breakdown by geographic segment: 74.3% from United States of America, 12.1% from EMEA, 9.1% from APAC and 4.5% from Other

Glu Mobile Cybersecurity Score

Cybersecurity ratingPremium dataset

C

75/100

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Glu Mobile Environment, Social & Governance (ESG) Ratings

CSRHub ESG ratingPremium dataset

40-49

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Glu Mobile Online and Social Media Presence

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Glu Mobile Company Culture

  • Overall Culture

    C+

    69/100

  • CEO Rating

    B-

    69/100

  • Compensation

    C

    64/100

  • Diversity

    C+

    70/100

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Glu Mobile News and Updates

February 13, 2021

SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Monteverde & Associates PC Announces an Investigation of Glu Mobile Inc. - GLUU

NEW YORK, Feb. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Juan Monteverde, founder and managing partner at Monteverde & Associates PC, a national securities firm rated Top 50 in the 2018 and 2019 ISS Securities Class Action Services Report and headquartered at the Empire State Building in New York City, is...
February 09, 2021

Glu Mobile soars 34% after Electronic Arts agrees to $2.4 billion takeover

Summary List Placement Smartphone game developer Glu Mobile and Electronic Arts have agreed to a $2.4 billion merger. Glu Mobile developed the popular smartphone game, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, among others. Shares of Glu surged as much as 34% on Tuesday following the takeover news. Sign up her…
February 09, 2021

SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Rigrodsky Law, P.A. Announces Investigation of Glu Mobile Inc. Buyout

WILMINGTON, Del., Feb. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rigrodsky Law, P.A. announces that it is investigating Glu Mobile Inc. (“Glu”) (NASDAQ GS: GLUU) regarding possible breaches of fiduciary duties and other violations of law related to Glu’s agreement to be acquired by Electronic Arts Inc. (“Elect…
December 23, 2020

Activision, Glu Mobile are best video-gaming stocks for 2021, trader says

Activision Blizzard's stock is the way to play video-gaming stocks with the industry set to expand in coming years, two traders say.
November 06, 2020

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March 25, 2020

Glu Mobile debuts Disney Sorcerer’s Arena mobile game

Publisher Glu Mobile has launched its Disney Sorcerer’s Arena mobile game on iOS and Android as Disney tests its new game strategy.
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Glu Mobile Blogs

April 22, 2020

Confined in rental apartments, millennials decorate virtual homes

The post Confined in rental apartments, millennials decorate virtual homes appeared first on Glu.
April 22, 2020

Disney Sorcerer’s Arena is a turn-based RPG that’s available now for iOS and Android

The post Disney Sorcerer’s Arena is a turn-based RPG that’s available now for iOS and Android appeared first on Glu.
April 22, 2020

MLB Tap Sports Baseball 2020 launches on Android and iOS

The post MLB Tap Sports Baseball 2020 launches on Android and iOS appeared first on Glu.
April 22, 2020

Glu Mobile releases MLB Tap Sports Baseball 2020 after one month in soft-launch

The post Glu Mobile releases MLB Tap Sports Baseball 2020 after one month in soft-launch appeared first on Glu.
April 22, 2020

‘Covet Fashion’ Made Me Feel I Belonged at New York Fashion Week

The post ‘Covet Fashion’ Made Me Feel I Belonged at New York Fashion Week appeared first on Glu.
April 22, 2020

Williams Sonoma Eyes Gamers Through Expanded Partnership

The post Williams Sonoma Eyes Gamers Through Expanded Partnership appeared first on Glu.
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 Glu Mobile Frequently Asked Questions

  • When was Glu Mobile founded?

    Glu Mobile was founded in 2001.

  • Who are Glu Mobile key executives?

    Glu Mobile's key executives are Nick Earl, Eric Ludwig and Chris Akhavan.

  • How many employees does Glu Mobile have?

    Glu Mobile has 659 employees.

  • What is Glu Mobile revenue?

    Latest Glu Mobile annual revenue is $540.5 m.

  • What is Glu Mobile revenue per employee?

    Latest Glu Mobile revenue per employee is $820.2 k.

  • Who are Glu Mobile competitors?

    Competitors of Glu Mobile include DoubleDown Interactive, King.com and Niantic.

  • Where is Glu Mobile headquarters?

    Glu Mobile headquarters is located at 875 Howard St #100, San Francisco, San Francisco.

  • Where are Glu Mobile offices?

    Glu Mobile has offices in San Francisco, Burlingame, San Mateo, Toronto and in 1 other location.

  • How many offices does Glu Mobile have?

    Glu Mobile has 5 offices.