When operating cash flow is less than net income, there is something wrong with the cash cycle.

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"EA's challenges could not have come at a worse time, as the middle innings of a game cycle should be the glory days of operating margin expansion and significant cash generation, " Piper Jaffray analyst Anthony N.

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But with reasonably safe profits from submarine optics, IP routing and Services, we believe the company is in a position to generate between 1% and 4% operating margins every year going forward, which should turn, over the cycle, into positive cash generation before restructuring costs.

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