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CD Projekt: Shifting slate
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CD Projekt: Shifting slate
Equity Research
European Media
29 May 2026
CD Projekt
Shifting slate
With the announcement that the third expansion to The
Witcher 3 will come in 2027, we have pushed out all of our
releases by a year. On its own, that should not matter too CDR.WA/CDR PW UNDERWEIGHT Unchanged
much, but we think it hits confidence on delivery on all future European Media NEUTRAL
releases. 1Q26 was ahead of consensus but below Barclays. Unchanged
Price Target PLN 155.00
lowered -6% from PLN 165.00
For some time, we have worried about the ability of CD Projekt to deliver the slate
Price (28-May-26) PLN 228.20modelled by analysts. Following news of the release of the Songs of the Past expansion for
Potential Upside/Downside -32.1%The Witcher 3 in 2027, we have now 1) pushed The Witcher 4 to 2028; 2) pushed The Source: Bloomberg, Barclays Research
Witcher 5 from 2030 to 2031 (intended to be 3 years after TW4); 3) pushed Cyberpunk 2
from 2031 to 2032; 4) removed a modelled expansion for TW4 as management noted this
Market Cap (PLN mn) 22799
was unlikely and 5) pushed back two smaller Witcher games. Our thinking is as follows: A)
Shares Outstanding (mn) 99.91CD Projekt games have always seen continuing good sales over time, so they need some
Free Float (%) 66.43time to achieve their sales potential; B) we think that sales of Songs of the Past will slow
52 Wk Avg Daily Volume (mn) 0.3up pretty quickly when The Witcher 4 is released - Witcher fans are much more likely to
Dividend Yield (%) 0.44want to plunge into a big new adventure; so C) they will not release TW4 until maybe 18
Return on Equity TTM (%) 19.61months after the release of Songs of the Past. Of course to allow this 18mth window we
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