GameStop (GME) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock?
GameStop Corp (NYSE:GME), AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (NYSE:AMC), and Chewy Inc (NYSE:CHWY) have all been popular retail trader plays, especially since Keith Gill (otherwise known as "Roaring Kitty") returned to social media this summer.
GameStop (GME) stock price has moved sideways in the past few weeks as investors reflect on its recent earnings and cash raise. It was trading at $22.48 on Friday, much lower than the year-to-date high of $64.
Michael Pachter with Wedbush Securities has called Gamestop (GME) a bank with the way its leadership has handled money. He questions why people are still buying into the stock, pointing to questionable practices, lack of value, and muted communication with investors.
GameStop Corp‘s GME stock price is up 17.04% year-to-date but down 12.43% over the past month.
Roaring Kitty's reappearance with a large GameStop position in May, helped the share quote to rise from $12 to $60+ in quick order. GameStop's management issued $3.05 billion in new shares during May-June, reshaping the balance sheet with $4.2 billion in cash vs. just $1.15 billion in liabilities. Positive net income and potentially stronger returns on the reinvestment of its large cash holdings could force Wall Street to rerate shares much higher.
GameStop Corp (NYSE:GME) CEO Ryan Cohen has agreed to pay a nearly $1 million civil penalty to settle the US Federal Trade Commission's claim he failed to report the acquisition of more than $100 million worth of Wells Fargo shares. The Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Act (HSR) requires companies and individuals to report large transactions including securities acquisitions over a certain threshold to the FTC and Department of Justice, allowing federal agencies to investigate these deals before closing.
GameStop has announced that it will be closing even more brick-and-mortar locations in the coming year, after a disappointing earnings report.
GameStop Corp.'s long-term strategy is in the spotlight after the videogame retailer reported second-quarter results this week that saw sales fall more than 30% year over year.
Analysts at Wedbush have repeated their ‘Underperform' rating on GameStop Corp (NYSE:GME) after the video game retailer's quarterly sales disappointed and it unveiled plans to fast-track store closures. “GameStop announced accelerated store closures with its earnings, but with no replacement strategy in sight, management indirectly indicates that it is no longer beholden to shareholder interests,” analysts wrote in a note to clients.
The value of GameStop's stock continued to decline on Wednesday after the video game retailer—often the focus of meme stock trading since a viral 2021 rally—reported a decline in sales, dropping the company's market capitalization by $2 billion.
GME's Q2 net sales fall y/y, with declines across all major categories, including hardware, software and collectibles.