GameStop (GME) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

GameStop Corp. is a specialty retailer founded in 1999 and headquartered in Grapevine, Texas. The company was originally known as GSC Holdings Corp. but later changed its name following its IPO. Originally a brand of then dominant Babbages, Gamestop altered the way video games were distributed and it is now the world's largest retailer of video games and video game accessories. The company went public in 2004 and operated 4,573 stores at the start of 2022. Brands under the company umbrella include Gamestop, EB Games, and Micromania as well as 50 pop-culture-themed Zing Pop locations.

Gamestop Corp. provides video games and entertainment products through its global network of e-commerce properties and stores. The company sells new and pre-owned gaming platforms and accessories like controllers, headsets, memory cards, and gaming software as well as in-game products like digital currency, downloadable content, and games. The company also sells new and used memorabilia and collectibles. Genres include TV, movie, comic book, and game characters as well as many other items from pop culture. GameStop Corp. also operates Game Informer, a magazine and website dedicated to the gaming industry including reviews, updates, and new developments in technologies.

Game enthusiasts enjoy two primary benefits of using Gamestop. The first is access to the full range of games and gaming accessories. The second is the ability to sell or trade their old equipment and games for fair prices. All old equipment is refurbished to a like-new state before resale.

In 2021 Gamestop announced it was entering the world of cryptocurrency. The company revealed plans to build an NFT (non-fungible token) platform for listing, selling, and holding digital or digitized artwork and collectibles. The beta version launched in 2022 and has so far seen great success with an average daily volume exceeding $1 million. The NFT marketplace also featured Web3.0 games in which characters and in-game items are held forever on the blockchain. As of September 2022, the most successful retailer on the NFT marketplace was Gamestop Presents, a collaboration of cover art from Game Informer Magazine. Sales at the time were just under 168 ETH or about $221,500.00.

GameStop began a slide in 2016 following a series of bad investments that included a foray into the world of mobile phones. The slide came to an end in late 2021 when shareholders using the Reddit thread Wallstreet Bets orchestrated a short-squeeze and brought on the age of meme stocks.

 

Written by Jeffrey Neal Johnson

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $27.26 to $27.94
• 50-Day Range: $21.12 to $28.38
• 52-Week Range: $10.70 to $64.83
• Volume: 5.39 million shs
• Average Volume: 20.58 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $12.20 billion
• P/E Ratio: 151.56
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $11.50
• Consensus Rating: Sell

GameStop Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

GameStop scored higher than 33% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 198th out of 276 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 0.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Sell

Consensus Rating

GameStop has received a consensus rating of Sell. The company's average rating score is 1.00, and is based on no buy ratings, no hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

GameStop has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 125.00%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for GameStop are expected to grow by 125.00% in the coming year, from $0.08 to $0.18 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of GameStop is 151.56, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.90.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of GameStop is 151.56, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 16.42.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

GameStop has a P/B Ratio of 6.23. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

12.76% of the float of GameStop has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

GameStop has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.2.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in GameStop has recently increased by 5.13%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

GameStop does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

GameStop does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of GameStop is 584.62%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, GameStop will have a dividend payout ratio of 844.44% in the coming year. This indicates that GameStop may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Environmental Score: -1.03

Percentage of Shares Shorted

12.76% of the float of GameStop has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

GameStop has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.2.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in GameStop has recently increased by 5.13%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.32

News Sentiment

GameStop has a news sentiment score of 0.32. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.84 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 12 news articles for GameStop this week, compared to 21 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 68 people have searched for GME on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -32% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 32 people have added GameStop to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -20% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, GameStop insiders have bought 7,754.84% more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $11,140,200.00 in company stock and sold $141,826.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

12.28% of the stock of GameStop is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 29.21% of the stock of GameStop is held by institutions.

GME Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have GME shares performed this year?

GameStop's stock was trading at $31.34 at the beginning of the year. Since then, GME stock has decreased by 13.0% and is now trading at $27.28.
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How were GameStop's earnings last quarter?

GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March, 25th. The company reported $0.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.09 by $0.21. The business's revenue was down 28.5% on a year-over-year basis.

When did GameStop's stock split?

Shares of GameStop split before market open on Friday, July 22nd 2022. The 4-1 split was announced on Wednesday, July 6th 2022. The newly created shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes on Thursday, July 21st 2022. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 400 shares after the split.

Who are GameStop's major shareholders?

GameStop's top institutional shareholders include Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.56%), IMC Chicago LLC, Rhumbline Advisers (0.24%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.21%). Insiders that own company stock include Ryan Cohen, Nir Vinay Patel, Alain Attal, Diana Saadeh-Jajeh, Lawrence Cheng, Mark Haymond Robinson and Daniel William Moore.
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How do I buy shares of GameStop?

Shares of GME stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of GameStop own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that GameStop investors own include Meta Platforms (META), Humana (HUM), NVIDIA (NVDA), American Water Works (AWK), Waste Connections (WCN), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR) and The RMR Group (RMR).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 3/25/2025
• Today: 4/29/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 6/06/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 1/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Computer & software stores
• Sub-Industry: Computer & Electronics Retail
• Current Symbol: NYSE:GME
• CIK: 1326380
• Web: www.gamestop.com
• Phone: (817) 424-2000
• Fax: 817-424-2002
• Employees: 12,000
• Year Founded: 1996

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $11.50
• High Stock Price Target: $11.50
• Low Stock Price Target: $11.50
• Potential Upside/Downside: -57.8%
• Consensus Rating: Sell
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $0.26
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 151.56
• Forward P/E Ratio: 341.00
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $6.70 million
• Net Margins: 1.45%
• Pretax Margin: 1.70%
• Return on Equity: 2.11%
• Return on Assets: 1.46%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 5.11
• Quick Ratio: 4.36

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.82 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.19
• Cash Flow: $0.24 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 112.24
• Book Value: $4.38 per share
• Price / Book: 6.23

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 447,084,000
• Free Float: 391,933,000
• Market Cap: $12.20 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: -0.44