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GME·GameStop Corp.

$22.62
-0.15 (-0.66%)
Market Closed (Overnight)$22.57-0.05 (-0.22%)
High
$22.95
Open
$22.90
Market Cap
11.43B
52W High
$29.00
Low
$22.34
P. Close
$22.62
P/E
12.80
52W Low
$17.01
Fwd P/E
12.17
DailyIQ Est.
-
Inst. Ownership
-
Short Interest
11.25%
Days to Cover
9.7
Technical Score (1D)
64
BUY
News Sentiment
67
BULLISH
GameStop’s latest earnings report, released just over an hour ago, showed a stronger‑than‑expected Q2 with collectibles sales up 57% and record operating income, confirming the company’s turnaround narrative. The earnings beat was accompanied by CEO Ryan Cohen’s purchase of 1 million shares for $20.4 million, a clear sign of insider confidence in the business’s prospects. Adding to the bullish sentiment, Jim Cramer’s rare endorsement on “Mad Money” has amplified retail enthusiasm, driving the stock higher for a third consecutive week. The combination of earnings momentum, insider commitment, and media hype suggests a sustained short‑term rally, as traders anticipate continued upside in the near term. However, the long‑term upside remains uncertain, as the company still faces challenges in scaling its e‑commerce and inventory models. Over the next 1–10 trading days, the market will likely test the durability of this rally, watching for any signs of short covering or a shift in retail sentiment. Key watch items include any follow‑up guidance from management, potential changes in short interest, and the broader market’s reaction to the continued retail hype. Traders should also monitor the broader gaming and collectibles sector for any macro‑driven demand shifts that could influence GameStop’s performance.
GME|Analyst Targets
Earnings Summary
GameStop Corporation is a specialty retailer focused on video‑game sales and related merchandise, operating primarily in North America and Europe, and has diversified into digital content and collectibles to broaden its consumer base. In the most recent quarters, GameStop’s EPS surged from $0.17 in Q1 2025 to $0.25 in Q2 2025, a 47% jump, while revenue increased from $732.4 million to $972.2 million, a 32.8% rise; both metrics beat analyst expectations, with EPS exceeding estimates by $0.13 in Q1 2025 and $0.095 in Q2 2025, and revenue growth outpacing the prior quarter’s 9.6% increase. Historically, GameStop has shown a volatile earnings pattern, with EPS growth fluctuating but generally improving, and revenue growth accelerating in recent quarters, indicating a strengthening of its collectibles and digital segments; the company has consistently beat EPS estimates in the last four quarters, though revenue growth has been uneven. Recent insider activity, notably Ryan Cohen’s $20 million purchase of one million shares, signals renewed confidence from leadership and may lift investor sentiment; this insider buying aligns executive and shareholder interests and could support the stock’s upward momentum. Forward‑looking watch points include monitoring any subsequent earnings guidance that could confirm or contradict the insider confidence, observing changes in GME’s guidance on collectibles and overall revenue, and keeping an eye on broader retail‑sector sentiment, as these factors will be key to assessing the sustainability of GameStop’s turnaround and its impact on valuation.

EPS

EstBeatMiss
$0.00$0.09$0.17$0.25$0.34Q4'24Q1'25Q2'25Q3'25Q1'27
QtrEstActual+/−
Q1'27$0.27 - -
Q3'25$0.20$0.24+20.0%
Q2'25$0.15$0.25+61.3%
Q1'25$0.04$0.17+325.0%
Q4'24$0.08$0.30+275.0%

Revenue

EstBeatMiss
$650M$829M$1.0B$1.2B$1.4BQ4'24Q1'25Q2'25Q3'25Q1'27
QtrEstActual+/−
Q1'27$757M - -
Q3'25 - $821M -
Q2'25 - $972M -
Q1'25 - $732M -
Q4'24 - $1.3B -

Market Data

GME Stock Snapshot

HOLD64/100
$22.57$0.05 (0.2%)
Market cap
11.43B
P/E ratio
12.8
Day range
$22.34 – $22.95
News sentiment
67/100 · Bullish
52-week range+32.7% off low · -22.2% from high
$17.01$29.00
Price $22.57

GameStop Corp. is consolidating: price is in the middle of its 52-week range without a decisive push either way. In Consumer Cyclical, names this size usually take direction from sector flows before company-level news.

Reverse DCF

What growth is priced into GME?

RICH

At today's price, GameStop Corp. needs to grow free cash flow about -2.9% a year for the next 10 years to justify its valuation at a 8.59% cost of capital. Over its actual history it has compounded free cash flow at -6.5% a year, so the market is asking for 3.6 percentage points above its own delivered rate. On that basis GME looks priced above what its own growth record supports.

Implied FCF growth
-2.9%
Historical FCF CAGR
-6.5%
Growth gap
+3.6 pts
Verdict
RICH
Discount rate (WACC)
8.59%
Beta
0.93

Behaviour On Record

What GME's own history says about today's numbers

Realized volatility (21d)
33.9% 27th pct
Below its peak
-35.5%
vs 200-day average
+2.0%
Up days (1y)
49%

GameStop Corp. is currently running 33.9% annualised volatility over the last 21 sessions. Measured against GME's own 11 years of daily returns rather than a market-wide average, that is the 27th percentile on the quiet side for this stock, against a typical reading of 44.4%. The distinction matters because a number that looks calm for one stock is turbulent for another, and the absolute figure on its own tells you neither.

GME is trading -35.5% below its running peak. Across 10 full years on file, its median worst-drawdown-in-a-year was -41.0%, and the deepest was -80.0% in 2019. The current pullback is therefore shallower than what this stock gives back in a typical year, which is context worth having before treating it as a dislocation.

Price sits +2.0% from its 200-day moving average. Against every other day in its history, that gap ranks at the 69th percentile a somewhat wider gap than its own norm. Over the past year GME closed higher on 49% of sessions, and it is currently 1 session into a falling streak.

On September specifically: over 11 years of records, GME finished the month higher 6 of 11 times, with a median return of +7.7% and an average of +10.9%. Its strongest month historically has been January at +28.1% on average, its weakest June at -4.7%. Seasonality is a weak signal on its own — a decade is a small sample and regimes change — but it is a real distribution rather than a rule of thumb.

Overnight risk is measurable too: GME has opened more than 2% away from the prior close in 203 of 2,789 sessions (7.3% of the time), with the largest gaps running +53.6% and -10.8%. For anyone holding through an event, that rate is a better guide to overnight exposure than the intraday range.

All figures computed from 2,794 daily closes between 2013-09-20 and 2026-09-18, split-adjusted, recomputed daily. Percentiles are against GME's own 13-year history, not a peer group or index.

Sector Rotation

Is money rotating into or out of GME's sector?

GameStop Corp. sits in the Consumer Discretionary sector, currently ranked 10th of 11 GICS sectors by relative-strength rotation score (improving). Within its narrower Retail industry group, GME ranks 8th of 15 tracked industries, lagging.

Sector rank
#10 of 11
Sector state
Improving
Sector rotation score
10
Industry rank
#8 of 15

Options Market

What is the options market pricing for GME?

CallsPuts

For GameStop Corp.'s nearest expiry (2026-09-25, 5 days out), open interest is call-heavy, a bullish tilt (put/call ratio of 0.17), with at-the-money implied volatility around 45.3%. The options market is pricing roughly a ±5.2% move by that expiry — a range of about $20.80–$23.08.

Put/call ratio (2026-09-25)
0.17
ATM implied volatility
45.3%
Total open interest
72,105
Expected move by 2026-09-25
±5.2% ($20.80–$23.08)

Analyst Rating Changes

Are analysts turning bullish or bearish on GME?

Wedbush most recently reiterated its rating on GameStop Corp. to Underperform on Jun 11, 2025 with a price target of $14. Over the last 90 days, coverage has run 0 upgrades against 0 downgrades, a net mixed lean.

Latest action
WedbushUnderperform
90-day upgrades
0
90-day downgrades
0
Net rating momentum
0
DateFirmActionRatingPrice target
Jun 11, 2025WedbushReiteratedUnderperform$14
Mar 31, 2025WedbushMaintainedUnderperform$10 → $14
Sep 11, 2024WedbushMaintainedUnderperform$11 → $10
Jun 12, 2024WedbushMaintainedUnderperform$14 → $11
May 17, 2024WedbushMaintainedUnderperform$6 → $7
Mar 27, 2024WedbushMaintainedUnderperform$6 → $6
Nov 30, 2023WedbushReiteratedUnderperform$6
Sep 7, 2023WedbushMaintainedUnderperform$6 → $6
Sep 1, 2023WedbushReiteratedUnderperform$6
Jun 8, 2023WedbushMaintainedUnderperform$7 → $6
Jun 2, 2023WedbushReiteratedUnderperform$7
Mar 16, 2023WedbushMaintainedUnderperform$5

GME Competitive Positioning

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