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Video-game and consumer-electronics retailer, transitioning toward collectibles retail and corporate treasury/investment activities.
Video-game and consumer-electronics retailer, transitioning toward collectibles retail and corporate treasury/investment activities.
Sells new and used games, hardware and collectibles through stores and online, and has been shrinking its store base to cut costs. It holds a large cash pile, put into investments and, since 2025, bitcoin, which shapes its results. Ryan Cohen, chairman and chief executive, drives the shift.
Moat: none (brand). Recognizable gaming retail brand, but faces structural decline from digital game downloads.
Headquarters: Grapevine, Texas, US · Founded: 1984 · Employees: 4,000
Size GameStop (GME) is a United States Consumer Discretionary company (Electronics/Appliance Stores) with a market value of $12.7B, the 672nd largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $25.12 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 3.5%, against +8.4% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 9th lowest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 7.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.9%); the operating margin is 13.9% (peer median 4.0%).
Valuation It trades at 25.4× forward earnings against a peer median of 17.4× (4th most expensive of 16).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 19% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -7%, so the hurdle is +25 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 3.9 points below its cost of capital (11.1% WACC).
Credit GameStop has 2 bonds outstanding ($2.80B).
Short interest Short interest is 9.5% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 9 Dec 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.55B | $3.63B | $3.82B | $5.27B | $5.93B |
| Revenue growth | — | -5% | -27% | -11% | — |
| Gross profit | $1.35B | $1.18B | $1.08B | $1.24B | $1.31B |
| EBITDA | $512M | $305M | $21.5M | $24.5M | -$254M |
| Net income | $893M | $418M | $131M | $6.70M | -$313M |
| Free cash flow | $688M | $597M | $130M | -$239M | $52.3M |
| Capital expenditure | $517M | $518M | $16.1M | $34.9M | $55.9M |
| Total debt | $4.33B | $4.36B | $411M | $603M | $617M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GameStop GME | $12.7B | +3% | -8% | 14% | 25.4× | 18.7% |
| Best Buy BBY | $20.9B | +70% | +1% | 4% | 14.2× | 3.0% |
| Amazon AMZN | $2.80T | -5% | +15% | 13% | 26.3× | n/a |
| Walmart WMT | $996B | -4% | +6% | 4% | 41.8× | 14.7% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | GME | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -0.6% | +1.0% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +3.5% | +8.4% | 9th lowest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -11.2% | -21.3% | 7th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -7.7% | +8.9% | 3rd lowest of 20 |
| Operating margin | 13.9% | 4.0% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 25.4× | 17.4× | 4th most expensive of 16 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 18.7% | 0.4% | 4th most demanding of 17 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | -6.5% | +0.3% | 3rd lowest of 17 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +25.3 pp | -0.4 pp | 2nd most demanding of 17 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -3.9 pp | +6.8 pp | 4th lowest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 23.3× | 9.1× | 3rd most expensive of 13 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -1.4× | 1.3× | 3rd least indebted of 17 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GameStop GME | United States | $12.7B | +3% | -8% | 14% | 25.4× | 18.7% | -6.5% |
| Best Buy BBY | United States | $20.9B | +70% | +1% | 4% | 14.2× | 3.0% | -2.5% |
| JB Hi-Fi JBH.AX | Australia | $5.86B | +8% | +5% | 7% | 18.1× | 6.7% | +4.4% |
| Yamada 9831.T | Japan | $3.90B | +41% | +7% | 1% | 12.8× | 20.7% | -0.7% |
| Nojima 7419.T | Japan | $2.46B | +8% | +11% | 6% | n/a | -14.2% | +13.4% |
| Polibeli PLBL | United States | $1.96B | -28% | n/a | -29% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Dicker Data DDR.AX | Australia | $1.78B | +54% | +12% | 6% | 22.4× | 9.9% | +5.1% |
| Puuilo PUUILO.HE | Finland | $1.76B | +46% | +15% | 18% | 22.5× | -5.2% | +13.1% |
| Edion 2730.T | Japan | $1.64B | +17% | +4% | 4% | 15.1× | -8.4% | +0.7% |
| K's 8282.T | Japan | $1.64B | -4% | +5% | 4% | 10.0× | -11.0% | -0.8% |
| Suning.com 002024.SZ | China | $1.48B | -19% | -34% | -10% | 106.3× | -3.0% | -28.0% |
| Fnac Darty FNAC.PA | France | $1.16B | -1% | +10% | 2% | 17.4× | -0.6% | +6.6% |
| ATRenew Inc. Sponsored ADR RERE | United States | $944M | -7% | +35% | 3% | 8.5× | n/a | n/a |
| China Qidian Guofeng 1280.HK | Hong Kong | $930M | +113% | -6% | -30% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangsu Yinhe Electronics 002519.SZ | China | $852M | -38% | +1,594% | -9% | 16.2× | 56.2% | -18.2% |
| Aditya Vision AVL.NS | India | $714M | -6% | +28% | 7% | 40.4× | 33.5% | +29.0% |
| Kojima 7513.T | Japan | $675M | +15% | +5% | 3% | n/a | -9.8% | 0.0% |
| Joshin 8173.T | Japan | $674M | +42% | +9% | 2% | 31.8× | -3.7% | -0.6% |
| mobilezone MOZN.SW | Switzerland | $659M | -12% | -37% | 6% | 15.1× | 1.4% | -6.1% |
| Electronics Mart India EMIL.NS | India | $588M | +19% | +17% | 5% | 24.0× | 12.0% | +17.5% |
| SS Retail SSRETAIL.NS | India | $501M | n/a | +47% | 4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
GameStop has 2 bonds outstanding with $2.80B face value.