Gamestop Corporation (GME) Shares Down Despite Recent Market Volatility

Gamestop Corporation (NYSE: GME)’s stock price has decreased by -1.34 compared to its previous closing price of 27.77. However, the company has seen a -0.41% decrease in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. businesswire.com reported 2025-01-15 that NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP (“GPM”) announces its investigation of GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) concerning the Company and its directors’ and officers’ possible violations of state laws. If you own GameStop stock, would like to learn more about these claims, or have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to these matters, please contact Tom Kennedy, of GPM, 230 Park Avenue, Suite 358, New York, NY 10169 at tkennedy@glancy.

Is It Worth Investing in Gamestop Corporation (NYSE: GME) Right Now?

Gamestop Corporation (NYSE: GME) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 153.23x compared to its average ratio. GME has 36-month beta value of -0.11. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 0 as “hold,” and 1 as “sell.”

The public float for GME is 408.87M, and currently, short sellers hold a 7.66% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of GME on January 27, 2025 was 11.54M shares.

GME’s Market Performance

GME stock saw a decrease of -0.41% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -11.34% and a quarterly a decrease of 33.39%. The volatility ratio for the week is 4.68%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 5.60% for Gamestop Corporation (GME). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -9.13% for GME stock, with a simple moving average of 15.38% for the last 200 days.

Analysts’ Opinion of GME

Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for GME stocks, with Wedbush repeating the rating for GME by listing it as a “Underperform.” The predicted price for GME in the upcoming period, according to Wedbush is $6.20 based on the research report published on June 08, 2023 of the previous year 2023.

Ascendiant Capital Markets, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see GME reach a price target of $10, previously predicting the price at $12. The rating they have provided for GME stocks is “Sell” according to the report published on April 12th, 2021.

Telsey Advisory Group gave a rating of “Underperform” to GME, setting the target price at $30 in the report published on March 24th of the previous year.

GME Trading at -6.08% from the 50-Day Moving Average

After a stumble in the market that brought GME to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -57.74% of loss for the given period.

Volatility was left at 5.60%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 4.68%, as shares sank -11.46% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +1.14% upper at present.

During the last 5 trading sessions, GME rose by +0.22%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +150.41% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $30.16. In addition, Gamestop Corporation saw -12.58% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.

Insider Trading

Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at GME starting from Moore Daniel William, who sale 895 shares at the price of $31.07 back on Jan 03 ’25. After this action, Moore Daniel William now owns 31,385 shares of Gamestop Corporation, valued at $27,806 using the latest closing price.

Robinson Mark Haymond, the General Counsel and Secretary of Gamestop Corporation, sale 1,577 shares at $31.07 during a trade that took place back on Jan 03 ’25, which means that Robinson Mark Haymond is holding 42,350 shares at $48,994 based on the most recent closing price.

Stock Fundamentals for GME

Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:

  • -0.01 for the present operating margin
  • 0.27 for the gross margin

The net margin for Gamestop Corporation stands at 0.01. The total capital return value is set at -0.01. Equity return is now at value 2.08, with 1.34 for asset returns.

Based on Gamestop Corporation (GME), the company’s capital structure generated 0.09 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -0.06.

Currently, EBITDA for the company is 24.5 million with net debt to EBITDA at -248.19. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1.86. The receivables turnover for the company is 75.37for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.69. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 5.11.

Conclusion

To put it simply, Gamestop Corporation (GME) has had a mixed performance in recent times. Analysts have a bearish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “sell” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.

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