Why GameStop Stock Is Bounding Higher Today
The Motley Fool
1/3/2022
What happened
Shares of GameStop (NYSE: GME) are starting off the new year on the right foot, launching out of the gate with a 3.9% gain in morning trading Monday. The video game retailer was one of the top five performing stocks in all the market in 2021, with a 687% gain, but it has been trending mostly lower over the past three months.
Most of GameStop's gains, of course, came from the meme stock trading frenzy in January and February of last year, but its stock has defied the expectations of many analysts who didn't believe it could sustain its valuation over time.
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So what
While there is no specific news to account for GameStop's jump this morning, the video game retailer is continuing to implement its vision of transforming into an online business that can better meet the needs of gamers who are increasingly moving to digital gaming.
Part of the problem for Wall Street has been the tight-lipped policy of management in explaining exactly what it will do to effect the change it desperately needs. Its last earnings report underwhelmed the market as performance continued to decline with no evident results of its plan.
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Now what
Volatility will continue to be the watchword for GameStop and other meme stocks, which tend to trade more on internet chatter than the fundamentals of the business. Yet the pandemic showed GameStop was still the go-to place, and because the retailer saw a 1,500% increase in online traffic during the lockdown, it indicated there was hope for it to successfully make the transition to becoming "the Amazon of video games."
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