What is GameStop Corporation?
GameStop Corp is a USA-based video game, consumer electronics and gaming merchandise retailer headquartered in Grapevine, Texas. GameStop operates over 5,700 retail stores in 14 countries as well as an online sales network.
The company was founded in 1984 by three Harvard business school graduates in Texas under the original name Babbage’s. The original focus of the company was the retail market for educational software. The company benefited from an early investment by billionaire Ross Perot. Babbage’s was sold to Barnes & Noble in 1999 for $215m and was briefly called FunCo Inc before finally changing its name to GameStop in 2000. GameStop was spun off from Barnes & Noble in 2002 and listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) following an IPO in the same year. The company grew through a series of acquisitions, most notably acquiring Electronics Boutique (EB) Games in 2005 to become the world’s largest video game retailer.
While operating losses have been increasing in recent years due to the ease of purchasing video games online the company made global headlines in early 2021 as retail investors pushed back at Wall Street hedge funds who had made GME the most shorted stock on the NYSE. The band of retail investors pushed the GME stock price up, forcing the hedge funds to abandon their positions and thus push the price even higher.
Performance of GameStop share price
The GameStop stock price rose considerably in the early stages of 2021 as retailer investors increased buying after the stock was identified as the most shorted stock on the NYSE. The GameStop stock price took off in late January and forced multiple large hedge funds to abandon their short positions in the face of mounting losses. The GME stock price became increasingly volatile in the latter part of January but has remained at a much higher level than the start of 2021.
As of early 2021, the GameStop share price has traded within the 52-week range of $2.57 to $483 with a market cap of over $22.6bn. GameStop trading has an average volume of over 26 million shares per day.
How to invest in GameStop stock?
The GME share price is listed on the NYSE. Those looking to invest in GameStop stock can purchase shares directly through the exchange, through a broker or indirectly through an index which includes GME. Traders are also able to purchase derivatives based on the GME share price such as CFDs or options.
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