Water-Logged And Getting Wetter: GameStop (GME)
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Trade-Ideas LLC identified
(
) as a "water-logged and getting wetter" (weak stocks crossing below support with today's range greater than 200%) candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified GameStop as such a stock due to the following factors:
- GME has an average dollar-volume (as measured by average daily share volume multiplied by share price) of $59.0 million.
- GME has traded 603,719 shares today.
- GME traded in a range 246.2% of the normal price range with a price range of $2.57.
- GME traded below its daily resistance level (quality: 1 day, meaning that the stock is crossing a resistance level set by the last 1 calendar day. The resistance price is defined by the Price - $0.01 at the time of the signal).
Stocks matching the 'Water-Logged and Getting Wetter' criteria are worthwhile stocks to watch for a variety of factors including historical back testing and volatility. Trade-Ideas targets these opportunities because the stock is exhibiting an unusual behavior while displaying negative price action. In this case, the stock crossed an important inflection point; namely, "support" while at the same time the range of the stock's movement in price is twice its normal size. This large range foreshadows a possible continuation as the stock moves lower.
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More details on GME:
GameStop Corp. operates as a multichannel video game, consumer electronics, and wireless services retailer. The stock currently has a dividend yield of 3.5%. GME has a PE ratio of 12.9. Currently there are 10 analysts that rate GameStop a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.
The average volume for GameStop has been 2.6 million shares per day over the past 30 days. GameStop has a market cap of $4.4 billion and is part of the services sector and retail industry. The stock has a beta of 0.91 and a short float of 48.5% with 32.54 days to cover. Shares are up 20.3% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday.
Analysis:
rates GameStop as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its reasonable valuation levels, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, notable return on equity and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.
Highlights from the ratings report include:
- GME's debt-to-equity ratio is very low at 0.18 and is currently below that of the industry average, implying that there has been very successful management of debt levels. Even though the company has a strong debt-to-equity ratio, the quick ratio of 0.26 is very weak and demonstrates a lack of ability to pay short-term obligations.
- The return on equity has improved slightly when compared to the same quarter one year prior. This can be construed as a modest strength in the organization. Compared to other companies in the Specialty Retail industry and the overall market on the basis of return on equity, GAMESTOP CORP has underperformed in comparison with the industry average, but has exceeded that of the S&P 500.
- GAMESTOP CORP's earnings per share declined by 13.8% in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. This company has reported somewhat volatile earnings recently. But, we feel it is poised for EPS growth in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, GAMESTOP CORP turned its bottom line around by earning $3.02 versus -$2.23 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($3.48 versus $3.02).
- GME, with its decline in revenue, underperformed when compared the industry average of 14.2%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly dropped by 0.7%. The declining revenue appears to have seeped down to the company's bottom line, decreasing earnings per share.
- You can view the full GameStop Ratings Report.
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