Company Analysis

GameStop Corp. (GME)

NYSE: GME · Retail-Computer & Computer Software Stores · Grapevine, TX · filing with the SEC since 2005
Grade4.0
◀ Past 2.0● Present 4.2▶ Future 5.3

The grade of GameStop Corp.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.0/10
◀ Past2.025% of the headline
● Present4.245% of the headline
▶ Future5.330% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

2.0/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

4 warning events since 2017; the latest 2024-12-10.

weight 45% of this tense · 32nd percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

GameStop Corp.'s filings since 2017 show 4 warning events of 2 kinds: a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, 3 times, the latest 2021-04-13); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2024-12-10) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
0.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-8.4% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 5 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 8th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

GameStop Corp.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $8.0 billion in fiscal 2017 to $3.6 billion in fiscal 2026, down 8.4% a year; it rose in 2 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 58% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2026; net income was positive in 5 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-8.4%bottom 15% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 5% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 5% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak57.5%bottom 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
1.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 21.7% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 13 sales, 17 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 13th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-01-31, GameStop Corp.'s diluted share count grew about 21.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 13 sales (6 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 17 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-13, buying about $121 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 17% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 10% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.2/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
3.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 8%: 8¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 48%: owes 48¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 34th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-01-31, GameStop Corp. earned about 8 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 12 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 48 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 39.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 14% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 41% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 5% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 41% of 11 in its family; net margin 11.5%.

weight 33% of this tense · 59th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

GameStop Corp.'s standing among 11 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $3.6 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 23% by size; a net margin of 11.5% ranks in the top 14%; revenue growth of -15% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 14% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$3.63Btop 23% of its family
  • net margin11.5%top 14% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-15.0%bottom 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
3.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 34% of 10 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 34th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

GameStop Corp.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Cohen, Ryan (President, CEO and Chairman, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-04-07, 1.6 years (bottom 35% of its family); the 7 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.4 years (bottom 39%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 7 people in charge now (bottom 28%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge4 in three years among 7 peoplebottom 28% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.4 yearsbottom 39% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.6 yearsbottom 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.1/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 29% of 11 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 71st percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

GameStop Corp.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $6.3 billion against debt of $4.2 billion leaves 20.6% of its assets as net cash, top 14% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 16.5% of revenue (top 5%); a gross margin of 33% (bottom 32%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets20.6%top 14% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue16.5%top 5% of its family
  • gross margin33.0%bottom 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
2.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 22% of 10 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 22nd percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

GameStop Corp.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew -15% a year over the last three filed years against -8.4% over all 10, slowing (top 45% of its family); the newest year grew -5.1% (bottom 5%); capital spending grew -32% a year (bottom 5%) (its annual reports). GameStop Corp. reported 4 lines of business in fiscal 2026: United States at $2.7 billion (74%), Australia at $495 million (14%), Europe at $429 million (12%), and 1 more; 2 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-6.7 points a yeartop 45% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-5.1%bottom 5% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-32.0%bottom 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
8.5/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 15% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 85th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

GameStop Corp.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $3.6 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 18.1% above the $3.1 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 35% of its family); net income of $418 million against a prior three-year average of $58 million (top 5%); a net margin of 11.5% against -0.6% before (top 5%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace18.1%top 35% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' averagefive times its prior average or moretop 5% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+12.1 pointstop 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton GME · research, not advice