With GameStop Starting With a Clean Slate, Is Now the Time to Buy?

Motley Fool2021-04-22

GameStop (NYSE:GME) cleaned house. Virtually the entire board of directors will be gone soon, it's searching for a new CEO, and the activist investor who called most loudly for a change in direction ...

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PaulMardling
2021-04-24
PaulMardling
Did anyone know that the Motley Fool is actually a hedge fund that has ties to Citadel?
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  really? i didn't know that. i thought they are only a publishing firm. but they are very biased in their report on GME i noticed ?
KamenRider
2021-04-23
KamenRider
I buy GME everyday regardless if up or down.
SSMH
2021-04-22
SSMH
Wow, a positive article from the Motley Fools? Beware folks.
f123bb0
2021-04-22
f123bb0
Buy
Veralam
2021-04-22
Veralam
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2021-04-22
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Virtually the entire board of directors will be gone soon, it's searching for a new CEO, and the activist investor who called most loudly for a change in direction for the video game retailer is now chairman of the board.It also has a groundswell of investor support behind it. It has a fistful of cash (or soon will) from raising money from an equity offering because its stock is trading some 700% higher than where it started the year, and it's about to pay off all of its long-term debt.With a video game console upgrade cycle under way and its stores reporting rising same-store sales while online sales soar, GameStop looks better positioned for a new wave of growth than it has in years. Is there any reason why its stock should not be a buy?Image source: Getty Images.The future of gamingThere's little doubt GameStop is better off financially than it was not too long ago, and it's with good reason many were waiting for the upgrade cycle to finally kick in. 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