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Investing.com -- GameStop (NYSE:GME) shares fell in premarket U.S. trading on Wednesday after the video game retailer reporting first-quarter revenue that missed expectations.
The Texas-based company posted adjusted earnings of $0.17 a share on revenue of $732.4 million, compared with Wall Street estimates for adjusted EPS of $0.04 on sales of $754.2 million.
Known for its role in the Reddit-driven memestock boom in 2021, GameStop has long grappled with a move by many gamers to purchase more products digitally rather than at brick-and-mortar locations. The firm has been pushing to adapt to the trend by growing out its ecommerce offerings, and announced the closure of hundreds of stores in the United States.
While the changes helped GameStop swing to a quarterly net profit of $44.8 million, revenue from its hardware and accessories business, which includes both new and used video games, slumped by approximately 32%.
Charges related to an overhaul of its international business also contributed to an operating loss of $10.8 million.
"We continue to be skeptical about GameStop’s ability to restore sustained year-on-year growth and positive operating cash flow; however, we recognize that a smaller store footprint and bigger push into collectibles/trading cards could help improve performance," analysts at Baird said in a note.
Meanwhile, GameStop said it had bought 4,710 Bitcoins between May 3 and June 10, following the approval by the company’s board in March of additional purchases of the digital token. CEO Ryan Cohen laid out the company’s plan to put crypto on its balance sheet earlier this year in response to broader economic concerns.
Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities were $6.4 billion at the close of the quarter, up from $1.0 billion a year ago.
"Management appears focused on cash and investment management [including Bitcoin purchases]," the Baird analysts said.
(Yasin Ebrahim contributed reporting.)