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GameStop Stock Underperforming Ahead of Earnings

The stock hit a one-year low earlier this week

Deputy Editor
Mar 17, 2022 at 1:40 PM
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GameStop Corp (NYSE:GME) stock is down 1.1% at $85.87 at last check -- not too far from its recent March 14 one-year low of $77.58. The stock's 50-day moving average provided a stiff ceiling on the charts from mid February through early March, and still lingers above as overhead pressure. Year-to-date, GME is down 42.1%. This slump comes ahead of the company's fourth-quarter earnings report, due out after the close today, in which analysts expect earnings of 84 cents per share.  

GME March17

Ahead of the event, the options pits are pricing in a post-earnings swing of 20.8%, regardless of direction, which is higher than the 14.1% move from the company's last eight quarters. Of these reports, only two of these post-earnings moves were positive -- which doesn't paint a very pretty picture for GME, historically. 

There is plenty of short-covering potential. Short interest makes up 18.5% of the stock's available float, or nearly four days' worth of pent-up buying power.

GameStop stock could be due for a short-term bounce, too. The stock's 14-day relative strength index (RSI) of 30.9 is on the cusp of "oversold" territory. 

 

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