GameStop ‘Burns to the Ground’ and Analysts Fear No Rebound
- Stock has biggest one-day collapse since 2002 after results
- Analyst says halting dividend ’sends a worrisome signal’
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GameStop Corp. shares plummeted the most on record to their lowest since 2003 after the video-game retailer reported first-quarter revenue that missed expectations and halted its dividend, the latest red flag for a stock that has already cratered in 2019.
More than just a bad print, analysts seemed to view the results as the worst kind of warning sign. Jefferies wrote that the company’s legacy retail model was “increasingly at odds” with how the gaming industry had evolved toward an online and digital focus, and that it “faces the need for a dramatic pivot, wholesale changes, and aggressive action to remain relevant.”