GameStop (GME) earnings Q3 2022

GameStop mentioned Wednesday its fiscal third quarter gross sales declined and its money pile sharply dwindled, because the brick-and-mortar retailer has been working to increase its digital presence.

Within the third fiscal quarter, which ended Oct. 29, GameStop’s whole gross sales had been roughly $1.2 billion, down from $1.3 billion in the identical interval final 12 months. The corporate’s money and money equivalents fell to almost $804 million from roughly $1.4 billion a 12 months earlier.

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Shares of the corporate rose almost 3% in off-hours buying and selling Wednesday, after declining 4.8% throughout the common session.

GameStop has been working to become profitable and revamp its brick-and-mortar retail enterprise, after what executives have mentioned had been years of underinvestment. In latest months the retailer has modified up management and deal with initiatives to additional entrench it within the digital world. 

GameStop’s CEO Matthew Furlong mentioned on a name with buyers Wednesday the corporate “is trying to perform one thing unprecedented in retail … searching for to remodel a legacy enterprise as soon as getting ready to chapter.”

The corporate reported a internet lack of almost $95 million, a slight enchancment from a couple of lack of about $105 million in the identical interval final 12 months.

Furlong added the corporate has been working to make its steadiness sheet stronger, and cushion its money place, in hopes of placing it able to discover acquisitions of complimentary companies. The CEO added the corporate would proceed to chop prices, with layoffs occurring within the second half of 2022.

GameStop’s outcomes can’t be in contrast with estimates as a result of too few analysts cowl the corporate. As in earlier previous quarters for the reason that starting of the pandemic, GameStop did not present a monetary outlook.

The retailer continued to carry a number of stock on its steadiness sheet: $1.13 billion on the finish of the quarter, though barely down from $1.14 billion on the identical time final 12 months. Like different retailers, GameStop has been coping with a backlog of stock after deliberately bulking up on merchandise to deal with increased buyer demand and provide chain points. 

GameStop strengthened its stock place earlier this 12 months by divesting a small portion of its merchandise in classes with tender demand, Furlong mentioned Wednesday.

The corporate, which has develop into often called a meme inventory, has been adjusting its enterprise to a digital world. It tapped new management, together with CEO Matt Furlong, an Amazon veteran, and Chewy founder and activist investor Ryan Cohen as board chair. 

Nonetheless, the brick-and-mortar retailer has struggled to drive income in recent times, resulting in value cuts and a shake-up in management. Earlier this 12 months, it fired chief monetary officer Mike Recupero and laid off workers. 

The corporate additionally launched an NFT market in July, which has been open to the general public for beta testing. {The marketplace} permits customers to attach their very own digital asset wallets, together with the lately launched GameStop Pockets, to allow them to purchase, promote and commerce NFTs for digital items. 

GameStop mentioned in a information launch Wednesday its gross sales attributable to new and expanded model relationships “had been sturdy within the quarter, whereas gross sales within the collectibles class remained sturdy in a year-to-date foundation.”

GameStop mentioned final month that it had ended its partnership with FTX, after the crypto alternate filed for bankruptcy. Simply months earlier, GameStop had introduced the partnership with the goal of introducing its prospects to the crypto world and market, and had additionally began carrying FTX present playing cards in a few of its shops.

In a tweet, the corporate mentioned it could be offering full refunds to impacted prospects.

Furlong mentioned Wednesday the corporate “was lucky its publicity to digital belongings has been very modest.” FTX’s chapter submitting has despatched ripples by way of the crypto market. The CEO did not present any updates concerning its lately ended partnership with FTX.