GameStop Beats Earnings Estimates; Shares Up 7%


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Shares of GameStop (NYSE: GME) took off in Thursday's after-hours session, as the video game retailer reported Q2 2014 earnings.

The earnings release consisted of EPS at $0.22, compared to analyst expectation of $0.18, and revenue of $1.73 billion versus consensus $1.63 billion. EPS was up 144 percent from Q2 2013, while comps for Q2 increased by a whopping 21.9 percent, making a new high score for GameStop. Sales increased by 25 percent year over year.

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GameStop reported new hardware sales surged by 124.8 percent, while worldwide demand for Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's PlayStation 4 remains consistently high.

New software sales increased by 15.6 percent due to the solid performance of new gaming title releases. Pre-owned/value segment grew by nearly 5.5 percent for the quarter, consecutively.

GameStop released Q3 2014 EPS guidance between $0.58 to $0.64, compared to analyst estimates of $0.58.

Share were last trading at $43.30, up 6.9 percent.


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