GameStop (GME) E3 Raises Concerns - Oppeheimer

Oppenheimer analyst, Brian Nagel, checked on GameStop (NYSE: GME) at E3, and does not see any signs of an inflection point. The analyst spent a lot of time chatting with senior execs at leading video game publishers and hardware manufacturers. Overall, his findings suggest, for GME, a potentially, modestly more conducive, but still problematic video gaming backdrop. Publishers now seem, at least somewhat, more occupied with driving sales of add-on content than full game downloads. New iterations of leading platforms should facilitate a healthy replacement cycle and could spur better software sales. Virtual reality (VR), while promising, is apt to take time to garner the attention of a mass audience. Looking beyond the cycle, the analyst is increasingly optimistic that income-oriented investors will start to embrace the nearly 6% dividend yield offered by GME.

No change to Perform rating.

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Shares of GameStop closed at $25.73 yesterday.

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