The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Gamestop Corporation shares valued at $10,800,500 were purchased by Cohen Ryan on Jan 21 ’26. At $21.60 per share, Cohen Ryan acquired 500,000 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 38,347,842 shares worth approximately $887.37 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Cohen Ryan purchased 500,000 shares, netting a total of over 10,558,700 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $21.12 each, the insider now holds 37,847,842 shares.
Before that, Attal Alain had added 12,000 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $259,577, the Director bought Gamestop Corporation shares for $21.63 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings increased to 12,000 shares, worth approximately $13.8 million.
As published in a research note from Wedbush on June 08, 2023, Gamestop Corporation [GME] has been retained to an Underperform and the price target has been revised to $6.20. Analysts at Ascendiant Capital Markets downgraded the stock from ‘”a Hold”‘ to ‘”a Sell”‘ outlook in a report released in mid April. As of March 24, 2021, Telsey Advisory Group has reiterated its “an Underperform” rating for GME. Earlier on March 24, 2021, Wedbush downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Underperform” for GME stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.
Analyzing GME Stock Performance
On last trading session, Gamestop Corporation [NYSE: GME] rose 6.69% to $23.14. The stock’s lowest price that day was $22.17, but it reached a high of $23.4999 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 10.09%. Over the course of the year, Gamestop Corporation shares have dropped approximately -15.76%.
Is Gamestop Corporation subject to short interest?
Stocks of Gamestop Corporation saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -0.98 million shares to 65.78 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 66.76 million shares. A decline of -1.49% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 10.37 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 10.37.
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In terms of Gamestop Corporation share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 18.25 in the next 12 months, down nearly -15.86% from the previous closing price of $21.69. Analysts anticipate Gamestop Corporation stock to reach 25 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 11.5. In spite of this, 8 analysts ranked Gamestop Corporation stock as Hold at the end of 2026. On January 27, 2021, BofA Securities assigned a price target of “an Underperform” to the stock and reiterated coverage with a $10.
