Friday, February 15, 2008

Gamestop Raises Guidance....

GameStop Corp. (GME) raised its fourth-quarter per-share earnings by 2 cents to a range of $1.11 to $1.12 from previously raised guidance of $1.09 to $1.10. The Grapevine, Texas, video game and entertainment software retailer also raised its earnings estimate by 2 cents to $1.77 to $1.78 for the fiscal year ended Feb. 2. Preliminary fourth-quarter same-store sales are forecasted to have come in at 17.4%,above expectations.

This was announced at 10 am, after the market had already opened....unusual. The stock has jumped up 1.32 to $47.04.

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