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GameStop Q2 Earnings: Double Beat, Special Dividend, $528 Million In Bitcoin Holdings
Sep 9, 2025 1:41 PM

Video game retailer GameStop Corporation ( GME ) reported second-quarter financial results Tuesday after market close.

Here are the key highlights.

What Happened: GameStop ( GME ) reported second-quarter net sales of $972.2 million, up from $798.3 million in the prior year's second quarter. The sales beat a Street consensus estimate of $823.2 million according to data from Benzinga Pro.

Here's a breakdown of GameStop's ( GME ) sales by business segment, with the prior year in parentheses:

Hardware and Accessories: $592.1 million ($451.2 million)

Software: $152.5 million ($207.7 million)

Collectibles: $227.6 million ($139.4 million)

Software was down year-over-year, while Hardware and Collectibles saw growth in the quarter.

The company reported net income of $168.6 million, up from $14.8 million in the prior year's second quarter.

Earnings per share were 25 cents in the second quarter, beating a Street consensus estimate of 16 cents per share.

GameStop ( GME ) ended the quarter with $8.7 billion in cash and cash equivalents.

The company ended the quarter with Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) valued at $528.6 million. The company previously disclosed buying 4,710 Bitcoin in the first quarter.

Read Also: GameStop ( GME ) Q2 Preview: Will Bitcoin, Trading Cards Overshadow Video Game Business?

Special Dividend Announced: Along with quarterly financial results, GameStop ( GME ) also announced a special dividend to be paid to shareholders in the form of a warrant.

Each shareholder will receive one warrant for every 10 common shares they own, with holders as of Oct. 3, 2025, eligible.

The warrants are expected to be distributed on or around Oct. 7, 2025.

The company estimates around 59 million warrants will be distributed.

The warrants come with an exercise price of $32.00 and an expiration date of Oct. 30, 2026. Shareholders can exercise the warrants by paying the exercise price of $32 during the holding period.

GameStop ( GME ) said the warrants will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange with the ticker GME WS and freely tradable.

GameStop ( GME ) said the company could raise up to $1.9 billion in gross proceeds from the warrants. Proceeds are expected to be used for general corporate purposes and potential acquisitions.

"The transaction provides GameStop ( GME ) shareholders the option to participate in the Company's capital raising on a non-dilutive basis," the company said.

GME Price Action: GameStop ( GME ) stock is up 2.4% to $24.15 in after-hours trading versus a 52-week trading range of $19.31 to $35.81.

Read Next:

GameStop ( GME ) CEO Is ‘Not Scared Of The Short Sellers,' Calls It Un-American To Bet Against Business ‘But It's A Free Market'

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