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GameStop no longer needs banks. It has you.

The retailer terminated its ability to borrow $500 million from banks because investors gave it all the money it needs.

Luke Kawa

GameStop announced that it was voluntarily terminating its access to a $500 million credit facility in a filing released after the close on Wednesday, when the rest of us were busy obsessing over Nvidia’s earnings.

The reason is simple. GameStop doesn’t need banks to give it money. It has you. Well, maybe not you exactly, but either retail investors who were looking to cash in on rounds of meme stock mania or institutional investors trying to ride the momentum.

“After giving effect to the termination, the Company’s principal sources of liquidity will be cash from operations and cash on hand,” according to the filing.

During the second quarter, the company banked a little over $3 billion in less than a month through a 45 million share offering followed by a 75 million stock sale after the return of Keith Gill (aka Roaring Kitty) ignited a massive rally in the stock.

The company was as upfront about its intentions as it could be, saying there was no good reason why its stock went up like it did.

It’s possible, if not likely, that GameStop is making more money off of its cash holdings than its actual business operations at this point.

When borrowing from a bank, that’s essentially creating money out of thin air that the company has to pay interest on. Isn’t it so much better to create shares out of thin air, sell them for more than they’re worth, and not only not pay any interest at all, but be paid interest on the cash you just received?

I guess the ends justify the memes.

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SpaceX gets a wave of bullish ratings from Wall Street analysts

SpaceX received more than a dozen positive analyst calls on Tuesday — including from major Wall Street banks — as they initiate coverage on Elon Musk’s space and AI company.

SpaceX went public on June 12 at a $2.2 trillion valuation, the largest debut in history. While the company hasn’t yet posted a profit, it seems to have convinced Wall Street that it will get there and grow its valuation on the way.

Of the at least 17 analysts that gave a rating on Tuesday, all but one gave it a “buy” or “outperform” rating. MoffettNathanson was "neutral."

The ratings come as SpaceX joined the Nasdaq 100 index, a benchmark tech-heavy basket of companies that underpins millions of portfolios. The inclusion adds built-in demand for the stock from index funds and ETFs.

Still, SpaceX fell more than 5% on Tuesday amid a broader sell-off, and is currently effectively flat from its opening price of $150 a share.

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Nike sinks to lowest level since 2014 after warning of “challenged” sales environment in Q4 report

Did Nike do it?

Investors had a mixed reaction after the global sports apparel company reported its fourth quarter earnings on Tuesday after the bell. Shares initially rose 5% as Nike beat out Wall Street expectations amid a hefty tariff refund bonus. However, the stock then sank to its lowest level since August 2014 in postmarket trading.

Here are the Q4 numbers:

  • Revenue of $11.0 billion (estimate: $10.8 billion).

  • Adjusted earnings per share of $0.20 (estimate: $0.12).

Ahead of this report, Nike warned that results would be flattered by a one-time tariff refund (now estimated at roughly $0.52 per share for the bottom line). That gave the company an extra cushion in snapping its streak of seven quarters of year-over-year profit declines.

Over the past year, the company had been punished by tariffs on imported goods, stagnant consumer spending, and increasing competition from other footwear brands like New Balance, Adidas, and Hoka.

Outgoing CFO Matthew Friend deemed it an “increasingly challenging operating environment, where sell-through remains challenged.”

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