Riaan Isikrini sibonisa ilogo nolwazi lokuhweba lwe-GameStop phansi kwe-New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) ngomhla ka-29 Mashi 2022.
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I-GameStop ithe ngoLwesithathu ukuthengiswa kwayo kwekota yesithathu kwehle futhi inqwaba yemali yayo yehle kakhulu, njengoba umthengisi wezitini nodaka ubesebenzela ukukhulisa ubukhona bakhe bedijithali.
Ngekota yesithathu yezimali, ephele ngo-Okthoba 29, inani eliphelele lokuthengiswa kwe-GameStop lalilinganiselwa ku-$1.2 billion, lehle lisuka ku-$1.3 billion ngesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule. Imali yenkampani nemali elingana nemali yehle yafinyelela cishe ku-$804 million isuka cishe ku-$1.4 billion ngonyaka odlule.
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Amasheya enkampani akhuphuke cishe ngo-3% ekuhwebeni kwamahora okusebenza ngoLwesithathu, ngemuva kokwehla ngo-4.8% ngesikhathi seseshini evamile.
I-GameStop ubesebenzela ukwenza inzuzo futhi ilungise ibhizinisi layo lokudayisa ngezitini nodaka, ngemva kwalokho abaphathi abathe iminyaka yokutshala imali kancane. Ezinyangeni ezedlule umthengisi ushintshe ubuholi futhi wagxila ezinhlelweni zokuqhubeka nokubugxilisa emhlabeni wedijithali.
Isikhulu seGameStop uMatthew Furlong uthe ocingweni nabatshalizimali ngoLwesithathu inkampani “izama ukufeza into engakaze ibonwe ekudayiseni … ifuna ukuguqula ibhizinisi elidala kanye onqenqemeni lokuqothuka.”
Le nkampani ibike ukulahlekelwa cishe kwezigidi ezingu-95 zamaRandi, ukuthuthuka okuncane kusukela ekulahlekelweni kwezigidi ezingu-105 zamaRandi ngesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule.
U-Furlong wengeze ngokuthi inkampani ibisebenzela ukwenza ishidi layo lebhalansi liqine, futhi ivikele isikhundla sayo semali, ngethemba lokuyibeka ethubeni lokuhlola ukutholwa kwamabhizinisi athokomele. I-CEO yengeze ukuthi inkampani izoqhubeka nokunciphisa izindleko, kanti ukudilizwa kwenzeka engxenyeni yesibili ka-2022.
Imiphumela ye-GameStop ayikwazi ukuqhathaniswa nezilinganiso ngoba bambalwa abahlaziyi abakhava inkampani. Njengasezindaweni ezidlule kusukela ekuqaleni kwalolu bhubhane, i-GameStop ayizange inikeze umbono wezezimali.
Umthengisi uqhubekile nokubamba i-inventory eningi ku-balance sheet yakhe: $ 1.13 billion ekupheleni kwekota, nakuba yehle kancane ukusuka ku-$ 1.14 billion ngesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule. Njengabanye abathengisi, i-GameStop ibibhekene nokusalela emuva kwempahla ngemuva kokunqwabelanisa ngamabomu okuthengiswayo ukuze ibhekane nezidingo eziphakeme zamakhasimende kanye nezinkinga ze-supply chain.
I-GameStop iqinise isikhundla sayo sokusungula ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka ngokukhipha ingxenye encane yezimpahla zayo ezigabeni ezinesidingo esithambile, kusho uFurlong ngoLwesithathu.
Inkampani, eyaziwa ngokuthi i-meme stock, ibilungisa ibhizinisi layo ukuze libe yizwe ledijithali. Ithole ubuholi obusha, okubandakanya i-CEO uMat Furlong, i I-Amazon umakadebona, kanye nomsunguli weChewy kanye nomtshali-zimali oyisishoshovu uRyan Cohen njengosihlalo webhodi.
Noma kunjalo, umthengisi wezitini nodaka uye wathwala kanzima ukushayela inzuzo eminyakeni yamuva, okuholela ekwehlweni kwezindleko kanye nokuzamazama kobuholi. Ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, ixoshe isikhulu sezimali uMike Recupero futhi yadiliza nabasebenzi.
Le nkampani iphinde yethula indawo yemakethe ye-NFT ngoJulayi, evulekele umphakathi ukuthi ihlolwe i-beta. Indawo yemakethe ivumela abasebenzisi ukuthi baxhume izikhwama zabo zezimpahla zedijithali, okuhlanganisa ne-GameStop Wallet esanda kwethulwa, ukuze bakwazi ukuthenga, ukuthengisa futhi bahwebe ama-NFT ngempahla ebonakalayo.
I-GameStop ithe ekukhishweni kwezindaba ngoLwesithathu ukuthengiswa kwayo okudalwe ebudlelwaneni bomkhiqizo obusha nokwandisiwe “bekuqinile ngekota, kanti ukuthengiswa esigabeni sokuqoqwa kuhlala kuqinile unyaka nonyaka.”
I-GameStop ithe ngenyanga edlule isiqedile ukusebenzisana kwayo ne-FTX, ngemuva kokushintshaniswa kwe-crypto lifakwe icala lokuqothuka. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngaphambili, i-GameStop yayimemezele ubudlelwano ngenhloso yokwethula amakhasimende ayo emhlabeni we-crypto kanye nemakethe, futhi isiqalile nokuthwala amakhadi esipho e-FTX kwezinye zezitolo zayo.
Ku-tweet, inkampani ithe izohlinzeka ngembuyiselo ephelele kumakhasimende athintekile.
UFurlong uthe ngoLwesithathu inkampani “ibe nenhlanhla ukuchayeka kwayo ezimpahleni zedijithali kube nesizotha kakhulu.” Ukufakwa kwemininingwane yokuqothuka kwe-FTX kuthumele ama-ripples ngemakethe ye-crypto. I-CEO ayizange inikeze noma yiziphi izibuyekezo mayelana nobudlelwane bayo obusanda kuphela ne-FTX.
