Forget GameStop: This Stock Is A Much Better Buy
Key takeaways
- Game Stop (GME) missed Q3 revenue estimates by 16.84%, carries $4.16 billion in long-term debt, and trades at $22.37 with a volatile 1.833 beta unsuitable for retirement portfolios.
- The analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 stocks and Costco wasn t one of them.
- Wall Street s chat rooms can t stop talking about GameStop (NYSE:GME) after Ryan Cohen s $56 billion offer for eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) sent the meme crowd into another frenzy.
Forget Game Stop: This Stock Is A Much Better Buy Alex Sirois Thu, May 14, 2026 at 9:57 PM GMT+7 4 min read WMT GME COST GME31248-USD AMZN Quick Read Costco (COST) delivered 45.5% earnings growth on 21.5% revenue growth in its most recent quarter with a 0.908 beta and 29.6% return on equity, while Walmart (WMT) returned 35.86% over the past year with a 0.652 beta and 21.8% return on equity. Game Stop (GME) missed Q3 revenue estimates by 16.84%, carries $4.16 billion in long-term debt, and trades at $22.37 with a volatile 1.833 beta unsuitable for retirement portfolios.
Costco’s subscription membership model generates recurring revenue before merchandise sales, creating predictable cash flows and capital efficiency that support consistent dividend growth, while Walmart scales its advertising business toward $6 billion in high-margin revenue and authorized a $30 billion buyback.
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