- Meme stocks are experiencing a resurgence, with shares of GameStop rising roughly 50% in the past month.
- The rise can be partially attributed to a short-squeeze as the company's short interest remains elevated at 20%.
- Shares of Gamestop have risen more than 1,200% since December 31, 2020.
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GameStop stock continued its rally on Friday amid a meme-stock resurgence with shares rising as much as 5.39%.
In the past month alone, shares of GameStop are up nearly 50%, while fellow Reddit darling AMC has seen an incredible rise of nearly 200% over the same period.
The jump in share price can be at least partially attributed to a short-squeeze as 20.27% of outstanding shares are currently sold short, according to data from S3 Partners managing director of predictive analytics, Ihor Dusaniwsky.
GameStop shares were also buoyed by the company's recent announcement that it is building a non-fungible token (NFT) platform based on the ethereum blockchain.
The meme-stock resurgence has put short sellers in some serious trouble. On Tuesday alone, short sellers in AMC and GameStop lost $618 million, according to data from ORTEX.
GameStop stock is up more than 1200% since December 31, 2020, and the company has capitalized on the move.
The video game retailer raised more than $550 million via an at-the-market share offering, paid down debts, and implemented a turnaround strategy led by Chewy.com co-founder Ryan Cohen.
However, GameStop's resurgence comes in spite of recently released data that shows videogame sales declined on a year-over-year basis for the first time in 14 months in April, according to NPD Group.
Game Stop also let its former CEO, George Sherman, walk away last month with a $170 million pay-out.
Shares of Gamestop still trade around 45% off of the company's record-high of $483 per share, reached during the wild late-January short-squeeze.
