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GameStop Stock Jumps 4% as CEO Cohen Buys $26M in Shares

Yahoo Finance2 min read6 sources

Why is GameStop stock up today?

GameStop (GME) stock rose 4% on Tuesday after CEO Ryan Cohen disclosed a $26.4 million open-market purchase of 1.15 million shares, his second major insider buy in eleven days.

Key numbers

Cohen's Sept 21 purchase$26.4M1,150,680 shares at $22.94 avg
Cohen's Sept 10 purchase$20.4M1,000,000 shares at $20.38 avg
Cohen's total GME stake40.5M shares+2.15M shares in eleven days
GME gain on Sept 22+4%to $23.69 close
GME year-to-date-10.5%+30% over prior 30 days
Q2 2026 collectibles revenue$356.3M+57% year over year

What happened

GameStop (GME) stock rose 4% on Tuesday after CEO Ryan Cohen disclosed a $26.4 million open-market purchase of 1.15 million shares, his second major insider buy in eleven days. Cohen bought the shares at a weighted average price of $22.94 each on September 21, lifting his total stake to just over 40.5 million shares — roughly 9% of the company. Eleven days earlier, on September 10, he spent $20.4 million on another one million shares at an average of $20.38, bringing his combined two-week outlay to about $46.8 million. Neither purchase was filed under a pre-scheduled trading plan, suggesting Cohen acted on his own judgment about the stock's value.

Why it matters

GameStop is a company many investors had written off as a dying video-game retailer, so having its own CEO pour nearly $47 million of personal money into its shares in under two weeks is a striking show of confidence. Insider buying — when a company's own executives purchase shares on the open market — is one of the most direct signals that management believes the stock is trading below its true worth. The move reignited retail investor interest, building on a strong second quarter where record operating income and a 57% jump in collectibles sales had already begun to change the narrative around the company.

Who this affects

Marketbullish
Medium impact
Retail meme-stock investors in GME gain a positive insider signal.
Companybullish
Medium impact
GameStop shareholders benefit from CEO's $47M confidence buy.
Competitorsneutral
Low impact
AMC and meme-stock peers may attract spillover retail buying.
Industrymixed
Low impact
Video game retail's decline narrative faces renewed investor scrutiny.

GameStop vs AMC Entertainment, Best Buy

GameStopGME~$10.7B+4%-10.5%14.7x
AMC EntertainmentAMC~$2.3B—+64.6%—
Best BuyBBY~$19.5B———

As of 2026-09-22

How we got here

  1. GameStop Q2 earnings: record $160.2M operating income, collectibles +57%

  2. Form 4 discloses Cohen bought 1M GME shares at $20.38 for $20.4M

  3. Second Form 4: Cohen buys 1.15M shares at $22.94 avg for $26.4M

  4. GME rises 4% to $23.69 as retail investors react to second filing

What to watch

  • Any further Form 4 filings by Cohen or other GME insiders2026-09-29
  • GameStop Q3 2026 earnings — next major operating update after record Q2Q4 2026
  • Whether GME can recover -10.5% YTD gap on insider-buying momentum2026-12-31

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