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Travis Hoium

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Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Forget Earnings Season. It’s Takeover Season.

This isn't completely new.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Forget Earnings Season. It’s Takeover Season.

We could go back to Norwest buying Wells Fargo in 1988, essentially just took over the name Wells Fargo.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Forget Earnings Season. It’s Takeover Season.

Kmart bought Sears.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Forget Earnings Season. It’s Takeover Season.

Remember that was when Eddie Lampert kind of made his name known.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Forget Earnings Season. It’s Takeover Season.

Don't know that that's necessarily worked out over the past 20 years or so.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Forget Earnings Season. It’s Takeover Season.

Yeah, I don't know if GameStop wants to be Kmart.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Forget Earnings Season. It’s Takeover Season.

Yeah, that's not necessarily a great omen for them.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Forget Earnings Season. It’s Takeover Season.

I've been following gaming for 20 years.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Forget Earnings Season. It’s Takeover Season.

And Eldorado, which was a company that most of us had never heard of a couple of years before that, bought Caesars Entertainment.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Forget Earnings Season. It’s Takeover Season.

So this has happened before.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Forget Earnings Season. It’s Takeover Season.

It is kind of a situation where GameStop's got to figure out where in the world they go next.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Forget Earnings Season. It’s Takeover Season.

Their business isn't exactly doing great.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Forget Earnings Season. It’s Takeover Season.

So might as well buy something.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Forget Earnings Season. It’s Takeover Season.

And I guess eBay's for sale.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Forget Earnings Season. It’s Takeover Season.

Yeah.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Forget Earnings Season. It’s Takeover Season.

And let's keep in mind that part of the strategy is keeping the meme going.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Forget Earnings Season. It’s Takeover Season.

GameStop, not exactly a thriving business today.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Forget Earnings Season. It’s Takeover Season.

I think that's putting it mildly over the past 10 years.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Forget Earnings Season. It’s Takeover Season.

Their compound annual revenue growth rate is negative 8%.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Forget Earnings Season. It’s Takeover Season.

The company has shrunk under Cohen.