Edison Investment Research - Game Digital (GMD) Game Digital - Good performance in a challenging market

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Kate Heseltine

Game Digital - Good performance in a challenging market

Game Digitalâ€™s (GMDâ€™s) core retail business performed well in a challenging market, with material planned cost savings absorbing an anticipated 1.4% decline in gross transaction value (GTV) and helping to deliver H119 EBITDA growth of 22%. We reduce our FY19 and FY20 EBITDA forecasts by c 8%, primarily reflecting current market headwinds and a shift in BELONG arena openings into subsequent years. The current share price represents a significant discount to our valuation of 69p.

21/03/2019 9 EN

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Game Digital

Game Digital provides gaming and gaming-related products, including hardware, console physical content, console digital content, non-console digital content, accessories, licensed merchandise and own-label products in the U.K. and Spain. Co. also sells mobile devices and movies, provides gaming experiences in-store on consoles, personal computers and virtual reality devices and operates community-based gaming activities including gaming events and esports, digital hosting services for businesses and customers for multiplayer gaming. Also, Co. operates a software development business focusing on visual recognition and augmented reality technologies. At Jul 31 2017, Co. operated 572 stores.

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GB00BMP36W19 United Kingdom

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Edison Investment Research

Edison is an investment research and advisory company, with offices in North America, Europe, the Middle East and AsiaPac. The heart of Edison is our world renowned equity research platform and deep multi-sector expertise. At Edison Investment Research, our research is widely read by international investors, advisors and stakeholders. Edison Advisors leverages our core research platform to provide differentiated services including investor relations and strategic consulting.

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Kate Heseltine

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