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Back in October, I posted a simple question inside The War Room…
“Is it time to consider taking a position in Take-Two Interactive (TTWO)?”
The catalyst was Grand Theft Auto VI. You see, the last version of the game came out 13 years ago, and it pulled in more than $1 billion in its first three days on sale.
Gamers have waited for a sequel ever since… and it’s finally set to ship on November 19.
This morning, November 10, nine days before the game hits shelves, we took profits.
Take-Two reported earnings on Monday. The quarter itself was soft. Net revenue slipped to $1.5 billion from $1.77 billion a year ago, and net bookings (what customers spent on its games and in-game content) fell 18%.
But CEO Strauss Zelnick told analysts on the call, “Preorders for Grand Theft Auto VI are tracking far in excess of our initial expectations, and we know that the numbers will speak for themselves soon enough.”
The company also said that with pre-orders “continuing to reach unprecedented levels,” it expects “an historic year.” Shares have jumped 15% in the last five days and more than 8% on today’s open…
Given that earnings release, and the upside reaction we saw this morning, I told members to take profits off the table.
The run-up to a big launch is when the hype does the work for you. Headlines about record pre-orders pushed the stock higher before a single copy sold.
If the game is a smash just in time for the holiday shopping season, shares have room to re-test the July highs around $265.
Maybe they get there. Once the game ships, though, the stock has to trade on real sales numbers instead of a CEO’s promise… and I want the profit in my pocket for that test.
You don’t have to hold through the launch to get paid on the launch.
If you bought Take-Two on your own ahead of GTA VI, this is the kind of pop worth selling into. At a minimum, think about taking some off the table before November 19.
And once you’ve locked in those gains, the next question is where that cash goes.
Here’s how I think about it. Selling into the pop is only half the playbook. The other half is getting in early, before a story is plastered across every headline and the crowd shows up.
GTA VI is about as loud as a story gets. The kind of opportunity I want next is the opposite: quiet, early, and still flying under the radar.
That’s why I’ll be watching closely tomorrow when my colleague Matt McCall reveals a secretive breakthrough out of a U.S. Navy lab… and the ONE tiny American company licensed to it. Matt says it’s one of the best chances to build wealth he’s ever seen.
He’s revealing everything in The Edison Prophecy, Wednesday, November 11 at 2 p.m. ET. Show up and you’ll get a FREE bonus defense stock pick just for attending.
