Key points
- Ryan Cohen bought 844,130 GameStop shares on October 13th, 2026, for $22.8 million, paying up to $27.00 a share.
- Form 4 filings reviewed by InsiderBuying.com show nine open-market purchases by Cohen in 2026, totalling 5,144,810 shares and $118.6 million.
- His stake is 46.2 million shares including warrants, 9.1% of the company, and the $32 warrants expire on October 30th, 2026.
GameStop (GME) chief executive Ryan Cohen bought another 844,130 shares of his company on October 13th, 2026, according to a Form 4 filed the same day. He paid $26.75 for 67,130 shares and $27.00 for 777,000 shares, a total of $22,774,727.50. The purchase came one session after the stock closed at $27.23 on October 12th, 2026, its highest close in a year.
It was his fourth purchase in six weeks. Cohen bought 1,000,000 shares at $20.3759 on September 10th, 2026, another 1,150,680 at $22.9375 on September 21st, 450,000 at about $23.48 on September 29th, and 700,000 at $24.4061 on October 2nd, 2026.
Every Cohen purchase in 2026
The table lists every open-market purchase Cohen has filed this year, from the InsiderBuying.com Form 4 record. Return is measured against the October 14th, 2026, close of $27.15.
| Date | Shares | Price | Value | Return since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 13th, 2026 | 777,000 | $27.00 | $20,979,000 | +0.6% |
| October 13th, 2026 | 67,130 | $26.75 | $1,795,728 | +1.5% |
| October 2nd, 2026 | 700,000 | $24.41 | $17,084,270 | +11.2% |
| September 29th, 2026 | 446,500 | $23.48 | $10,481,721 | +15.7% |
| September 29th, 2026 | 3,500 | $23.45 | $82,075 | +15.8% |
| September 21st, 2026 | 1,150,680 | $22.94 | $26,393,723 | +18.4% |
| September 10th, 2026 | 1,000,000 | $20.38 | $20,375,900 | +33.2% |
| January 21st, 2026 | 500,000 | $21.60 | $10,800,000 | +25.7% |
| January 20th, 2026 | 500,000 | $21.12 | $10,560,000 | +28.5% |
| Total | 5,144,810 | $23.04 average | $118,552,416 | +17.8% |
Cohen's 13D amendment filed on October 13th, 2026, puts his holding at 46,227,436 shares, 9.1% of the 504,500,990 shares outstanding. That figure includes 3,734,784 warrants he received in the company's October 2025 warrant dividend.
The other insiders
Cohen is not the only buyer. Director Lawrence Cheng bought 55,000 shares for $1,033,956 on September 8th, 2026, James Grube bought $196,076 of stock on September 9th, Alain Attal bought $100,000 on September 10th and $401,958 on September 21st, and Nat Turner bought $254,540 on October 1st, 2026. Against that, two officers have sold small amounts on a quarterly cadence, the largest being Daniel Moore's $417,960 sale at $27.00 on October 12th, 2026, the day before Cohen paid the same price.
Market reaction
GME closed at $27.15 on October 14th, 2026, up 43.7% in the five weeks since September 8th, 2026, when the director buying began, and up 35.2% year to date from $20.08. The 52-week range runs from $17.87 to $27.23. The purchases land weeks before the company's roughly 59 million warrants expire on October 30th, 2026, with a $32.00 exercise price the stock has not reached; GameStop said when it announced the dividend that a full exercise would raise about $1.9 billion.
The quarter ended August 1st, 2026, carried $790.2 million of net sales, down from $972.2 million in the same quarter a year earlier, and net income of $298.7 million that included about $238 million of gains on the company's eBay stake. GameStop held $5.06 billion in cash and marketable securities and 43.4 million eBay shares valued at $4.95 billion at quarter end.
What to watch
The next Form 4 will show whether Cohen keeps paying up above $27, and the warrant expiry on October 30th, 2026, is the nearest fixed date. The full Insider Score for GameStop sits on the premium tier. Track real-time insider activity at GameStop (GME) and 9,000+ companies → insiderbuying.com/companies/GME
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