GameStop shares are collapsing after the company said it expects sales to fall this quarter (GME)

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GameStop shares fell as much as 7% in after-hours trading Thursday after the company announced results that showed it expects a decline in sales in Q1.

The games and electronics retailer reported fourth-quarter adjusted earnings-per-share (EPS) of $2.40, higher than its preliminary estimate of $2.19 to $2.25, but lower than Wall Street expected. Net sales totaled $3.53 billion, somewhere in the middle of its preliminary range. 

During the quarter, strong sales of gaming hardware and electronics offset a drop in new software sales. 

Its guidance for this quarter and full year missed estimates. GameStop sees Q1 EPS in a range of $0.58 to $0.63, while analysts had expected $0.70. 

It expects revenues to decline by between 4% and 7%. For the full year, it projects that sales could rise 3% at best, and be flat at worst. 

It expects the strong dollar to continue to hurt sales, taking out as much as $200 million in full-year revenues, and $0.08 in EPS. 

In the earnings release, CEO Paul Raines noted, "In 2015, the GameStop team achieved several significant milestones in our on-going transformation efforts. The company posted its third straight year of positive comps, exceeded $1 billion in digital receipts, gained market share in our core video game business, and introduced new collectibles products that contributed over $300 million in sales."

Here's a chart showing the stock's drop after-hours. Based on Thursday's closing price, it was up 8% for the year, and down 26% over the past 12 months. 

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