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Nintendo stock (NTDOY) jumps 4% on $10 million in buy orders

Nintendo's stock jumped over 4% in fifteen minutes in afternoon trading. Apparently someone thinks the stock is a buy.

Asif Khan

February 21, 2019 11:35 AM

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Shares of Nintendo jumped this afternoon by over 4% on unusually high volume. There is no actual financial news at this time that I am able to track down, but please take a look at the minute period chart from today's trading.

Nintendo shares were having a pretty quiet day of trading leading up to this spike in trading. Nearly 300,000 shares of Nintendo's stock (NTDOY) traded hands in fifteen minutes. Making this move in the stock even more confusing is the announcement that Reggie Fils-Aime has retired from Nintendo. News of the shakeup at Nintendo of America broke an hour after this spike in share price. Doug Bowser, NOA's current Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, will succeed Fils-Aime after working alongside him for four years. 

Nintendo's stock has been underperforming the broader stock market for over a year, so today's mid-day spike is a nice reprieve for long-term shareholders. The company continues to roll out new features to their Nintendo Switch Online service, and announced several new titles during the February 13 Nintendo Direct. While Tetris 99 mania may be sweeping the gaming world, the stock has had very little movement. Quite surprising, considering Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sold over 12 million units in 25 days and Super Mario Maker 2 is set up to achieve similar success. 

While games like Link's Awakening might not be as massive of a hit as some of Nintendo's other Switch releases, it appears the Big N is back on better footing financially after a rough Wii U console cycle. Apparently some new shareholders agree with over $10 million of shares trading in a short time period. NTDOY usually trades 415,738 share on an average day, but over 900,000 shares are likely to change hands on this unusual day at Nintendo.

Full Disclosure:

At the time of this article, Asif A. Khan, his family members, and his company Virtue LLC had the following positions:

Long Nintendo via NTDOY shares

Asif Khan

CEO/EIC/EIEIO

Asif Khan is the CEO, EIC, and majority shareholder of Shacknews. He began his career in video game journalism as a freelancer in 2001 for Tendobox.com. Asif is a CPA and was formerly an investment adviser representative. After much success in his own personal investments, he retired from his day job in financial services and is currently focused on new private investments. His favorite PC game of all time is Duke Nukem 3D, and he is an unapologetic fan of most things Nintendo. Asif first frequented the Shack when it was sCary's Shugashack to find all things Quake. When he is not immersed in investments or gaming he is a purveyor of fine electronic music. Asif also has an irrational love of Cleveland sports.