GameStop Takes Everyone on a Wild Ride, Except Its Accountants

It’s taken over social media, gotten airtime at a White House press conference, and pitted hedge funds against an army of online traders out to bruise them. But there’s one place the saga of GameStop Corp.’s stock price roller coaster ride won’t play out: on GameStop’s financial statements.

The fundamentals of the video game retailer’s performance are unlikely to change when it reports its annual results in March, though the company probably will discuss the stock price volatility in disclosures about the risks it faces.

No line items or footnotes will comment on changes to its revenue, expenses, debt ...