Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA), Sirius XM Radio Inc (SIRI), Netflix, Inc. (NFLX): Main Street’s Electrical Parade, Tune Up & More

Getting past a difficult quarter in which profitability was shaved in half on a double-digit dip in sales, the 6,505-unit chain delighted the market by calling for earnings of at least $0.50 a share on double-digit comps growth for the current quarter. Analysts weren’t banking on that kind of bounce, especially since the holiday quarter was supposed to be the turnaround play, with the Xbox One, PS4, and Call of Duty: Ghosts hitting stores in November.

It’s still natural to be cynical when discussing GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME), after it hosed down its guidance four times last year, but we’ve now seen the retailer raise its store-level targets in back-to-back quarters.

5. Cooler than a mopping Carol Burnett
There’s a new consumer robot in town, and it’s mopping up the place. iRobot Corporation (NASDAQ:IRBT) introduced the stateside release of Braava, a compact automaton that mops and scrubs floors in a single pass.

The rollout isn’t necessarily a surprise. It was introduced in Europe earlier this year, and it’s the rebranded handiwork of a company that iRobot acquired last year. However, for a company that’s still riding on the success of its Roomba vacuum-cleaning orbs, new products are always a welcome path to generate incremental revenue and diversification.

Longtime Fool contributor Rick Munarriz owns shares of Netflix. The Motley Fool recommends iRobot, Netflix, and Tesla Motors and owns shares of GameStop, Netflix, and Tesla Motors. 

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