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Caesars Entertainment, Inc.

$CZR·$6.1B·Gambling, Resorts & Casinos·Consumer Cyclical
$29.70-0.1%YTD+27.7%1Y+14.7%
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2026-08-22: 1 posts2026-08-23: 6 posts48-5%
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$CZRCaesars Entertainment, Inc.
$29.70-0.10%48 posts-5%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $CZR, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Stuck sidewaysCooling offAI verdict · as of 2026-08-30

Catching its breath after a run — could pick back up or fade from here.

Caesars +28% YTD, 8.6x EV/EBITDA, 8.3% FCF yield — Yunker $6.17M plus $8.94M coordinated insider selling loud.

Caesars Entertainment is a $6.1B casino/gaming operator (Las Vegas Strip, regional casinos, Caesars Digital). Real-business at leverage-cycle discount with a loud insider-selling cluster.

How it reads:

  • Growth is flat: Q1 revenue +2.7% YoY to $2.87B, Q4 was +2.7% — low-single-digit compounding at leverage-heavy scale.
  • Margins are OK: 17.8% operating margin, 8.3% FCF yield — the FCF yield is what supports the deleveraging thesis.
  • Valuation is defensible: 0.51x sales, 8.6x EV/EBITDA on 6.8% ROIC — priced for the leverage cycle unwinding.
  • Position is stretched: 91st percentile 52w, flat vs 50-day, 13.5% above 200-day on 74% baseline volume — quiet accumulation still going.
  • Insider signal is loud coordinated distribution: $8.94M S-Sale (Yunker $6.17M, Jones Josh $1.77M, Jones Blackhurst $1M) — three officer/director sales in one window is a real cluster at highs.
  • Arini Capital $35.78M new position (Aug 29) is a counterweight — institutional add offsetting insider distribution.
  • CRITICAL: $CZR X sample is entirely a CZR Exchange utility token public sale ($2M USDT raised, staking/VIP promo) — NOT equity chatter. Zero X signal on the casino business.

The Oct 27 print is the test — reiterated FY26 EBITDA guide plus specific commentary on Las Vegas Strip cash generation defends the multiple; a Vegas volume miss plus continued insider distribution drops to $26 support and the deleveraging thesis lags.

Differs from X sentimentCannot agree — the $CZR X sample is entirely a CZR Exchange utility token public sale ($2M USDT raised, sold out in <15 hours, staking/VIP benefits, ecosystem promo), not the casino equity. Zero relevant X sentiment. The actual equity story is +28% YTD at 8.6x EV/EBITDA offset by $8.94M coordinated insider distribution and one Arini $35M new position.

What to watch: Oct 27 earnings — reiterated FY26 EBITDA guide plus specific commentary on Las Vegas Strip cash generation defends the multiple; a Vegas volume miss plus continued insider distribution drops to $26 support.

On the calendar: 2026-10-27 — Q3 earnings

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X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Mixed sentiment19 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-31

Sentiment on Caesars is subdued and split, and the feed is largely drowned out by a promotional crypto token that shares the ticker touting a 'public sale sold out' in 15 hours. On the equity itself, posters flag that Las Vegas revenue 'has gone nowhere over the last 3 years' across $MGM, $WYNN, and $CZR, and note the CFO's first-ever sale of $6.17M. A few cite ethics-based avoidance of gambling names.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Operates large US casino-hotel resorts and runs Caesars Sportsbook online sports betting platform.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Gambling, Resorts & Casinos sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $CZR.

Gambling, Resorts & Casinos · Consumer Cyclical

Online sports betting and iGaming are the structural growth channels; market maturation in early-legalization states is shifting focus to profitability over market share. Macao casino recovery depends on Chinese consumer confidence and visa policy normalization.

What this means for $CZR

Partial — consumer discretionary / retail performance tracks consumer spending trends; Caesars Entertainment, Inc.

Top industry ETF

$BJKVanEck Gaming ETF
-6.5%YTD
-4.0%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
-12.3How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
6.8%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
17.8%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
8.3%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
0.5Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
-13.3%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
43.9%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
7.3Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Jul 28, 2026$-0.30$0.05-765.0%
Q1 2026Apr 28, 2026$-0.48$-0.19-152.6%
Q4 2025Feb 17, 2026$-1.23$-0.18-583.3%
Q3 2025Oct 28, 2025$-0.27$-0.11-145.5%
Next earningsTue, Oct 27·consensus EPS $-0.07

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$2.9B+2.7%50.3%17.4%$-0.48$-6.0M
Q4 FY25$2.9B+4.2%37.3%18.0%$-1.23$147.0M
Q3 FY25$2.9B-0.2%37.0%17.5%$-0.27$123.0M
Q2 FY25$2.9B+2.7%51.1%18.1%$-0.39$232.0M

Forward consensus

3-year forecast · up to 13 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$11.9B$11.8B – $11.9B-$0.82-$1.13 – -$0.6412
FY27$12.1B$12.0B – $12.4B$0.19$0.06 – $0.4513
FY28$12.3B$11.9B – $13.1B$0.29-$0.05 – $0.779

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.1×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.91%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-0.5%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+13.2%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 193.0M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today2.0% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.755-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellAug 27Jones Blackhurst Janis LDirector33.9K sh$1.0MSellAug 19Bret YunkerCFO208.1K sh$6.2MSellAug 14Josh JonesChief Marketing Officer59.5K sh$1.8MSellJun 12Michael E PegramDirector16.9K sh$498KSellJun 11Michael E PegramDirector24.8K sh$731KSellJun 10Michael E PegramDirector50.0K sh$1.5MSellJun 9Michael E PegramDirector36.0K sh$1.1MSellJun 9Edmund L QuatmannChief Legal Officer81.6K sh$2.4MSellJun 8Michael E PegramDirector29.2K sh$854KSellJun 2Michael E PegramDirector55.0K sh$1.6M

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KOfficer or director changeJul 88-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

Courtney Mather resigned from the Board of Directors of Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (CZR), effective July 6, 2026, with no disagreement with the company stated. Routine board departure; no strategic or financial significance disclosed.

8-KShareholder voteJun 128-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

Caesars Entertainment, Inc. held its 2026 Annual Meeting on June 9, 2026, with 179,300,597 shares constituting a quorum. Shareholders voted on three proposals: director elections, independent auditor ratification, and one additional matter per the April 23, 2026 proxy; all proposals passed. Routine annual governance filing for the major diversified casino and gaming operator.

8-KMaterial agreementMay 288-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Caesars Entertainment entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger on May 27, 2026 with Fertitta Gaming Holdco, LLC (a subsidiary of Landry's/Tilman Fertitta) as acquirer, with Caesars continuing as a wholly owned subsidiary of Fertitta Gaming post-merger. The board unanimously approved and recommends shareholder adoption; merger consideration terms are included in the Merger Agreement but the specific per-share price was truncated in the excerpt. This is a transformative, take-private-style acquisition of one of the largest U.S. casino operators by Tilman Fertitta's gaming empire.

+ 16 other (7 13Gs · 4 proxys · 2 10-Qs · 2 earnings 8-Ks) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

1,099,010 Shares in Caesars Entertainment, Inc. $CZR Bought by Bank of New York Mellon Corpdefenseworld.net·3d agoAre UTZ, VCTR, FULC, CZR Obtaining Fair Deals for their Shareholders?gurufocus.com·4d agoCaesars Entertainment (CZR) Down 0.4% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Rebound?zacks.com·5d agoRestaurant Guy Savoy at Caesars Palace Earns One MICHELIN Star in the 2026 Southwest MICHELIN Guidebusinesswire.com·5d agoArini Capital Management Ltd Takes $35.78 Million Position in Caesars Entertainment, Inc. $CZRdefenseworld.net·5d ago

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