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Caesars Entertainment, Inc.

$CZR·$6.1B·Gambling, Resorts & Casinos·Consumer Cyclical
$29.86-0.2%YTD+26.8%1Y-0.3%
Mentions · last 7 days
2026-07-10: 195 posts2026-07-11: 72 posts2026-07-12: 161 posts2026-07-13: 243 posts2026-07-14: 77 posts2026-07-15: 112 posts2026-07-16: 70 posts951+7%
Price updated 10m ago·X counts updated 18h ago
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$CZRCaesars Entertainment, Inc.
$29.87-0.15%951 posts+7%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

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.

Hinges on a big eventEvent coming upAI verdict · as of 2026-07-17

A known event soon (earnings, a ruling, etc.) will likely decide the next move.

A Fertitta buyout is on the tape, Icahn is reportedly weighing a topping bid — the deal-arb game just got interesting.

Caesars Entertainment is the largest US casino operator by property count — Caesars Palace, Harrah's, Bally's, plus the Caesars Sportsbook. It's been a leveraged post-merger deleveraging story for years and now sits inside an active take-private situation.

What matters right now:

  • A signed take-private is on the tape: the May 27 Agreement and Plan of Merger with Fertitta Gaming Holdco (Tilman Fertitta) values Caesars at $31/share and $5.7B — the equity is now trading as a deal-arb setup with a defined floor.
  • A topping bid is being discussed: Carl Icahn is reportedly considering a $33 bid; CNBC's David Faber says Icahn is unlikely to beat Fertitta but any Icahn bid must go public within 3 days per SEC rules — a real countdown clock.
  • The standalone business supports the arb math: Q1 revenue up 2.7% YoY to $2.87B and operating margin 17% — Caesars is a stable-cash-flow business at a reasonable multiple, which is why the take-private premium is only 7% above the June 30 price rather than 30%+.
  • Insiders neutral: director Courtney Mather resigned July 6 (unusual timing but 'no disagreement' language), no meaningful officer trades.
  • Position confirms the take-private premium already baked in: 93% of the 52-week range, YTD +27% — most of the upside from the deal is already in the tape.

The forward view: the near-term trade is entirely about (a) whether Icahn's rumored $33 becomes a firm bid, and (b) whether Fertitta increases. What crystalizes: any 13D/A from Icahn Enterprises or a Fertitta revised term-sheet in the next 30 days. What breaks the deal: an antitrust hold-up (unlikely given regional-gaming footprint) or a shareholder-vote fight if the price is deemed inadequate. Q2 earnings July 28 becomes a negotiating datapoint rather than a fundamentals event.

Agrees with X sentimentThe bullish X read on the Icahn topping-bid speculation is directionally right, and the technical framing of decreasing IV as deal certainty builds is fair. Our take agrees the near-term trade is the auction dynamic.

What to watch: Any 13D/A from Icahn Enterprises or a revised Fertitta term-sheet in the next 30 days; a shareholder-vote fight or antitrust hold-up would break the deal-arb trade.

On the calendar: 2026-07-28 — Q2 2026 earnings (and Fertitta/Icahn negotiation checkpoint)

X sentiment

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

Bullish sentiment6 posts analyzed · as of 2026-07-15

Caesars Entertainment chatter is bullish M&A. Carl Icahn is reportedly considering a $33 bid rivaling Tilman Fertitta's $31 deal for Caesars ($5.7B). CNBC's Faber says Icahn bid unlikely to beat Fertitta deal, but Icahn bid must go public within 3 days. Courtney Mather informed the Executive Chairman on July 6. Options implied volatility decreasing on CZR. Community broadly long the takeout thesis.

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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

No material change from last week — DraftKings' super app pivot and World Cup gambling activity signal OSB market maturation.

What this means for $CZR

Direct beneficiary — Operates large US casino-hotel resorts and runs Caesars Sportsbook online sports betting platform; the company is structurally positioned to capture the World Cup OSB surge and digital casino iGaming maturation.

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
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%
Q2 2025Jul 29, 2025$-0.39$0.07-657.1%
Next earningsTue, Jul 28·consensus EPS $0.05

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 14 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$11.8B$11.7B – $11.9B-$0.50-$0.69 – -$0.3914
FY27$12.1B$11.8B – $12.4B$0.34$0.07 – $0.7813
FY28$12.3B$12.2B – $12.4B$0.48$0.07 – $1.247

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.0.9×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.93%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.+4.1%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.+20.1%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 today2.8% 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.β1.765-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

SellJun 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
+ 28 other (14 inkinds · 7 awards · 7 exempts) in window

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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.

+ 13 other (6 13Gs · 3 proxys · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 1 10-Q) in window

Recent news

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

Caesars Entertainment Releases 2025 Corporate Social Responsibility Report Highlighting Efforts in Community Impact, Environmental Stewardship, Responsible Gaming and Morebusinesswire.com·2d agoHere Are Thursday's Best Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Align Technology, American Tower, Caesars Entertainment, Cohu, Five Below, Intuitive Surgical, Salesforce, Toast, and More247wallst.com·8d agoCaesars Republic Lake Tahoe is Officially Open Debuting a Bold New Era of Luxury on the South Shorebusinesswire.com·10d agoBear of the Day: Caesars Entertainment (CZR)zacks.com·10d agoCaesars vs. Six Flags: Which Leisure Entertainment Stock Is a Better Buy in 2026?fool.com·11d ago

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