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PENN Entertainment, Inc.

$PENN·$2.7B·Gambling, Resorts & Casinos·Consumer Cyclical
$21.27+0.7%YTD+43.3%1Y+21.1%
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PEPENN
$PENNPENN Entertainment, Inc.
$21.27+0.71%1.5k posts+12%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $PENN, 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.

Comeback attemptAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-07-17

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

Regional-casino operator with a sports-betting play just re-priced its term loan and is running higher into earnings.

PENN Entertainment is a regional US casino operator (Ameristar, Hollywood Casino, M Resort, Zia Park) with a sports-media arm anchored by theScore (Canada) and the ESPN Bet partnership in the US. The equity trades on the messy intersection of the casino cash-flow story and the sports-betting-optionality story.

What's improving right now:

  • The core casinos are stable and growing modestly: Q1 revenue up 6.4% YoY to $1.78B, operating margin +5% (turned positive) — this is a stabilization off the operational drag of the 2025 sports-betting ramp.
  • Balance-sheet maneuver just landed: the May 28 amendment to the $962.5M Term Loan B extended maturity to 2033 and cut applicable margin by 50 basis points — real interest savings for a business carrying substantial debt (D/E 4.5x).
  • The sports-betting product is expanding: theScore Bet, Hollywood Casino, and theScore Casino apps just launched as standalones in Alberta — a small province geographically, but a fully licensed environment PENN can use as a template.
  • The tape is confirming the turn: YTD +43% and sitting at 90% of the 52-week range, with beta 1.4 — this is a name being bid up on the operational stabilization plus the option value of the sports-betting arm.

The forward look: the August 6 Q2 print is the referee. A sports-betting EBITDA loss narrowing (or breakeven) plus stable regional-casino comps and a raised full-year interest guide (from the term-loan repricing) is what keeps the accelerating story alive. What kills it: another wide sports-betting operating loss or a ESPN Bet-partnership friction headline. This is a leveraged turnaround, so any macro-consumer softness would amplify the downside — watch the same-store gaming trends in the peer group (BYD, RRR, GDEN) alongside.

What to watch: August 6 Q2 earnings, specifically the sports-betting segment EBITDA and regional-casino same-store gaming; any ESPN Bet-partnership friction headline would flip the accelerating leg.

On the calendar: 2026-08-06 — Q2 2026 earnings

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What it does

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

Operates regional US casinos and runs ESPN Bet online sports betting under a partnership with ESPN.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

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

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 $PENN

Partial — Operates regional US casinos and runs ESPN Bet online sports betting under a partnership with ESPN; the World Cup OSB surge and digital casino iGaming maturation creates tailwinds for one product line, not the full operation.

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
-2.7How 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
-3.7%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
-7.0%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
-2.2%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
0.4Same 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
-44.5%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
29.7%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
4.5Total 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 23, 2026$-0.02$0.05-134.4%
Q4 2025Feb 26, 2026$0.07$-0.23+130.4%
Q3 2025Nov 6, 2025$-0.22$-0.10-120.0%
Q2 2025Aug 7, 2025$0.10$-0.04+350.0%
Next earningsThu, Aug 6·consensus EPS $0.28

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$1.8B+6.4%29.5%5.5%$-0.02$27.8M
Q4 FY25$1.8B+8.2%27.2%4.9%$-0.55$-83.2M
Q3 FY25$1.7B+4.8%33.8%-45.2%$-6.03$-1.0M
Q2 FY25$1.8B+6.1%28.5%5.2%$-0.12$-1.3M

Forward consensus

4-year forecast · up to 14 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$7.4B$7.0B – $7.5B$0.79$0.60 – $0.9914
FY27$7.7B$7.1B – $7.9B$1.43$0.54 – $2.2814
FY28$7.9B$7.9B – $8.0B$1.78$0.60 – $3.006
FY29$7.6B$7.1B – $7.8B$4.10$3.76 – $4.205

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.0.8×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.90%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.+9.6%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.+31.8%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 124.9M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today2.5% 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.β1.425-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.FilingActive offeringA shelf registration (S-3 / S-3ASR / S-1) or prospectus supplement (424B*) was filed in the last 90 days — the company is registered to (or actively) issuing new shares. Dilution risk.

Insider activity

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

Recent transactions

BuyMar 2Jane ScaccettiDirector8.0K sh$121K
+ 9 other (6 awards · 3 inkinds) 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-KShareholder voteJun 188-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

PENN Entertainment held its 2026 Annual Meeting on June 16, 2026, with 116.4M shares represented. Four Class III directors (Kaplowitz, Scaccetti, Schiavolin, Snowden) were elected for three-year terms through 2029; PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was ratified as auditor; executive compensation was approved on an advisory basis; and stockholders approved the third amendment to the company's 2022 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan. Routine annual meeting governance; the LTIP amendment is the only item with equity-dilution implications, details of which are not included in the excerpt.

8-KMaterial agreementMay 288-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation
AI summary

PENN Entertainment, Inc. amended its $962.5 million Term Loan B facility on May 28, 2026, extending the maturity to May 2033 and reducing the applicable interest rate margins by 50 basis points — from 2.50% to 2.00% on SOFR loans and from 1.50% to 1.00% on base rate loans. The term loan A facility and revolving facility maturities remain unchanged. The refinancing lowers PENN's interest expense on its largest debt tranche and extends the runway before refinancing risk reemerges, a net positive for the gaming and entertainment company's capital structure.

S-3ASRAuto-shelf registrationApr 24S-3ASR
AI summary

PENN filed a S-3ASR (automatic shelf) shelf registration statement dated 2026-04-24. The shelf provides capacity to issue equity or debt as market conditions allow. No immediate capital raise is triggered; watch for prospectus supplements disclosing actual transactions.

8-KMaterial agreementApr 168-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation
AI summary

PENN entered into a amendment (8-K Item 1.01, dated 2026-04-16). Counterparty: Company, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and Bank of Ame. Size: approximately $1.0 billion. Material definitive agreement — investors should review the full exhibit for covenants, conditions, and use of proceeds.

8-KMaterial agreementMar 168-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 93
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 43
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 43
+ 11 other (3 13Gs · 2 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.

PENN or RRR: Which Is the Better Value Stock Right Now?zacks.com·3d agoHere's Why PENN Entertainment (PENN) is a Strong Growth Stockzacks.com·3d agoShould Value Investors Buy PENN Entertainment, Inc. (PENN) Stock?zacks.com·3d agoPENN Entertainment Shares Trend After Launching theScore Bet, Hollywood Casino and theScore Casino Apps in Albertabenzinga.com·4d agoPENN Entertainment Launches theScore Bet Sportsbook & Casino and theScore Casino and Hollywood Casino Standalone Apps in Albertabusinesswire.com·4d ago

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