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PENN Entertainment, Inc.

$PENN·$2.1B·Gambling, Resorts & Casinos·Consumer Cyclical
$14.94-1.8%YTD+3.6%1Y-11.7%
Price updated 3h ago·X counts updated 12d ago
PEPENN
$PENNPENN Entertainment, Inc.
$14.94-1.78%125 posts
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The complete picture of $PENN on X — how loud the conversation is right now, how it has trended over the last two weeks, and which way the crowd is leaning.

125X posts · last 7 days
Sep 28Oct 4

AI verdictAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

TickerTalks' own read on what's driving $PENN — fundamentals, momentum, or an event — and whether it agrees with the X crowd.

Proven numbersStalledAI verdict · as of 2026-10-03

The move has stalled — likely just drifts unless something new shows up.

Penn Entertainment is quietly growing revenue but can't turn a profit — the sports-betting bet is still the overhang, not the catalyst.

Penn Entertainment is a regional-casino operator plus the ESPN BET sports-betting app (Barstool before). The stock has been flat YTD at -1.5%, with sustained revenue growth masking continuing operating losses.

  • Revenue is growing: Q1 2026 of $1.78B at +6.4% YoY after +8%, +4.8%, and +6% in prior quarters — the regional-casino business is working, but ESPN BET is still cash-flow-negative.
  • EPS beats have been missing in big ways: last four prints at -33%, -134%, -139%, and -5930% — the ESPN BET losses are the specific issue, with sports-betting-segment burn disappointing consensus consistently.
  • The Kansas Entertainment Hollywood Casino hotel groundbreaking is a routine capex catalyst — not thesis-moving on its own, but part of the regional-footprint expansion that supports the base business.

A Nov 5 Q3 print with ESPN BET EBITDA less negative plus regional-casino organic growth holding above 5% restarts the thesis; another ESPN BET miss and the stock keeps drifting with no visible catalyst.

What to watch: Nov 5 Q3 earnings — ESPN BET EBITDA trending less negative, regional-casino organic growth above 5%, and any 2027 guide on sports-betting profitability. A credible ESPN BET inflection toward break-even restarts the thesis; another big miss on the segment and the stall extends.

On the calendar: 2026-11-05 — Q3 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 — Online sports betting is the structural share gainer as the NFL season opens, with DraftKings as the market-entry catalyst.

What this means for $PENN

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

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
Q2 2026Aug 6, 2026$0.25$0.37-33.1%
Q1 2026Apr 23, 2026$-0.02$0.05-134.4%
Q4 2025Feb 26, 2026$-0.55$-0.23-139.1%
Q3 2025Nov 6, 2025$-6.03$-0.10-5930.0%
Next earningsThu, Nov 5·consensus EPS $0.17

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 15 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$7.4B$7.3B – $7.5B$0.85$0.67 – $1.1115
FY27$7.7B$7.4B – $7.9B$1.47$0.85 – $1.6915
FY28$7.9B$7.4B – $8.5B$1.97$1.24 – $3.539
FY29$7.6B$7.3B – $7.8B$4.10$3.90 – $4.224

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.33%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.-10.3%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.-9.3%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 118.3M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today2.3% 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.β1.395-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

No open-market buys or sells in the last 180 days.

+ 2 other (1 exempt · 1 return) 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.

+ 13 other (5 13Gs · 2 10-Qs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 proxys) in window

Recent news

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

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