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PENN Entertainment, Inc.

$PENN·$2.7B·Gambling, Resorts & Casinos·Consumer Cyclical
$17.08-1.6%YTD+35.0%1Y-14.0%
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PEPENN
$PENNPENN Entertainment, Inc.
$17.08-1.61%32 posts-6%
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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 2026-08-30

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

PENN Entertainment +49% in 6 months — Bamco NY $58.6M new position, $195M new Hollywood Casino New Orleans landside.

PENN Entertainment is a $2.75B regional-casino / ESPN Bet online operator. Turnaround with a fresh Bamco NY institutional-add plus a specific $195M new-build catalyst.

How it reads:

  • Growth is real: Q1 revenue +6.4% YoY to $1.78B, Q4 was +6.1% — mid-single-digit compounding at regional-casino scale.
  • Margins are recovering: -7% operating margin (Q1 was 5.5%) — the ESPN Bet integration costs are the drag.
  • Valuation is turnaround-priced: -2.7x PE (unprofitable), 0.36x sales, -76.9x EV/EBITDA — priced on the turnaround trajectory.
  • Position is coiling: 53rd percentile 52w, 13.6% below 50-day, 5.3% above 200-day on 89% baseline volume — pulling back within recovery.
  • The specific catalyst: PENN +49% in six months, Bamco Inc. NY $58.62M new position (Aug 27), plus Aug 17 announcement to relocate Boomtown Casino New Orleans Riverboat and construct $195M landside Hollywood Casino New Orleans — real capex re-deployment.
  • No X sentiment sample — chatter is quiet on this regional casino name.
  • Insider signal is neutral: D-Return (Hartnett 14,775 shares) plus M-Exempt (29,550 shares) — routine tax-cycle activity, no distribution cluster.

The Nov 5 print is the test — reiterated FY26 EBITDAR guide plus specific commentary on ESPN Bet margin trajectory extends the recovery; another EBITDAR miss plus continued ESPN Bet subsidy pressure drops to $15 support.

What to watch: Nov 5 earnings — reiterated FY26 EBITDAR guide plus specific commentary on ESPN Bet margin trajectory extends the recovery; another EBITDAR miss plus continued ESPN Bet subsidy pressure drops to $15 support.

On the calendar: 2026-11-05 — Q3 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

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 $PENN

Neutral — PENN Entertainment, Inc; exposure to the industry macro driver is limited or indirect.

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 $0.15

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$0.90$0.69 – $1.1115
FY27$7.7B$7.4B – $7.9B$1.62$0.67 – $2.5414
FY28$7.9B$7.3B – $8.5B$1.89$1.04 – $3.359
FY29$7.6B$7.3B – $7.8B$4.10$3.90 – $4.234

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.53%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.-13.6%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.+5.3%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 today1.8% 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.β1.415-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.

+ 7 other (4 awards · 1 exempt · 1 return · 1 inkind) 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
+ 14 other (6 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.

Bamco Inc. NY Makes New $58.62 Million Investment in PENN Entertainment, Inc. $PENNdefenseworld.net·5d agoPENN Stock Gains 49% in Six Months: Should You Buy, Sell or Hold?zacks.com·7d agoPENN Expands Its Casino Footprint: Can New Projects Drive Growth?zacks.com·10d agoPENN Entertainment Announces Plans to Relocate Boomtown Casino New Orleans Riverboat and Construct New $195 Million Landside Hollywood Casino New Orleansbusinesswire.com·14d agoVornado Realty: PENN District Drives Remarkable Quarter For Leasing Volumeseekingalpha.com·17d ago

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