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Las Vegas Sands Stock Dips After Worse-Than-Expected Q2 Results
Wednesday, July 24, 2024 - 4:44pm | 340Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS) reported its second-quarter financial results Wednesday. Here's a look at the details from the report. The Details: Las Vegas Sands reported quarterly earnings of 55 cents per share, which missed the analyst consensus estimate of 56 cents by 1.79%. Quarterly...
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Exclusive: Wynn Exec Talks Macau Recovery, Gaming Loss, Boston/Japan Expansion Plans
Thursday, August 3, 2017 - 2:03pm | 817As Macau recovers, so do casino stocks. Wynn Resorts, Limited (NASDAQ: WYNN), which has a particularly high exposure to Macau, China, is the world’s biggest gaming destination. The company derived 69 percent of its EBITDA from Macau, according to its second-quarter earnings report released...
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Previewing Casino Earnings: 'Q2 Was Good For Gaming Companies'
Monday, July 24, 2017 - 4:27pm | 758Previewing the results of casinos, Barclays said the second-quarter was overall a good one for gaming companies. The firm said strength in Macau, solid results in Las Vegas and continued stability in regional gaming provided a solid backdrop for companies in its coverage universe. Analyst...
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Casino Stocks 101: What Is A Junket?
Saturday, July 15, 2017 - 10:47am | 488Shares of Macau casino operators Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd(ADR) (NASDAQ: MLCO), Wynn Resorts, Limited (NASDAQ: WYNN), Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) and MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) all traded lower Friday on new reports that one of Macau’s major junket operators may...
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Casino Stocks Under Pressure Amid Macau Junket Liquidity Concerns
Friday, July 14, 2017 - 11:18am | 406Shares of Macau casino operators Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd(ADR) (NASDAQ: MLCO), Wynn Resorts, Limited (NASDAQ: WYNN), Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) and MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) were all getting hammered in early Friday trading after Bloomberg reported that one of Macau...
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24% Monthly Growth In Macau Gaming Win Pushes Casino Stocks Higher
Thursday, June 1, 2017 - 9:33am | 435Western casino stocks gained momentum Thursday as peers in Macau, the Chinese-controlled gaming mecca, posted their 10th consecutive positive month amid continued recovery from local anti-corruption efforts. May gambling revenues popped 23.7 percent ($2.83 billion) year over year ahead of analyst...
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Vegas Strip Revenue Slumps In April
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 - 11:59am | 495With Macau’s gaming recovery beginning to gain momentum, Las Vegas hit a bit of a bump in the road in April. Nevada's state gaming control board released its report Wednesday on gaming revenue for the Las Vegas area in the month of April. Here's a brief overview. The Numbers Nevada...
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Attention Macau Investors: There's No Need To Panic Over Government Policies
Tuesday, May 23, 2017 - 1:20pm | 435Long-time Macau gaming investors know that government policy risk is simply part of the equation. Macau casino stocks, including Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd(ADR) (NASDAQ: MLCO), Wynn Resorts, Limited (NASDAQ: WYNN), Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) and MGM Resorts International (NYSE:...
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Macau Tops Expectations With 16.3% April Revenue Growth
Monday, May 1, 2017 - 10:31am | 406What a huge difference a year makes in the global gaming hub of Macau, China. The latest data from the Macao Gaming and Coordination Bureau reveals that Macau brought in 20.1 billion patacas in April, up 16.3 percent year over year. Prior to last August's 1.1 percent gain, Macau had registered...
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Betting On Wynn Resorts To Keep Gaining Market Share, Union Gaming Upgrades
Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 1:16pm | 340Macau gaming stocks are on fire Wednesday after Wynn Resorts, Limited (NASDAQ: WYNN) reported adjusted first-quarter earnings of $1.24/share on revenue of $1.48 billion, topping consensus analyst forecasts of $0.98 and $1.4 billion, respectively. Union Gaming upgraded Wynn Resorts from Hold to Buy...
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Macau Can Spark The Casino ETF
Friday, April 21, 2017 - 8:20am | 520Up nearly 14 percent year-to-date, the VanEck Vectors Gaming ETF (NYSE: BJK) is at a torrid pace. Macau, the world's largest gambling hub and the only Chinese territory where gambling is legal, is often a driver of BJK's price action and that could prove to be good news for investors as...
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Macau Gaming Stocks Now In-Line With 2017 Expectations
Wednesday, January 18, 2017 - 10:48am | 320The long-term growth story in Macau remains intact, but share prices of casino operators may already fully reflect 2017 earnings. According to Bernstein analyst Vitali Umansky, the huge run Macau stocks have been on in the past year now has the stocks trading in-line with medium-term growth...
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Near-Term Pullback In Las Vegas Sands Shares Creates Buying Opportunity
Tuesday, January 17, 2017 - 2:39pm | 378Stifel maintains its Buy rating on Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS), saying the positive Macau trends should drive upside in shares. Additionally, the firm said the recent pullback in shares creates a buying opportunity. Macau operators should generate higher gross gaming revenues in 2017, and the...
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What Will The New Year Bring For The Casino Industry?
Tuesday, January 3, 2017 - 3:22pm | 632The year-end gaming revenue numbers from the Macau, China, and Las Vegas markets indicate that the gaming industry finished the year strong in the two largest and most critical markets in the world for investors. However, now that 2017 is officially here, gaming investors are wondering whether that...
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How Did The Casino Industry Perform In 2016?
Tuesday, January 3, 2017 - 12:25pm | 374Now that 2016 has come to a close, the last batch of gaming revenue numbers from Macau shows the industry finished the year on a high note. After 26 consecutive months of year-over-year revenue declines, Macau closed out 2016 with five straight months of gains, including an 8.0 percent bump in...