Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Gambling, Resorts & Casinos
Accel Entertainment, Inc. ACEL
$10.84 +2.36% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $882.3M
Strong growthInexpensive vs sectorLow risk
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.67, up 63.3% year over year.
- The shares trade at 16.2× trailing earnings, lower than 86% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 29%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 14%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 7%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 17%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 45%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 39%
- Gross marginBottom 41%
- Operating marginTop 44%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 30%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 28%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 33%
- Interest coverBottom 43%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 31%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 7%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 6%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 35%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 23%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 40%
- 6-month returnBottom 46%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 43%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 40%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 19%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 13%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 24%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 50%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 4%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 34%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 33%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 8.4% | 8.7% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 21.8% | 63.3% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 30.7% | 31.8% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 7.5% | 8.2% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 3.7% | 12.1% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 8.7% | 8.4% | ↑ | Top 29% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 63.3% | 21.8% | ↑ | Top 14% |
| Gross margin | 31.8% | 30.7% | ↑ | Bottom 41% |
| Operating margin | 8.2% | 7.5% | ↑ | Top 44% |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 2.8% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 12.1% | 3.7% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 8.3% | — | Top 39% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 11.1% | — | Top 17% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.63×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -8.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +239.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.56×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 4.66%
- Shareholder yield
- 4.66%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -4.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -9.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $14.33
- Target vs current price
- +32.2%
- Analysts with a rating
- 6
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 67%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | -20.9% | +1.1% | +0.2% | -3.2% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | +6.3% | +2.1% | -5.4% | -1.7% | -2.0% |
| Mar 3, 2026 | -4.0% | -0.1% | +3.6% | -2.9% | +8.0% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | -20.0% | -0.6% | +4.2% | +3.7% | +13.2% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | +13.6% | +0.6% | -10.0% | -7.5% | -17.0% |
| May 5, 2025 | +33.3% | +0.9% | +7.0% | +5.5% | +22.0% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | -5.0% | -1.3% | -12.1% | -13.8% | -5.6% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | +22.2% | -1.0% | -3.4% | +2.7% | -0.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $0.15 | $0.19 | -20.9% | $368.1M |
| May 5, 2026 | $0.17 | $0.16 | +6.3% | $351.6M |
| Mar 3, 2026 | $0.19 | $0.20 | -4.0% | $341.4M |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $0.16 | $0.20 | -20.0% | $329.7M |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $0.25 | $0.22 | +13.6% | $335.9M |
| May 5, 2025 | $0.24 | $0.18 | +33.3% | $323.9M |
| Feb 27, 2025 | $0.19 | $0.20 | -5.0% | $317.5M |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $0.22 | $0.18 | +22.2% | $302.2M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 16.2× | 20.6× | 14th | Top 31% |
| P/E (forward) | 15.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 5.9× | — | — | Top 6% |
| EV / Sales | 0.86× | — | — | Top 35% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 19.03% | — | — | Top 7% |
| Earnings yield | 6.18% | — | — | Top 31% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 11.4× – 95.2× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -0.9%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +63.3%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -39.9%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -7.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -7.7%
- RSI (14)
- 34.1
- Relative volume
- 1.21×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 20.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 1th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.84
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.44
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -19.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -26.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 2022 | Dec 19, 2022 | -47.1% | 202 days | Not yet recovered |
| May 17, 2021 | Aug 19, 2021 | -21.2% | 66 days | 57 days (Nov 9, 2021) |
| Nov 9, 2020 | Dec 10, 2020 | -19.7% | 22 days | 53 days (Mar 1, 2021) |
| Mar 12, 2021 | Mar 29, 2021 | -14.4% | 11 days | 17 days (Apr 22, 2021) |
| Sep 28, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -14.0% | 24 days | 6 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $882.3M
- P/E (TTM)
- 16.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.67
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.39B
- 52-week range
- $9.55 – $14.00
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $734.7M | $969.8M | $1.17B | $1.23B | $1.33B |
| Gross profit | $240.7M | $298.9M | $353.2M | $371.5M | $422.8M |
| Operating income | $70.2M | $96.9M | $107.4M | $90.9M | $108.7M |
| Net income | $31.6M | $74.1M | $45.6M | $35.3M | $51.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.33 | $0.81 | $0.53 | $0.41 | $0.60 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $302.2M | $317.5M | $323.9M | $335.9M | $329.7M | $341.4M | $351.6M | $368.1M |
| Net income | $4.9M | $8.4M | $14.6M | $7.3M | $13.4M | $16.2M | $14.7M | $12.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.06 | $0.10 | $0.17 | $0.08 | $0.16 | $0.19 | $0.17 | $0.15 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $110.8M | $108.0M | $132.5M | $121.2M | $150.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$29.8M | -$47.4M | -$81.7M | -$66.5M | -$88.9M |
| Free cash flow | $81.0M | $60.6M | $50.8M | $54.7M | $62.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$9.0M | -$78.6M | -$30.1M | -$25.5M | -$39.9M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $255.5M
- Total assets
- $1.10B
- Total liabilities
- $809.0M
- Total debt
- $573.3M
- Net debt
- $317.9M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $283.9M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,298,310
- Days to cover
- 8.46
- Change vs previous report
- +0.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.