Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Leisure
Lucky Strike Entertainment Corporation LUCK
$5.29 +0.95% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $723.3M
Weak trendExpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 10.9× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- Over the past year the stock returned -47.6%, behind the S&P 500 by 62.6 percentage points.
- 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)Bottom 49%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 1%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 32%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 27%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 40%
- Gross marginBottom 49%
- Operating marginTop 32%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 39%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 7%
- Interest coverBottom 20%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 19%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 3%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 46%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 16%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 11%
- 6-month returnBottom 6%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 10%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 15%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 5%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 13%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 24%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 25%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 43%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 33%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 27%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 7%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 4.9% | 3.7% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 37.2% | 35.1% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 11.4% | 11.0% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 3.0% | -20.6% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 3.7% | 4.9% | ↓ | Bottom 49% |
| Gross margin | 35.1% | 37.2% | ↓ | Bottom 49% |
| Operating margin | 11.0% | 11.4% | ↓ | Top 32% |
| Net margin | -2.9% | -0.8% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -20.6% | 3.0% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 4.0% | — | Bottom 40% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 5.6% | — | Top 32% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +23.1 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 10.95×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 0.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 4.79%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 4.71%
- Shareholder yield
- 9.50%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -2.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -7.7%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 28, 2026 (filed Aug 27, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -2.9%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $8.20
- Target vs current price
- +55.0%
- 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 27, 2026 | -318.6% | -7.1% | -7.4% | -23.0% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | -41.2% | -1.2% | +5.2% | -5.0% | -13.5% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | -1333.2% | +1.5% | +4.6% | +17.7% | +10.1% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | +20.0% | -2.1% | -3.8% | -1.0% | -1.7% |
| Aug 28, 2025 | -600.0% | -1.5% | -2.7% | -7.3% | -33.7% |
| May 8, 2025 | -69.6% | -13.2% | -5.0% | -4.4% | +0.5% |
| Feb 5, 2025 | +166.7% | -0.2% | +8.1% | -10.4% | -13.4% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | +177.8% | +0.5% | +11.3% | +20.1% | +3.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2026 | -$0.20 | -$0.05 | -318.6% | $303.9M |
| May 6, 2026 | $0.10 | $0.17 | -41.2% | $342.2M |
| Feb 4, 2026 | -$0.11 | $0.01 | -1333.2% | $306.9M |
| Nov 4, 2025 | -$0.12 | -$0.15 | +20.0% | $292.3M |
| Aug 28, 2025 | -$0.49 | -$0.07 | -600.0% | $301.2M |
| May 8, 2025 | $0.07 | $0.23 | -69.6% | $339.9M |
| Feb 5, 2025 | $0.16 | $0.06 | +166.7% | $300.1M |
| Nov 4, 2024 | $0.13 | -$0.17 | +177.8% | $260.2M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / EBITDA | 13.4× | — | — | Bottom 46% |
| EV / Sales | 3.18× | — | — | Bottom 16% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -35.50% | — | — | Bottom 3% |
| Earnings yield | -6.31% | — | — | Bottom 19% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 16.1× – 81.3× since Jun 30, 2023. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
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)
- -11.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -14.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -31.0%
- RSI (14)
- 36.1
- Relative volume
- 0.44×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 38.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 12th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.33
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.40
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -49.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -65.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 2023 | Sep 24, 2026 | -69.7% | 890 days | Not yet recovered |
| Apr 20, 2022 | May 11, 2022 | -34.5% | 15 days | 66 days (Aug 16, 2022) |
| Nov 8, 2021 | Feb 3, 2022 | -29.1% | 60 days | 21 days (Mar 7, 2022) |
| Nov 10, 2022 | Dec 15, 2022 | -18.7% | 24 days | 42 days (Feb 16, 2023) |
| Sep 20, 2022 | Sep 29, 2022 | -13.6% | 7 days | 11 days (Oct 14, 2022) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $723.3M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.33
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.25B
- Dividend yield
- 4.54%
- 52-week range
- $5.10 – $10.68
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $911.7M | $1.06B | $1.15B | $1.20B | $1.25B |
| Gross profit | $301.7M | $342.4M | $314.2M | $447.1M | $436.6M |
| Operating income | $116.6M | $200.8M | $91.6M | $137.2M | $136.8M |
| Net income | -$29.9M | $82.0M | -$83.6M | -$10.0M | -$35.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.26 | $0.30 | -$0.61 | -$0.13 | -$0.33 |
| Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $260.2M | $300.1M | $339.9M | $301.2M | $292.3M | $306.9M | $342.2M | $303.9M |
| Net income | $23.1M | $28.3M | $13.3M | -$74.7M | -$13.8M | -$12.7M | $16.9M | -$26.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.13 | $0.16 | $0.07 | -$0.52 | -$0.12 | -$0.11 | $0.10 | -$0.20 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $177.7M | $217.8M | $154.8M | $177.2M | $103.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$164.8M | -$149.5M | -$194.6M | -$141.1M | -$113.7M |
| Free cash flow | $12.9M | $68.3M | -$39.7M | $36.2M | -$9.8M |
| Dividends paid | -$226.0M | $0 | -$25.0M | -$33.6M | -$34.6M |
| Net share buybacks | -$249.5M | -$95.4M | -$253.0M | -$70.8M | -$34.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $39.4M
- Total assets
- $3.23B
- Total liabilities
- $3.49B
- Total debt
- $3.27B
- Net debt
- $3.23B
- Shareholders’ equity
- -$263.8M
As of Jun 28, 2026 (filed Aug 27, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2026 | $0.06 | Sep 22, 2026 |
| May 22, 2026 | $0.06 | Jun 5, 2026 |
| Feb 20, 2026 | $0.06 | Mar 6, 2026 |
| Nov 24, 2025 | $0.06 | Dec 8, 2025 |
| Aug 29, 2025 | $0.06 | Sep 12, 2025 |
| May 23, 2025 | $0.06 | Jun 6, 2025 |
| Feb 21, 2025 | $0.06 | Mar 7, 2025 |
| Nov 22, 2024 | $0.06 | Dec 6, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,044,420
- Days to cover
- 22.14
- Change vs previous report
- +0.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.