Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Gambling, Resorts & Casinos
Las Vegas Sands Corp. LVS
$36.23 -1.25% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $23.47B
Strong growthHigh qualityWeak trendInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Oct 21, 2026
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Three things to know
- At 14.1× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the lowest P/E of the company's past five years.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $2.57, up 29.8% year over year.
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 10%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 27%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 6%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 1%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 9%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 15%
- Gross marginTop 21%
- Operating marginTop 6%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 39%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 20%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 48%
- Interest coverTop 50%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 23%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 19%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 17%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 21%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 8%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 29%
- 6-month returnBottom 7%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 22%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 19%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 49%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 13%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 37%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 19%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 38%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 31%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 48%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 22.7% | 18.1% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 50.0% | 29.8% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 49.4% | 50.9% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 21.8% | 23.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 5.4% | 20.3% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 18.1% | 22.7% | ↓ | Top 10% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 29.8% | 50.0% | ↓ | Top 27% |
| Gross margin | 50.9% | 49.4% | ↑ | Top 21% |
| Operating margin | 23.3% | 21.8% | ↑ | Top 6% |
| Net margin | 12.8% | 12.2% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 20.3% | 5.4% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 17.0% | — | Top 15% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 46.9% | — | Top 1% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.13×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -10.0%
- 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.
- -7.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.57×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 4.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 2.60%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 6.32%
- Shareholder yield
- 8.92%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -4.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -4.7%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 24, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +9.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $59.78
- Target vs current price
- +65.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 49
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 59%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | -22.1% | -0.5% | +6.1% | +0.0% | — |
| Apr 22, 2026 | +20.4% | -1.2% | -5.7% | -13.2% | -21.2% |
| Jan 28, 2026 | +11.1% | +1.5% | -5.7% | -8.7% | -13.9% |
| Oct 22, 2025 | +26.4% | +0.0% | +15.0% | +28.0% | +16.5% |
| Jul 23, 2025 | +48.8% | +0.4% | +7.9% | +10.5% | +1.1% |
| Apr 23, 2025 | +3.9% | +2.1% | +7.7% | +20.6% | +43.4% |
| Jan 29, 2025 | -6.1% | +0.5% | +3.0% | +1.2% | -15.3% |
| Oct 23, 2024 | -17.0% | -1.4% | +3.2% | -5.0% | -12.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | $0.59 | $0.76 | -22.1% | $3.15B |
| Apr 22, 2026 | $0.91 | $0.76 | +20.4% | $3.58B |
| Jan 28, 2026 | $0.85 | $0.77 | +11.1% | $3.65B |
| Oct 22, 2025 | $0.78 | $0.62 | +26.4% | $3.33B |
| Jul 23, 2025 | $0.79 | $0.53 | +48.8% | $3.17B |
| Apr 23, 2025 | $0.59 | $0.57 | +3.9% | $2.86B |
| Jan 29, 2025 | $0.54 | $0.58 | -6.1% | $2.90B |
| Oct 23, 2024 | $0.44 | $0.53 | -17.0% | $2.68B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 14.1× | 22.0× | 0th | Top 23% |
| P/E (forward) | 11.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.7× | — | — | Top 17% |
| EV / Sales | 2.58× | — | — | Bottom 21% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 11.88% | — | — | Top 19% |
| Earnings yield | 7.09% | — | — | Top 23% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 15.0× – 51.5× since Mar 31, 2022. 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
- -33.9%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +29.8%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -32.3%
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)
- -4.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -17.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -29.9%
- RSI (14)
- 17.1
- Relative volume
- 1.26×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 25.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 5th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.81
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.34
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -47.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -47.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2021 | May 12, 2022 | -54.5% | 294 days | 878 days (Nov 11, 2025) |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Oct 2, 2026 | -47.9% | 210 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 4, 2020 | Jan 29, 2021 | -20.0% | 37 days | 14 days (Feb 19, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $23.47B
- P/E (TTM)
- 14.1
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $2.57
- Revenue (TTM)
- $13.72B
- Dividend yield
- 3.17%
- 52-week range
- $36.21 – $70.45
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.23B | $4.11B | $10.37B | $11.30B | $13.02B |
| Gross profit | $1.61B | $1.65B | $5.17B | $5.52B | $6.48B |
| Operating income | -$689.0M | -$770.0M | $2.35B | $2.47B | $3.09B |
| Net income | -$961.0M | $1.83B | $1.22B | $1.45B | $1.63B |
| EPS (diluted) | -$1.26 | $2.40 | $1.60 | $1.96 | $2.35 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.68B | $2.90B | $2.86B | $3.17B | $3.33B | $3.65B | $3.58B | $3.15B |
| Net income | $275.0M | $324.0M | $352.0M | $461.0M | $419.0M | $395.0M | $567.0M | $373.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.38 | $0.45 | $0.49 | $0.66 | $0.61 | $0.58 | $0.85 | $0.53 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $15.0M | -$795.0M | $3.23B | $3.20B | $3.02B |
| Capital expenditure | -$839.0M | -$780.0M | -$1.26B | -$1.58B | -$1.24B |
| Free cash flow | -$824.0M | -$1.57B | $1.97B | $1.62B | $1.78B |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | -$305.0M | -$590.0M | -$833.0M |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | -$1.0M | -$507.0M | -$1.75B | -$1.95B |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $3.38B
- Total assets
- $19.91B
- Total liabilities
- $19.01B
- Total debt
- $15.26B
- Net debt
- $11.89B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $581.0M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 24, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $0.30 | Aug 12, 2026 |
| May 5, 2026 | $0.30 | May 13, 2026 |
| Feb 9, 2026 | $0.30 | Feb 18, 2026 |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $0.25 | Nov 12, 2025 |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $0.25 | Aug 13, 2025 |
| May 6, 2025 | $0.25 | May 14, 2025 |
| Feb 10, 2025 | $0.25 | Feb 19, 2025 |
| Nov 5, 2024 | $0.20 | Nov 13, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 18,335,041
- Days to cover
- 3.52
- Change vs previous report
- +3.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.