Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Gambling, Resorts & Casinos
PENN Entertainment, Inc. PENN
$14.77 +1.72% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $1.98B
Expensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin narrowed to -6.4% from 2.3% a year earlier.
- The diluted share count fell 8.0% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $7.16B, up 6.1% from a year earlier.
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 41%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 46%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 43%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 14%
- Gross marginBottom 29%
- Operating marginBottom 9%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 14%
- Interest coverBottom 12%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 6%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 41%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 13%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 45%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 39%
- 6-month returnBottom 49%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 33%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 37%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 47%
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 30%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 18%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 33%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 50%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 28%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 6.4% | 6.1% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 32.2% | 24.1% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 2.3% | -6.4% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -2.4% | 1.2% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 6.1% | 6.4% | ↓ | Top 41% |
| Gross margin | 24.1% | 32.2% | ↓ | Bottom 29% |
| Operating margin | -6.4% | 2.3% | ↓ | Bottom 9% |
| Net margin | -12.7% | -1.1% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.2% | -2.4% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -3.4% | — | Bottom 14% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 2.8% | — | Top 46% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -11.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.7%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -8.6 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -1.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -5.84%
- Shareholder yield
- -5.84%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -8.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -6.5%
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 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 0 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +3.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $24.60
- Target vs current price
- +66.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 47
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 62%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | -33.1% | +2.6% | -2.3% | -13.9% | — |
| Apr 23, 2026 | -134.4% | +16.9% | +20.6% | +9.5% | +43.7% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | -139.1% | +16.7% | +21.8% | +16.9% | +33.2% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -5930.0% | -10.4% | -6.5% | -12.6% | -23.5% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -200.0% | -0.6% | +4.6% | +15.5% | -2.5% |
| May 8, 2025 | -134.5% | -2.7% | +3.0% | -0.2% | +12.3% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | -203.4% | -0.1% | -1.6% | -14.9% | -28.2% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +0.0% | +5.1% | +10.4% | +10.2% | +8.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.37 | -33.1% | $1.86B |
| Apr 23, 2026 | -$0.02 | $0.05 | -134.4% | $1.78B |
| Feb 26, 2026 | -$0.55 | -$0.23 | -139.1% | $1.81B |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -$6.03 | -$0.10 | -5930.0% | $1.72B |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -$0.12 | -$0.04 | -200.0% | $1.76B |
| May 8, 2025 | -$0.68 | -$0.29 | -134.5% | $1.67B |
| Feb 27, 2025 | -$0.88 | -$0.29 | -203.4% | $1.67B |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -$0.24 | -$0.24 | +0.0% | $1.64B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 16.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / Sales | 1.10× | — | — | Top 45% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.40% | — | — | Bottom 41% |
| Earnings yield | -43.04% | — | — | Bottom 6% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 6.3× – 29.3× since Jun 30, 2021. 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)
- -9.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -17.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -11.8%
- RSI (14)
- 28.1
- Relative volume
- 1.29×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 35.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 3th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.32
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.45
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -33.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -55.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2021 | Feb 13, 2026 | -91.4% | 1236 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 1, 2020 | Nov 2, 2020 | -28.4% | 22 days | 25 days (Dec 8, 2020) |
| Feb 5, 2021 | Mar 5, 2021 | -16.0% | 19 days | 4 days (Mar 11, 2021) |
| Dec 23, 2020 | Jan 4, 2021 | -15.8% | 6 days | 5 days (Jan 11, 2021) |
| Jan 22, 2021 | Jan 27, 2021 | -10.7% | 3 days | 4 days (Feb 2, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.98B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$6.36
- Revenue (TTM)
- $7.16B
- 52-week range
- $11.65 – $22.36
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.91B | $6.40B | $6.36B | $6.58B | $6.96B |
| Gross profit | $2.76B | $2.77B | $2.36B | $2.16B | $1.91B |
| Operating income | $1.06B | $974.0M | -$690.2M | $72.5M | $272.1M |
| Net income | $420.8M | $222.1M | -$490.0M | -$311.5M | -$843.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.48 | $1.29 | -$3.22 | -$2.05 | -$5.83 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.64B | $1.67B | $1.67B | $1.76B | $1.72B | $1.81B | $1.78B | $1.86B |
| Net income | -$36.7M | -$133.3M | $111.8M | -$17.4M | -$864.6M | -$73.0M | -$2.3M | $33.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.24 | -$0.88 | $0.67 | -$0.12 | -$6.03 | -$0.55 | -$0.02 | $0.24 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $896.1M | $878.2M | $455.9M | $359.3M | $508.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$268.3M | -$272.4M | -$381.9M | -$482.7M | -$647.7M |
| Free cash flow | $627.8M | $605.8M | $74.0M | -$123.4M | -$139.5M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $10.8M | -$601.1M | -$149.8M | $1.5M | -$354.4M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $887.2M
- Total assets
- $14.07B
- Total liabilities
- $12.22B
- Total debt
- $6.81B
- Net debt
- $5.93B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.86B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2017 | $0.62 | — |
| Mar 9, 2017 | $0.62 | — |
| Jun 26, 2008 | $1.50 | Jul 15, 2008 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 16,304,210
- Days to cover
- 5.69
- Change vs previous report
- +11.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Nov 4, 2013
- 4,423-for-1,000
- Mar 8, 2005
- 2-for-1
- Jun 26, 2002
- 2-for-1
- Dec 23, 1996
- 2-for-1
- May 24, 1996
- 3-for-2