Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (CZR)Consumer Cyclical | Resorts & Casinos | Reno, United States | NasdaqGS
29.30 USD
-0.17
(-0.577%) ⇩
(Oct. 14, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
|
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 5:55 a.m. EDT
The investment case here is severely compromised by a deteriorating business and a precarious balance sheet. The company is currently losing money, with negative earnings per share and a return on equity that is deeply negative, indicating capital destruction rather than value creation. While the stock trades at a low multiple relative to sales, this is a reflection of the market pricing in the debt burden and the lack of profitability, not a margin of safety. The price history confirms this structural weakness, showing a catastrophic collapse of nearly 50% in the trailing year despite a long-term uptick, signaling that the recent rally was a dead cat bounce off a broken floor. Short-term, the stock is trapped between a pending acquisition rumor and a looming debt strain. The options market is screaming caution, with investors buying insurance at strikes far below the current price, while the statistical forecast model offers no reliable directional signal due to low confidence. Without a confirmed deal to resolve the uncertainty, the path of least resistance remains downward as the debt servicing costs continue to erode free cash flow. This is a speculative vehicle for a binary outcome, not a sound investment. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.005863 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.009048 |
| AutoETS | 0.009053 |
| MSTL | 0.009312 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 43% |
| H-stat | 1.92 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.194 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.72 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 729.87 |
| Revenue per Share | 56.82 |
| Market Cap | 5,970,757,632 |
| Forward P/E | 40.51 |
| Beta | 1.85 |
| Profit Margins | -3.99% |
| Website | https://www.caesars.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 5:55 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning heavily for downside protection with massive open interest in deep out-of-the-money puts (strikes 8, 13, 20, 22) expiring in December, suggesting a fear of a significant crash or liquidity event. Conversely, call activity is concentrated in the 30-35 strike range, indicating a speculative hope for a takeover premium or a rebound to the 52-week high, but the sheer volume of put buying at lower strikes outweighs the call positioning, creating a distinct 'insurance' bias over a 'momentum' bias.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.3561896 |
| Address1 | 100 West Liberty Street |
| Address2 | 12th Floor |
| All Time High | 119.81 |
| All Time Low | 3.61 |
| Ask | 31.84 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 2 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.9 - Hold |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 4,992,750 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 4,105,673 |
| Average Volume | 4,105,673 |
| Average Volume10Days | 4,992,750 |
| Beta | 1.851 |
| Bid | 27.13 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 4 |
| Book Value | 16.544 |
| City | Reno |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 7 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 29.3 |
| Current Ratio | 0.851 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 29.49 |
| Day Low | 29.28 |
| Debt To Equity | 729.87 |
| Display Name | Caesars Entertainment |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,777,410,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,777,410,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,793,131,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,131,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,131,200 |
| Ebitda | 3,459,000,064 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.29696 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 8.993 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.671 |
| Enterprise Value | 31,106,007,040 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.72 |
| Eps Forward | 0.72333 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -2.26 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 15 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 29.6872 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.3872013 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.013042702 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 35.61896 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 30.88 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -1.5799999 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.0511658 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 17.86 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 11.439999 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.64053744 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 17.86 - 30.88 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,411,392,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 181,889,697 |
| Forward Eps | 0.72333 |
| Forward P E | 40.507095 |
| Free Cashflow | 762,499,968 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 50,000 |
| Fullday Change | -0.17000008 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -0.5768581 |
| Fullday Price | 29.3 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,790,812,800 |
| Gross Margins | 0.49691 |
| Gross Profits | 5,788,000,256 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0078799995 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.97809 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 203,780,124 |
| Industry | Resorts & Casinos |
| Industry Disp | Resorts & Casinos |
| Industry Key | resorts-casinos |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Caesars Entertainment, Inc. operates as a gaming and hospitality company. It owns, leases, brands, or manages domestic properties in 18 states with slot machines, video lottery terminals and e-tables, and hotel rooms, as well as table games, including poker. The company also operates and conducts online gaming, retail and online sports wagering across 42 jurisdictions in North America, and iGaming in five jurisdictions in North America; sports betting from retail and online sportsbooks; and other games, such as keno. In addition, it operates casinos, dining venues, bars, nightclubs, lounges, hotels, and entertainment venues; and provides staffing and management services. In addition, the company operates as a real estate leasing company, that constructs and develops the Grand Bazaar. The company was founded in 1937 and is based in Reno, Nevada. |
| Long Name | Caesars Entertainment, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 5,970,757,632 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_3133890 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -465,000,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 6,031,891,670 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 15 |
| Open | 29.48 |
| Operating Cashflow | 1,296,999,936 |
| Operating Margins | 0.17674999 |
| Overall Risk | 2 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 4.51 |
| Phone | 775 328 0100 |
| Previous Close | 29.47 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -40.694443 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.7710347 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.5125994 |
| Profit Margins | -0.039920002 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.624 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | hold |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.93333 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.17000008 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.5768581 |
| Regular Market Day High | 29.49 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 29.28 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 29.28 - 29.49 |
| Regular Market Open | 29.48 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 29.47 |
| Regular Market Price | 29.3 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,008,001 |
| Regular Market Volume | 9,653,156 |
| Return On Assets | 0.040120002 |
| Return On Equity | -0.103769995 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.03 |
| Revenue Per Share | 56.82 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.1570785 |
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Cyclical |
| Sector Key | consumer-cyclical |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 1 |
| Shares Outstanding | 203,780,124 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.1011 |
| Shares Short | 20,607,813 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 19,983,584 |
| Short Name | Caesars Entertainment, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.1181 |
| Short Ratio | 4.7 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | NV |
| Symbol | CZR |
| Target High Price | 35.0 |
| Target Low Price | 31.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 31.26667 |
| Target Median Price | 31.0 |
| Total Cash | 965,000,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 4.737 |
| Total Debt | 25,924,999,168 |
| Total Revenue | 11,648,000,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -2.26 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 27.33485 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 1.9651489 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.0718917 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 9,653,156 |
| Website | https://www.caesars.com |
| Zip | 89,501 |