Inspired Entertainment, Inc. (INSE)Consumer Cyclical | Gambling | New York, United States | NasdaqCM
5.93 USD
+0.06
(1.022%)
⇧
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 5.93 |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:22 a.m. EDT
The investment case for Inspired Entertainment is currently broken by deteriorating fundamentals and a lack of shareholder returns. The company is generating negative free cash flow and reporting a decline in revenue, while its book value has turned negative, indicating that the market capitalization exceeds the liquidation value of the assets. This financial distress is compounded by a complete absence of dividends, offering no income buffer during this period of weakness. Despite a modest recent price uptick, the long-term trajectory remains concerning. Over the last nine years, the stock has failed to generate meaningful cumulative returns, and the most recent annual performance was flat, signaling a lack of momentum to drive a recovery. The disconnect between the optimistic analyst consensus and the harsh reality of the balance sheet suggests the market is pricing in a severe restructuring or delisting risk rather than a turnaround. Options activity confirms this pessimism, with traders heavily favoring downside protection via deep out-of-the-money puts. The statistical forecast models also lean slightly negative, though with low confidence, which aligns with the broader bearish technical setup where the price trades well below its moving averages. Until the company demonstrates a path to profitability or a credible strategy to restore its balance sheet, the risk-reward profile remains skewed heavily toward the downside. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.077770 |
| MSTL | 0.080269 |
| AutoETS | 0.081917 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.081918 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 38% |
| H-stat | 21.58 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.152 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.40 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Revenue per Share | 6.557 |
| Market Cap | 156,305,136 |
| Forward P/E | 11.55 |
| Beta | 1.25 |
| Profit Margins | -18.71% |
| Website | https://inseinc.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:22 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a significant downside move, evidenced by heavy open interest in deep out-of-the-money puts (strikes like $2.50) relative to calls. While there is some call volume at higher strikes ($10-$12.50), the overwhelming concentration of put open interest suggests a bearish sentiment focused on protecting against a drop to the lower end of the range rather than betting on a rally.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.3535242 |
| Address1 | 250 West 57th Street |
| Address2 | Suite 415 |
| All Time High | 16.44 |
| All Time Low | 1.87 |
| Ask | 7.66 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 10 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.7 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 245,620 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 156,120 |
| Average Volume | 156,120 |
| Average Volume10Days | 245,620 |
| Beta | 1.254 |
| Bid | 4.3 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 7 |
| Book Value | -0.596 |
| City | New York |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 5 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 5.93 |
| Current Ratio | 1.371 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 5.99 |
| Day Low | 5.84 |
| Display Name | Inspired Entertainment |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,785,961,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,785,961,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,960,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,822,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,822,400 |
| Ebitda | 28,521,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.20827 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 8.557 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.782 |
| Enterprise Value | 244,056,160 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.27204 |
| Eps Forward | 0.51364 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.32 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 6.9008 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.9708004 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.14067939 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -35.35242 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 9.95 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -4.02 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.4040201 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 5.79 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.13999987 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.024179596 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 5.79 - 9.95 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,418,740,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 7,539,952 |
| Forward Eps | 0.51364 |
| Forward P E | 11.545051 |
| Free Cashflow | -11,496,625 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Full Time Employees | 650 |
| Fullday Change | 0.0599999 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 1.02215 |
| Fullday Price | 5.93 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.78024 |
| Gross Profits | 106,849,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.07891 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.84396005 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 26,358,372 |
| Industry | Gambling |
| Industry Disp | Gambling |
| Industry Key | gambling |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Inspired Entertainment, Inc., a gaming technology company, supplies content, platform, and other products and services to online and land-based regulated lottery, betting, and gaming operators in the United Kingdom, Greece, and internationally. It operates in four segments: Gaming, Virtual Sports, Interactive, and Leisure. The Gaming segment supplies gaming terminals and software to licensed betting offices, casinos, gaming halls, and adult gaming centers; a portfolio of games through its digital terminals under the Gold Cash Free Spins, Golden Winner, Cops n Robbers Big Money, Big Piggy Bank, and Wolf it Up; and a range of traditional casino games, such as roulette, blackjack, and number games. This segment also offers Velos, Vantage Slant, Astra's Community Party, Valiant, Vantage Cat C, Vantage, Valor, Prismatic B3, Prismatic Cat C, Ipub3, Sabre Hydra, Eclipse, and Flex gaming cabinets. Its Virtual Sports segment designs, develops, markets, and distributes games, including greyhound racing, tennis, motor racing, cycling, cricket, speedway, golf, and darts games under the V-Play Soccer, V-Play Women's Soccer, V-Play Football, V-Play Basketball, and V-Play Baseball brands. The Interactive segment provides a range of random number generated casino content from feature-rich bonus games to European-style casino free spins and table games. Its Leisure segment supplies gaming terminals and amusement machines in pubs, bingo halls, and adult gaming centers. Inspired Entertainment, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in New York, New York. |
| Long Name | Inspired Entertainment, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 156,305,136 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_280490805 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,553,990,400 |
| Net Income To Common | -25,625,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 154,723,643 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 6 |
| Open | 5.93 |
| Operating Cashflow | 36,846,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.05673 |
| Overall Risk | 6 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 646 565 3861 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 5.93 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,806 |
| Previous Close | 5.87 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 21.798264 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | -9.949664 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.14138 |
| Profit Margins | -0.18712 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.146 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.66667 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.0599999 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 1.02215 |
| Regular Market Day High | 5.99 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 5.84 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 5.84 - 5.99 |
| Regular Market Open | 5.93 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 5.87 |
| Regular Market Price | 5.93 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 80,921 |
| Return On Assets | 0.0167 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.101 |
| Revenue Per Share | 6.557 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20204377 |
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Cyclical |
| Sector Key | consumer-cyclical |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 5 |
| Shares Outstanding | 26,358,372 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.040700004 |
| Shares Short | 1,073,613 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,078,387 |
| Short Name | Inspired Entertainment, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0574 |
| Short Ratio | 8.69 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | NY |
| Symbol | INSE |
| Target High Price | 20.0 |
| Target Low Price | 9.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 13.16667 |
| Target Median Price | 12.5 |
| Total Cash | 19,733,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.889 |
| Total Debt | 132,179,000 |
| Total Revenue | 136,944,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.32 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 7.7285 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -1.7985001 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.23271011 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 80,921 |
| Website | https://inseinc.com |
| Zip | 10,107 |