Caesars Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ:CZR) finished Wednesday with an addition of $1.18 to close at $56.71, an upside of 2.12 percent. An average of 2,159,461 shares of common stock have been traded in the last five days. There was a gain of $1.53 in the past week, and it reached a new high 13 times over the past 12 months. The last 20 days have seen an average of 2,676,390 shares traded, while the 50-day average volume stands at 2,788,646.
CZR stock has increased by 6.54% in the last month. The company shares reached their 1-month lowest point of $50.91 on 07/11/23. With the stock rallying to its 52-week high on 07/27/23, shares of the company touched a low of $31.31 and a high of $60.27 in 52 weeks. It has reached a new high 19 times so far this year and achieved 36.32% or $14.93 in price. In spite of this, the price is down -5.91% from the 52-week high.
Valuation Metrics
Caesars Entertainment Inc. (CZR) has a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 17.85. The stock’s beta is 2.90. Other valuation ratios to consider include the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio at 1.06, the price-to-book (PB) ratio at 3.39, and the price-to-cash flow ratio at 1008.78.
Financial Health
The quick ratio of Caesars Entertainment Inc. for the three months ended June 29 was 0.80, and the current ratio was 0.80, indicating that the company is not able to meet its debt obligations. Further, the company has a long term debt to equity ratio of 7.10 and a total debt to equity ratio of 7.12 for the quarter ending June 29. Caesars Entertainment Inc.’s EBITDA margin for the year ending June 29 is 28.83%, while its operating margin for the same period stands at 14.50%. Its gross profit as reported stood at $5.83 billion compared to revenue of $10.82 billion.
For investors, determining the potential profitability of the investment also depends on the performance of the company’s management. In the past 12 months, Caesars Entertainment Inc.’s return on assets was -2.60%.
Earnings Surprise
For the three-month period that ended June 29, Caesars Entertainment Inc. had $12.48 billion in total debt. In the quarter under review, the net income was up than the previous quarter. The company posted a net income of $920.0 million in the quarter, while revenues were grew 113.37%. The analyst consensus anticipated Caesars Entertainment Inc.’s latest quarter earnings to come in at $0.33 per share, but it turned out to be $4.26, a 1,190.90% surprise. For the quarter, EBITDA amounted to $609.0 million. Shareholders own equity worth $215.29 million.
Technical Picture
From a technical analysis perspective, let’s take a brief look at Caesars Entertainment Inc. (CZR) price momentum. RSI 9-day as of the close on 09 August was 53.89%, suggesting the stock is Neutral, with historical volatility in this time frame at 31.98%.
As of today, CZR’s price is $56.05 +2.78% or $1.53 from its 5-day moving average. CZR is currently trading +4.55% higher than its 20-day SMA and +30.89% higher than its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is +37.18% above the SMA50 and +42.72% above the SMA200.
The stochastic %K and %D were 35.82% and 35.69%, respectively, and the average true range (ATR) was 2.03. With the 14-day stochastic at 40.73% and the average true range at 1.98, the RSI (14) stands at 56.11%. The stock has reached -0.15 on the 9-day MACD Oscillator while the 14-day reading was at -0.81.
Analyst Ratings
Susquehanna upgraded Caesars Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ: CZR) to a a Neutral rating in its most recent analyst report. Previously, the stock was rated as a Negative. The consensus rating for Caesars Entertainment Inc. (CZR) among analysts is Overweight. According to current brokerage recommendations, 0 brokerage firms advise that investors sell CZR, while 3 suggest investors hold. There are 1 analyst who rate the stock as underweight. The stock is rated overweight by 2 analysts, while 10 others rate it as a “buy”.
What is CZR’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts predict a range of price targets between $49.00 and $111.00, with a median target of $70.50. Taking a look at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts for Caesars Entertainment Inc. (CZR) stock is $73.00.
