Bally's Corp key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2024, Bally's Corp had return on equity of -170.4% and a net margin of -23.2%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 14.8% | 16.3% | 10.5% | −1.5% | −8.7% | −18.9% | −7.7% | −23.2% | −25.8% |
| Return on equity | 35.2% | 30.0% | 21.6% | −2.0% | −11.8% | −35.2% | −26.0% | −170.4% | — |
| Return on assets | — | 9.1% | 6.1% | −0.4% | −2.7% | −6.6% | −2.8% | −8.9% | −9.2% |
| Effective tax rate | 38.4% | 27.0% | 26.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 35.5% | 32.7% | 34.5% | 55.3% | 45.2% | 36.6% | 45.5% | 42.6% | 45.1% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 0.0% | 0.0% | 13.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q2Jun 2024 | 2024 Q3Sept 2024 | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | −9.7% | −39.3% | −14.8% | −34.7% | −15.5% | −47.3% | −21.4% | −18.4% |
| R&D as % of revenue | — | — | — | 3.3% | — | — | — | 2.6% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 40.6% | 43.4% | 46.4% | 45.4% | 44.1% | 52.6% | 41.8% | 42.2% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $965m of assets due within a year against $1.1bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $965m short-term assets against $7.6bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $390m of cash against $4.5bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 699% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 213% to 699% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt −$336m of operating cash flow against $4.5bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$216m against $453m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Bally's's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 7 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 0 / 20
Net income has been a median -1.8% of total assets over 7 years.
- Durability 0 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 4.6%; its worst year was -14.0%.
- Cash conversion 4 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 3 of 7 years, at a median -0.6% of revenue.
- Discipline 10 / 20
The diluted share count rose 28.2% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.2% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.
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