Caesars Entertainment, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Caesars Entertainment, Inc. had return on equity of -13.1%, an operating margin of 16.2%, debt equal to 339.8% of equity and a current ratio of 0.80. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.3% | 9.1% | 4.9% | 10.1% | 9.9% | 6.4% | 15.1% | 16.2% | −10.6% | 15.3% | 16.1% | 21.4% | 20.5% | 16.2% | 15.4% |
| Net margin | −0.3% | 7.6% | −4.0% | 15.9% | 2.7% | 5.0% | 4.6% | 3.2% | −48.4% | −10.6% | −8.3% | 6.8% | −2.5% | −4.4% | −4.5% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 6.5% | 6.5% | 5.8% | 2.8% | 5.8% | 3.2% | 8.6% | 5.6% | −20.0% | 7.1% | 0.4% | 4.7% | −2.0% | 4.3% | 5.0% |
| Return on equity | −1.6% | 27.7% | −12.7% | 54.4% | 8.7% | 11.9% | 9.6% | 7.5% | −57.3% | −21.5% | −21.9% | 19.0% | −6.4% | −13.1% | −15.7% |
| Return on assets | — | 7.0% | −2.0% | 9.1% | 1.9% | 3.0% | 2.0% | 1.4% | −8.4% | −2.7% | −2.5% | 2.4% | −0.8% | −1.6% | −1.7% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.91 | 0.50 | 0.58 | 0.68 | 0.61 | 0.43 | 0.44 | 0.17 | 0.26 | 0.30 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.36 | 0.37 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.57 | 1.28 | 1.10 | 1.00 | 1.12 | 1.43 | 0.88 | 2.41 | 1.13 | 0.79 | 0.76 | 0.77 | 0.80 | 0.82 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 225.6% | 511.5% | 322.7% | 278.1% | 234.7% | 320.7% | 232.5% | 299.5% | 319.7% | 352.4% | 273.3% | 295.7% | 339.8% | 355.8% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 1.0x | 1.4x | 0.6x | 1.2x | 1.7x | 1.0x | 1.8x | 1.4x | n/m | 0.6x | 0.8x | 1.0x | 0.9x | 0.8x | 0.8x |
| Effective tax rate | — | 0.0% | — | — | 34.8% | — | 29.6% | 35.2% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 3.1% | 3.0% | 2.9% | 5.1% | 4.8% | 5.6% | 7.1% | 6.8% | 4.5% | 5.4% | 8.8% | 11.0% | 11.5% | 7.0% | 5.7% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | 85.3% | — | 17.5% | 212.8% | 63.7% | 185.6% | 174.7% | — | — | — | 69.3% | — | — | — |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | 0.7% | — | — | — | 5.1% | 0.0% | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | 46.1% | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 23.9% | 17.5% | 18.1% | 17.9% | 11.4% | 17.4% | 17.1% | 15.5% |
| Net margin | 0.4% | −4.1% | −2.8% | −1.9% | −8.6% | −3.4% | −2.1% | −4.2% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.1% | −0.2% | 8.0% | 4.3% | 5.0% | 1.3% | 10.2% | 3.2% |
| Current ratio | 0.77 | 0.84 | 0.82 | 0.78 | 0.80 | 0.85 | 0.85 | 0.82 |
| Debt to equity | 292.1% | 299.9% | 311.4% | 311.9% | 336.3% | 345.5% | 346.6% | 352.7% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.8bn of assets due within a year against $2.2bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.8bn short-term assets against $25.7bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $864m of cash against $11.6bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 353% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 363% to 353% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $1.2bn of operating cash flow against $11.6bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $1.8bn against $2.3bn of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Caesars Entertainment's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 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 -0.9% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 4 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 15.2%; its worst year was -10.4%.
- Cash conversion 9 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 7 of 10 years, at a median 3.0% of revenue.
- Discipline 10 / 20
The diluted share count rose 110.5% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.8% 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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