Monarch Casino & Resort Inc key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Monarch Casino & Resort Inc had return on equity of 19.2%, a net margin of 18.6%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 0.86. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 17.8% | 17.6% | 17.8% | 15.9% | 8.3% | 22.7% | 23.3% | 22.0% | 17.7% | 23.4% | 25.5% |
| Operating margin | 17.8% | 17.6% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net margin | 11.3% | 11.1% | 14.2% | 12.8% | 12.8% | 17.3% | 18.3% | 16.4% | 13.9% | 18.6% | 20.4% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 8.1% | −0.2% | −32.6% | −24.9% | −31.0% | 20.5% | 21.0% | 24.7% | 17.9% | 23.6% | 25.2% |
| Return on equity | 10.5% | 10.2% | 12.0% | 9.9% | 6.7% | 16.8% | 17.7% | 15.7% | 14.1% | 19.2% | 20.8% |
| Return on assets | 8.3% | 8.1% | 8.7% | 6.0% | 3.7% | 10.1% | 12.6% | 12.0% | 10.6% | 14.4% | 15.9% |
| Asset turnover | 0.74 | 0.74 | 0.61 | 0.47 | 0.29 | 0.58 | 0.69 | 0.73 | 0.76 | 0.78 | 0.78 |
| Current ratio | 1.12 | 1.17 | 0.79 | 1.00 | 0.67 | 0.60 | 0.76 | 0.61 | 0.62 | 0.86 | 1.17 |
| Debt to equity | 11.2% | 9.8% | 31.4% | 57.3% | 48.8% | 19.7% | 9.4% | 1.1% | — | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 62.6x | 42.1x | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Effective tax rate | 35.2% | 35.7% | 20.0% | 19.6% | — | 19.8% | 19.8% | 24.0% | 21.2% | 21.7% | 21.6% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 26.6% | 27.2% | 27.4% | 27.8% | 32.7% | 21.4% | 20.4% | 21.1% | 20.7% | 20.1% | 20.0% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 12.0% | 21.7% | 57.0% | 50.3% | 48.1% | 11.9% | 8.3% | 9.8% | 9.1% | 6.7% | 4.5% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 71.6% | −2.1% | −229.7% | −195.3% | −241.7% | 118.5% | 114.6% | 150.4% | 128.2% | 126.7% | 123.9% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 136.8% | 30.6% | 21.6% | 18.6% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.5% | 95.0% | 88.2% | 73.7% | 82.5% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 2.9% | 20.2% | 25.5% | 26.7% | 20.8% | 25.6% | 27.1% | 28.2% |
| Net margin | 3.1% | 15.8% | 19.7% | 22.1% | 16.4% | 20.2% | 22.8% | 21.9% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 19.5% | 13.3% | 19.0% | 37.5% | 23.0% | 31.5% | 17.9% | 28.6% |
| Current ratio | 0.62 | 0.69 | 0.73 | 0.96 | 0.86 | 0.98 | 1.21 | 1.17 |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 20.7% | 21.7% | 19.6% | 19.3% | 19.9% | 20.3% | 20.0% | 19.8% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $166m of assets due within a year against $142m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $166m short-term assets against $24m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard Monarch Casino & Resort's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 9 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 0 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 2.0% of total assets over 7 years.
- Pricing power 6 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 20.2%, moving by 4.5 percentage points (standard deviation) across 9 years.
- Durability 11 / 20
Net margin has been a median 16.8%; its worst year was 7.8%.
- Cash conversion 15 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 9 years, at a median 17.2% of revenue.
- Discipline 19 / 20
The diluted share count fell 6.2% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.5% 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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