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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

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Monarch Casino & Resort Inc: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Gross margin17.8%17.6%17.8%15.9%8.3%22.7%23.3%22.0%17.7%23.4%25.5%
Operating margin17.8%17.6%—————————
Net margin11.3%11.1%14.2%12.8%12.8%17.3%18.3%16.4%13.9%18.6%20.4%
Free-cash-flow margin8.1%−0.2%−32.6%−24.9%−31.0%20.5%21.0%24.7%17.9%23.6%25.2%
Return on equity10.5%10.2%12.0%9.9%6.7%16.8%17.7%15.7%14.1%19.2%20.8%
Return on assets8.3%8.1%8.7%6.0%3.7%10.1%12.6%12.0%10.6%14.4%15.9%
Asset turnover0.740.740.610.470.290.580.690.730.760.780.78
Current ratio1.121.170.791.000.670.600.760.610.620.861.17
Debt to equity11.2%9.8%31.4%57.3%48.8%19.7%9.4%1.1%—0.0%0.0%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)62.6x42.1x—————————
Effective tax rate35.2%35.7%20.0%19.6%—19.8%19.8%24.0%21.2%21.7%21.6%
SG&A as % of revenue26.6%27.2%27.4%27.8%32.7%21.4%20.4%21.1%20.7%20.1%20.0%
Capital spending as % of revenue12.0%21.7%57.0%50.3%48.1%11.9%8.3%9.8%9.1%6.7%4.5%
Free cash flow ÷ net income71.6%−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%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 2 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $736m
Short-term assets $166mLonger-term assets $570m
What it owes, and who funded it · $736m
Short-term liabilities $142mLonger-term liabilities $24mShareholders' equity $569m
  • 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.

From Monarch Casino & Resort Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

51 /100

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.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Monarch Casino & Resort Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 30, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Monarch Casino & Resort Inc.