MGM Resorts key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, MGM Resorts had return on equity of 7.5%, an operating margin of 5.7%, debt equal to 257.6% of equity and a current ratio of 1.23. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 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 | −16.0% | −19.1% | 51.7% | 1.3% | 11.6% | 13.1% | −1.7% | 21.9% | 15.9% | 12.5% | 30.5% | −12.4% | 23.5% | 11.0% | 11.7% | 8.6% | 5.7% | 7.0% |
| Net margin | −21.5% | −23.7% | 39.7% | −19.3% | −1.8% | −1.5% | −4.9% | 11.6% | 18.1% | 4.0% | 15.9% | −20.0% | 13.0% | 11.2% | 7.1% | 4.3% | 1.2% | 3.9% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 7.5% | 4.9% | 4.8% | 5.3% | 7.6% | 2.6% | −5.0% | −7.7% | 3.2% | 2.0% | 8.3% | −34.2% | 9.1% | 7.6% | 10.9% | 7.0% | 8.3% | 7.9% |
| Return on equity | −33.4% | −42.3% | 69.1% | −33.8% | −4.0% | −3.6% | −9.7% | 19.4% | 28.3% | 6.6% | 28.8% | −14.5% | 19.9% | 27.0% | 26.4% | 21.8% | 7.5% | 28.1% |
| Return on assets | −5.7% | −6.9% | 13.3% | −6.5% | −0.7% | −0.6% | −1.7% | 4.1% | 6.8% | 1.6% | 6.4% | −2.9% | 3.2% | 3.4% | 2.6% | 1.8% | 0.5% | 1.7% |
| Asset turnover | 0.27 | 0.29 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.38 | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.38 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.15 | 0.25 | 0.30 | 0.37 | 0.41 | 0.42 | 0.44 |
| Current ratio | 1.28 | 1.17 | 1.61 | 1.30 | 1.23 | 0.89 | 1.08 | 0.97 | 0.76 | 0.86 | 1.26 | 3.21 | 1.86 | 1.81 | 1.57 | 1.30 | 1.23 | 1.24 |
| Debt to equity | 363.2% | 410.9% | 223.8% | 311.5% | 319.2% | 346.4% | 250.5% | 211.3% | 171.8% | 234.2% | 145.9% | 191.9% | 211.9% | 181.3% | 167.2% | 211.8% | 257.6% | 227.6% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | n/m | n/m | 3.7x | 0.1x | 1.3x | 1.6x | n/m | 3.0x | 2.6x | 1.9x | 4.6x | n/m | 2.8x | 2.4x | 4.1x | 3.4x | 2.4x | 3.1x |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | −14.2% | — | 33.5% | 69.0% | — | 1.7% | — | 7.9% | 22.2% | — | 17.3% | 77.1% | 10.7% | 4.7% | — | −24.7% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 18.3% | 18.6% | 15.1% | — | — | 13.1% | 14.2% | 14.5% | 14.4% | 15.0% | 16.3% | 41.1% | 25.9% | 32.2% | 29.1% | 28.0% | 27.8% | 28.4% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 2.3% | 3.4% | 3.8% | 4.6% | 5.7% | 8.6% | 16.0% | 23.9% | 17.3% | 12.6% | 5.7% | 5.2% | 5.1% | 5.8% | 5.8% | 6.7% | 6.1% | 5.2% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | — | 12.0% | — | — | — | — | −66.2% | 17.5% | 50.5% | 52.3% | — | 70.4% | 67.3% | 154.0% | 162.3% | 709.4% | 201.7% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 12.9% | 55.8% | 13.2% | — | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 169.3% | 655.0% | 121.6% | — | 199.2% | 280.3% | 130.3% | 112.0% | 84.1% | 55.3% |
| 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 | 6.7% | 9.0% | 9.2% | −2.7% | 7.1% | 6.8% | 11.3% | 2.8% |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 3.5% | 1.1% | −6.7% | 6.4% | 2.8% | 6.6% | −0.4% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 6.2% | 7.5% | 8.6% | 9.5% | 7.8% | 9.3% | 7.1% | 7.4% |
| Current ratio | 1.30 | 1.31 | 1.22 | 1.23 | 1.23 | 1.33 | 1.33 | 1.24 |
| Debt to equity | 210.4% | 224.8% | 208.7% | 230.3% | 256.4% | 263.1% | 241.4% | 226.4% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 28.6% | 27.2% | 27.6% | 29.2% | 27.3% | 28.8% | 28.4% | 29.2% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $4.2bn of assets due within a year against $3.4bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $4.2bn short-term assets against $32.7bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $2.4bn of cash against $5.7bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 226% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 207% to 226% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $2.3bn of operating cash flow against $5.7bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $1.2bn against $409m of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard MGM Resorts'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 2.1% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 11.2%; its worst year was 5.6%.
- Cash conversion 12 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 10 years, at a median 7.5% of revenue.
- Discipline 20 / 20
The diluted share count fell 47.1% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.6% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.
Compare with peers
- Las Vegas Sands statistics
- Caesars Entertainment, Inc. statistics
- Wynn Resorts statistics
- Penn Entertainment, Inc. statistics
- Draftkings Inc. statistics
Head to head: LVS vs MGMCZR vs MGMMGM vs WYNN
More: Casinos & Gaming stocks compared, Consumer Discretionary sector, rankings of US companies