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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

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

MGM Resorts: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 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 margin7.5%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 turnover0.270.290.340.340.370.380.350.360.380.400.400.150.250.300.370.410.420.44
Current ratio1.281.171.611.301.230.891.080.970.760.861.263.211.861.811.571.301.231.24
Debt to equity363.2%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/mn/m3.7x0.1x1.3x1.6xn/m3.0x2.6x1.9x4.6xn/m2.8x2.4x4.1x3.4x2.4x3.1x
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 revenue18.3%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 revenue2.3%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%

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 7 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $39.5bn
Short-term assets $4.2bnLonger-term assets $35.3bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $38.6bn
Short-term liabilities $3.4bnLonger-term liabilities $32.7bnShareholders' equity $2.5bn
  • 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.

From MGM Resorts'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

52 /100

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.

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 MGM Resorts's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to MGM Resorts.