Melco Resorts & Entertainment LTD key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Melco Resorts & Entertainment LTD had an operating margin of 11.6% and a current ratio of 1.07. 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.

Melco Resorts & Entertainment LTD: financial ratios, annual
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
Operating margin	−20.4%	3.5%	11.6%	12.4%	16.5%	14.3%	2.5%	8.0%	11.4%	11.8%	13.0%	−54.4%	−28.7%	−55.0%	1.7%	10.4%	11.6%
Net margin	−23.1%	−0.4%	7.7%	10.2%	12.5%	12.7%	2.7%	3.9%	6.5%	6.6%	6.5%	−73.1%	−40.3%	−68.9%	−8.7%	0.9%	3.6%
Free-cash-flow margin	−78.7%	7.7%	17.1%	17.9%	21.1%	13.7%	6.9%	22.7%	15.5%	15.5%	14.4%	−63.0%	−39.8%	−81.4%	13.0%	12.8%	15.5%
Return on equity	−12.3%	−0.4%	10.8%	13.2%	16.7%	14.3%	2.5%	4.6%	11.1%	13.1%	15.8%	−71.4%	−120.5%	—	—	—	—
Return on assets	−6.3%	−0.2%	5.3%	5.9%	7.6%	6.4%	1.0%	1.8%	3.7%	3.7%	4.0%	−13.7%	−9.1%	−10.2%	−3.7%	0.5%	2.4%
Asset turnover	0.27	0.54	0.69	0.57	0.61	0.50	0.39	0.46	0.57	0.57	0.62	0.19	0.22	0.15	0.43	0.57	0.66
Current ratio	1.41	1.33	2.50	1.60	2.54	2.66	2.49	1.54	1.10	0.97	1.24	1.80	1.83	1.73	1.40	1.20	1.07
Debt to equity	67.1%	68.3%	78.7%	94.4%	59.7%	91.1%	87.9%	114.3%	125.3%	178.7%	182.5%	517.2%	>999%	—	—	—	—
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	n/m	1.0x	3.9x	4.6x	5.5x	5.5x	0.8x	1.3x	2.4x	2.3x	2.4x	n/m	n/m	n/m	0.1x	1.0x	1.3x
Effective tax rate	—	—	−0.6%	−0.7%	0.4%	0.6%	—	10.9%	−0.0%	0.1%	2.1%	—	—	—	—	—	1.9%
SG&A as % of revenue	9.8%	7.6%	5.7%	5.6%	5.0%	6.5%	9.7%	9.9%	8.8%	9.8%	9.8%	24.6%	21.2%	31.4%	12.9%	12.3%	12.7%
Capital spending as % of revenue	70.3%	7.5%	2.4%	5.4%	1.5%	5.0%	6.2%	2.9%	6.5%	4.8%	0.2%	13.2%	26.5%	35.5%	3.5%	0.7%	0.3%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	—	—	222.1%	174.9%	168.4%	108.0%	259.1%	583.6%	237.7%	235.7%	221.8%	—	—	—	—	>999%	433.5%
Dividends ÷ net income	—	—	—	0.0%	0.0%	56.3%	59.4%	219.2%	238.2%	79.8%	80.7%	—	—	—	—	0.8%	0.0%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	—	—	—	0.0%	0.0%	97.9%	22.9%	115.8%	100.2%	115.6%	36.4%	—	—	—	34.7%	19.0%	20.7%

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

1 of 5 checks passed · December 31, 2025

What it owns · $7.6bn

Short-term assets $1.3bnLonger-term assets $6.3bn

What it owes, and who funded it · $8.5bn

Short-term liabilities $1.2bnLonger-term liabilities $7.3bnShareholders' equity $-1.2bn

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.3bn of assets due within a year against $1.2bn of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.3bn short-term assets against $7.3bn of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt $1.0bn of cash against $6.7bn of debt.
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 $818m of operating cash flow against $6.7bn of debt.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $600m against $465m of interest.

From Melco Resorts & Entertainment LTD'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

29 /100

Weak moat

How hard Melco Resorts & Entertainment's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 5 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

Returns on capital 1 / 20

Net income has been a median 2.4% of total assets over 5 years.
Durability 3 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 11.4%; its worst year was -28.7%.
Cash conversion 14 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 3 of 5 years, at a median 15.5% 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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