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After finishing at $27.65 in the prior trading day, Golden Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ: GDEN) closed at $27.33, down -1.16%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.16 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.54 million shares were traded. GDEN stock price reached its highest trading level at $28.0299 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $27.315.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of GDEN by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 12.28 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 13.18. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.02 and its Current Ratio is at 1.10. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.17 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.12.
On December 16, 2024, Wells Fargo started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $38.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 13 ’25 when Sartini Blake L II sold 23,979 shares for $25.87 per share. The transaction valued at 620,337 led to the insider holds 141,528 shares of the business.
Sartini Blake L II bought 23,979 shares of GDEN for $620,440 on Mar 13 ’25.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, GDEN now has a Market Capitalization of 715334976 and an Enterprise Value of 1165991040. As of this moment, Golden’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 146.38, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 38.69. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.11 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.65. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.812 whereas that against EBITDA is 8.958.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for GDEN is 1.47, which has changed by -0.16288221 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12692177 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, GDEN has reached a high of $35.49, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $19.57. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -3.12%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 2.53%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 383.54K shares per day over the past 3-months and 235890 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 26.17M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 20.20M. Insiders hold about 27.34% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 66.21% stake in the company. Shares short for GDEN as of 1767139200 were 671036 with a Short Ratio of 1.75, compared to 1764288000 on 855088. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 671036 and a Short% of Float of 4.21.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, GDEN’s forward annual dividend rate was 1.0, compared to 1.00 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.036166366. The current Payout Ratio is 58.54% for GDEN, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-12-22 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-12-22. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2014-09-10 when the company split stock in a 1:2 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
. The current market rating for Golden Entertainment Inc (GDEN) reflects the collective analysis of 2.0 analysts closely monitoring its performance.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.23, with high estimates of $0.31 and low estimates of $0.15.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $0.37 and $0.37 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.37. EPS for the following year is $0.87, with 2.0 analysts recommending between $1.24 and $0.49.
Revenue Estimates
6 analysts predict $165.88M in revenue. The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $169.26M to a low estimate of $161.4M. The current estimate, Golden Entertainment Inc’s year-ago sales were $164.2MFor the next quarter, 6 analysts are estimating revenue of $163.55M. There is a high estimate of $165.84M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $160.8M.
A total of 6 analysts have provided revenue estimates for GDEN’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $648.54M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $640.6M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $645.24M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $666.82MBased on 6 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $658.4M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $665.4M and the low estimate is $648.2M.
