How to buy Golden Entertainment stock | $48.73

Golden Entertainment Inc is a resorts & casinos business based in the US. Golden Entertainment shares (GDEN) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Golden Entertainment employs 6,700 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Golden Entertainment stock price (NASDAQ: GDEN)

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Golden Entertainment shares at a glance

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Information last updated 2021-10-23.

Latest market close	$48.73
52-week range	$12.30 - $54.74
50-day moving average	$48.08
200-day moving average	$43.48
Wall St. target price	$63.00
PE ratio	16.4628
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$2.96

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Is it a good time to buy Golden Entertainment stock?

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Golden Entertainment price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $48.73 from 2021-10-22

1 week (2021-10-19)	-2.09%
1 month (2021-09-24)	-2.40%
3 months (2021-07-26)	4.12%
6 months (2021-04-26)	63.03%

1 year (2020-10-23)	266.94%
2 years (2019-10-25)	232.17%
3 years (2018-10-25)	156.88%
5 years (2016-10-25)	314.72%

Is Golden Entertainment under- or over-valued?

Valuing Golden Entertainment stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Golden Entertainment's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Golden Entertainment's P/E ratio

Golden Entertainment's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 16x. In other words, Golden Entertainment shares trade at around 16x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Golden Entertainment's PEG ratio

Golden Entertainment's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.12. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Golden Entertainment's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Golden Entertainment's EBITDA

Golden Entertainment's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $216.7 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Golden Entertainment's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Golden Entertainment financials

Revenue TTM	$943.2 million
Operating margin TTM	10.76%
Gross profit TTM	$275.2 million
Return on assets TTM	3.86%
Return on equity TTM	38.46%
Profit margin	9.35%
Book value	$9.58
Market capitalisation	$1.4 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Golden Entertainment shares

There are currently 1.1 million Golden Entertainment shares held short by investors – that's known as Golden Entertainment's "short interest". This figure is 2.3% up from 1.1 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Golden Entertainment shares can be evaluated.

Golden Entertainment's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Golden Entertainment's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Golden Entertainment shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Golden Entertainment shares traded daily (recently around 241089.55555556). Golden Entertainment's SIR currently stands at 4.5. In other words for every 100,000 Golden Entertainment shares traded daily on the market, roughly 4500 shares are currently held short.

However Golden Entertainment's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Golden Entertainment shares, or, against the total number of tradable Golden Entertainment shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Golden Entertainment's short interest could be expressed as 0.04% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Golden Entertainment shares in existence, roughly 40 shares are currently held short) or 0.0559% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Golden Entertainment shares, roughly 56 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Golden Entertainment.

Find out more about how you can short Golden Entertainment stock.

Golden Entertainment share dividends

We're not expecting Golden Entertainment to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Golden Entertainment's shares ever split?

Golden Entertainment's shares were split on a 1:2 basis on 9 September 2014. So if you had owned 2 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Golden Entertainment shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 100% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Golden Entertainment shares which in turn could have impacted Golden Entertainment's share price.

Golden Entertainment share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Golden Entertainment's shares have ranged in value from as little as $12.3 up to $54.74. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Golden Entertainment's is 2.8085. This would suggest that Golden Entertainment's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

Golden Entertainment overview

Golden Entertainment, Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and operation of a diversified entertainment platform in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Casinos and Distributed Gaming. The Casinos segment owns and operates ten resort casino properties in Nevada and Maryland. The Distributed Gaming segment is involved in the installation, maintenance, and operation of slots and amusement devices in non-casino locations, including restaurants, bars, and taverns, as well as convenience, liquor, and grocery stores in Nevada and Montana; and ownership and operation of branded taverns with slots, which target local patrons primarily in the greater Las Vegas, Nevada metropolitan area. As of March 11, 2021, it had approximately 16,000 slots in approximately 1,000 locations. The company was formerly known as Lakes Entertainment, Inc.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Golden Entertainment is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 35.516% of Golden Entertainment shares are held by insiders and 58.226% by institutions. How many people work for Golden Entertainment?
Latest data suggests 6,700 work at Golden Entertainment. When does the fiscal year end for Golden Entertainment?
Golden Entertainment's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Golden Entertainment based?
Golden Entertainment's address is: 6595 South Jones Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV, United States, 89118 What is Golden Entertainment's ISIN number?
Golden Entertainment's international securities identification number is: US3810131017 What is Golden Entertainment's CUSIP number?
Golden Entertainment's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 381013101