Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

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Independent research on the U.S. markets

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Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>PENN Entertainment's first quarter of 2025 results reflect a mixed yet resilient performance, characterized by a robust rebound in gaming volumes despite challenging weather conditions in the earlier months.</li>
<li>Senior management, including CEO Jay Snowden, highlighted both the opportunities and challenges the company faces across its retail and interactive segments.</li>
<li>On the retail side, PENN Entertainment demonstrated resilience with a slight 2% revenue growth year-over-year, excluding properties impacted by new competition.</li>
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PENN Entertainment's first quarter of 2025 results reflect a mixed yet resilient performance, characterized by a robust rebound in gaming volumes despite challenging weather conditions in the earlier months.
Senior management, including CEO Jay Snowden, highlighted both the opportunities and challenges the company faces across its retail and interactive segments.
On the retail side, PENN Entertainment demonstrated resilience with a slight 2% revenue growth year-over-year, excluding properties impacted by new competition.


PENN Entertainment ICasino Surge: Will Standalone App Growth Redefine Digital Gaming?

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<li>PENN Entertainment's third-quarter 2024 results reveal a mixed performance with various moving parts contributing to its operational and financial dynamics.</li>
<li>On the positive side, the company reported significant market share growth in Ohio, Massachusetts, and Kansas, which helped counterbalance some challenges.</li>
<li>These gains were partly due to successful product enhancements and the rebranding of retail and interactive sportsbooks under the ESPN BET brand.</li>
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PENN Entertainment's third-quarter 2024 results reveal a mixed performance with various moving parts contributing to its operational and financial dynamics.
On the positive side, the company reported significant market share growth in Ohio, Massachusetts, and Kansas, which helped counterbalance some challenges.
These gains were partly due to successful product enhancements and the rebranding of retail and interactive sportsbooks under the ESPN BET brand.


PENN Entertainment: Its Efforts Towards Organic Growth & Slot Volume Expansion Paying Off?

External reports (aggregated public sources), Value Investors Club

Value Investors Club (VIC)

External reports (aggregated public sources)

Value Investors Club

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

Key points (machine generated)<ul><li>Regional casino stocks have been downgraded to historical lows despite recent growth in gross gaming revenue (GGR).</li><li>The report suggests that GGR growth is supported by a loyal customer base and is likely to continue, outpacing GDP growth.</li><li>If growth trends persist, stock prices could appreciate by 30-40% as valuations return to historical ranges of 8-10x EBITDA.</li></ul>This article is sourced from an online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. This article was originally published 3 months ago on Value Investors Club.

Key points (machine generated)Regional casino stocks have been downgraded to historical lows despite recent growth in gross gaming revenue (GGR).The report suggests that GGR growth is supported by a loyal customer base and is likely to continue, outpacing GDP growth.If growth trends persist, stock prices could appreciate by 30-40% as valuations return to historical ranges of 8-10x EBITDA.This article is sourced from an online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. This article was originally published 3 months ago on Value Investors Club.

Regional Gaming (Game ) - Monday, Jul 14, 2025

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pointsbet-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29102:1" rel="noopener">PointsBet Holdings (PBH AU)</a>, an Australian/Canadian online wagering platform, has entered into a Scheme Implementation Deed with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mixi-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:602:1" rel="noopener">Mixi Inc (2121 JP)</a>.</li>
<li>Mixi is offering A$1.06/share, a 27.7% premium to last close and an implied EV/EBITDA of 25.2x-32.1x for FY25E. Apart from PointsBet's shareholder approval, the Offer requires FIRB signing off.</li>
<li>Separately, Pointsbet's key rival <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bluebet-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:41181:1" rel="noopener">BlueBet Holdings (BBT AU)</a> has tabled, what appears to be, a higher non-binding cash/scrip offer by way of Scheme, which PointsBet has allegedly ignored. </li>
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PointsBet Holdings (PBH AU), an Australian/Canadian online wagering platform, has entered into a Scheme Implementation Deed with Mixi Inc (2121 JP).
Mixi is offering A$1.06/share, a 27.7% premium to last close and an implied EV/EBITDA of 25.2x-32.1x for FY25E. Apart from PointsBet's shareholder approval, the Offer requires FIRB signing off.
Separately, Pointsbet's key rival BlueBet Holdings (BBT AU) has tabled, what appears to be, a higher non-binding cash/scrip offer by way of Scheme, which PointsBet has allegedly ignored. 


PointsBet (PBH AU) Rebuffs BlueBet And Enters Offer With Mixi (2121 JP)

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Index Rebalance

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<li>There are 3 changes for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/s-p-500-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22886:1" rel="noopener">S&amp;P 500 INDEX</a>, 7 changes for the S&amp;P Midcap400 Index and 13 changes for the S&amp;P SmallCap600 Index at the June rebalance.</li>
<li>There is huge size to trade in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kkr-co-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27333:1" rel="noopener">KKR &amp; Co (KKR US)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/crowdstrike-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28117:1" rel="noopener">Crowdstrike Holdings (CRWD US)</a> and both stocks were up big in the after-hours market.</li>
<li>There has been positioning in some stocks recently but stocks including <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kkr-co-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27333:1" rel="noopener">KKR &amp; Co</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rb-global-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:25475:1" rel="noopener">RB Global</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/texas-pacific-land-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28693:1" rel="noopener">Texas Pacific Land</a> could see further positioning in the next week.</li>
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There are 3 changes for the S&amp;P 500 INDEX, 7 changes for the S&amp;P Midcap400 Index and 13 changes for the S&amp;P SmallCap600 Index at the June rebalance.
There is huge size to trade in KKR &amp; Co (KKR US) and Crowdstrike Holdings (CRWD US) and both stocks were up big in the after-hours market.
There has been positioning in some stocks recently but stocks including KKR &amp; Co, RB Global and Texas Pacific Land could see further positioning in the next week.


S&P500/400/600 Index Rebalance: Huge Size to Trade in a Few Stocks

United States

PENN Entertainment, Inc. owns and operates casinos, hotels, and racetracks facilities. The Company offers an integrated entertainment, sports content, online sports betting, and casino gaming solutions. PENN Entertainment serves customers in the United States and Canada.

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PENN Entertainment (PENN US)

PENN Entertainment ICasino Surge: Will Standalone App Growth Redefine Digital Gaming?

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Baptista Research

PENN Entertainment: Its Efforts Towards Organic Growth & Slot Volume Expansion Paying Off?

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Baptista Research

Regional Gaming (Game ) - Monday, Jul 14, 2025

Regional casino stocks, undervalued due to stagnant trends, may see a 30-40% price increase as GGR growth resumes, potentially returning valuations...

Value Investors Club (VIC)

PointsBet (PBH AU) Rebuffs BlueBet And Enters Offer With Mixi (2121 JP)

Trading two ticks through terms as I type. I wouldn't chase this. Mixi's terms are firm; BlueBet's are non-binding. Look to enter at or below...

David Blennerhassett

S&P500/400/600 Index Rebalance: Huge Size to Trade in a Few Stocks

KKR, Crowdstrike and GoDaddy will be added to the SP500 at the close on 21 June. There are a bunch of changes for the SP400/600 indices too. There...

Brian Freitas

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