77 Largest Casino Stocks by Market Cap 2017

As a rare Saturday post, here is a reference list of 77 of the largest listed casino, gambling, and gaming stocks on major exchanges as of January 2017.

Gambling and casinos are a classic “sin sector” of “vice stocks”, where “vice investing” is considered the opposite of “ethical investing”.  In an earlier post on my personal blog, I compare the performance of ethical vs vice stocks.  I also had posts comparing the number of visitors to Macau to those visiting China or India, and how Macau once generated four times the revenue of Las Vegas with half the number of visitors.

In summary, this is not surprisingly an incredibly profitable sector that does not necessarily need economies of scale, but certainly depends on volume for high absolute profits.  Return on assets for the sector are just over 10% with debt/equity ratios averaging over 1.0x, so not surprising to expect 10-20% returns from this sector if purchased at reasonable prices.  Of course, the 33 largest casinos with market caps over $1 billion are probably less volatile than the 44 smaller ones, but this was one sector where the western superstitious number 77 had to be used because I just didn’t have 88 listed casino stocks in my database:

RIC Name  USD Market Cap (Millions)
LVS Las Vegas Sands Corp  $43,698
1928.HK Sands China Ltd  $34,971
0027.HK Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd  $18,370
MGM MGM Resorts International  $16,891
WYNN.O Wynn Resorts Ltd  $9,185
1128.HK Wynn Macau Ltd  $8,254
MPEL.O Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd  $7,847
2282.HK MGM China Holdings Ltd  $7,409
GENS.SI Genting Singapore PLC  $7,378
ALL.AX Aristocrat Leisure Ltd  $7,217
CWN.AX Crown Resorts Ltd  $6,151
IGT International Game Technology PLC  $5,199
TTS.AX Tatts Group Ltd  $4,872
0880.HK SJM Holdings Ltd  $4,341
6460.T Sega Sammy Holdings Inc  $3,966
WMH.L William Hill PLC  $3,116
TAH.AX Tabcorp Holdings Ltd  $2,930
6417.T Sankyo Co Ltd  $2,913
CHDN.O Churchill Downs Inc  $2,470
6425.T Universal Entertainment Corp  $2,331
6412.T Heiwa Corp  $2,297
BYD Boyd Gaming Corp  $2,296
CDRE.MC Codere SA  $2,044
0200.HK Melco International Development Ltd  $2,035
1076.HK Imperial Pacific International Holdings Ltd  $1,973
CACQ.O Caesars Acquisition Co  $1,811
3918.HK Nagacorp Ltd  $1,396
SGMS.O Scientific Games Corp  $1,313
1680.HK Macau Legend Development Ltd  $1,253
PENN.O Penn National Gaming Inc  $1,224
CZR.O Caesars Entertainment Corp  $1,220
6889.HK Dynam Japan Holdings Co Ltd  $1,170
ISLE.O Isle of Capri Casinos Inc  $1,027
RNK.L Rank Group PLC  $931
PNK.O Pinnacle Entertainment Inc  $821
ERI.O Eldorado Resorts Inc  $803
NYNY.O Empire Resorts Inc  $708
9672.T Tokyotokeiba Co Ltd  $660
WBAI.K 500.Com Ltd  $626
AGI.AX Ainsworth Game Technology Ltd  $509
MCRI.O Monarch Casino & Resort Inc  $446
6419.T Mars Engineering Corp  $438
2767.T Fields Corp  $403
TIMGn.DE ZEAL Network SE  $322
0296.HK Emperor Entertainment Hotel Ltd  $309
QXT.L Quixant PLC  $280
1371.HK China LotSynergy Holdings Ltd  $276
SNAI.MI Snai SpA  $275
GDEN.O Golden Entertainment Inc  $273
6430.T Daikoku Denki Co Ltd  $227
ROD.L Sportech PLC  $223
1180.HK Paradise Entertainment Ltd  $210
LO24n.DE Lotto24 AG  $193
CNTY.O Century Casinos Inc  $192
1245.HK Niraku GC Holdings Inc  $162
0555.HK REXLot Holdings Ltd  $154
6249.T Gamecard Joyco Holdings Inc  $147
TTRL.L 32Red PLC  $144
RCT.AX Reef Casino Trust  $142
8198.HK MelcoLot Ltd  $138
8156.HK China Vanguard Group Ltd  $131
7991.T Mamiya-OP Co Ltd  $98
GPIC.O Gaming Partners International Corp  $92
0326.HK China Star Entertainment Ltd  $54
TWOC.PK Trans World Corp  $53
JIN.AX Jumbo Interactive Ltd  $49
CPHC.O Canterbury Park Holding Corp  $45
0959.HK Amax International Holdings Ltd  $41
EMH1k.DE Pferdewetten De AG  $39
DDE Dover Downs Gaming & Entertainment Inc  $35
BOTB.L Best Of The Best PLC  $34
UWN Nevada Gold & Casinos Inc  $33
0070.HK Neptune Group Ltd  $29
HLEE.S Highlight Event and Entertainment AG  $25
GLXZ.PK Galaxy Gaming Inc  $24
IKGH.O Iao Kun Group Holding Co Ltd  $18
LASS.SI Lasseters International Holdings Ltd  $14