Boyd Gaming (BYD) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Boyd Gaming Corporation is a diversified gaming and entertainment company headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. The company owns and operates casinos, hotels, restaurants and entertainment venues, primarily serving regional and destination markets in the United States. Its properties offer casino gaming, including slot machines, table games and poker, along with hotel accommodations, dining, entertainment and other hospitality services.

Boyd Gaming operates properties under brands that include Sam’s Town, The Orleans, Gold Coast, Suncoast, Fremont and California Hotel and Casino in Nevada, as well as additional casinos in states such as Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The company also participates in online gaming and sports betting in select jurisdictions, subject to applicable regulations, and operates customer loyalty programs and digital gaming offerings connected to its properties.

Founded in 1975 by casino executive Sam Boyd, the company has expanded from its Las Vegas roots into a nationwide regional gaming operator. Boyd Gaming is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Keith E. Smith, who has held the chief executive role since 2008.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $66.33 to $67.89
• 50-Day Range: $66.07 to $91.10
• 52-Week Range: $65.00 to $91.41
• Volume: 1.36 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.09 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $4.90 billion
• P/E Ratio: 2.97
• Dividend Yield: 1.19%
• Price Target: $94.69
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Boyd Gaming Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Boyd Gaming scored higher than 83% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 167th out of 477 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Boyd Gaming has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 3 buy ratings, 11 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Boyd Gaming has a consensus price target of $94.69, representing about 40.5% upside from its current price of $67.39.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Boyd Gaming has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 6.45%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Boyd Gaming are expected to grow by 6.45% in the coming year, from $7.29 to $7.76 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Boyd Gaming is 2.97, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.66.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Boyd Gaming is 2.97, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 44.37.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Boyd Gaming has a PEG Ratio of 1.20. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Boyd Gaming has a P/B Ratio of 2.02. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

9.57% of the float of Boyd Gaming has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Boyd Gaming has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.72.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Boyd Gaming has recently increased by 19.56%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Boyd Gaming pays a meaningful dividend of 1.19%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Boyd Gaming has only been increasing its dividend for 4 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Boyd Gaming is 3.52%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Boyd Gaming will have a dividend payout ratio of 10.31% next year. This indicates that Boyd Gaming will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.25

News Sentiment

Boyd Gaming has a news sentiment score of -0.25. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.44 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Boyd Gaming this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

42 people have searched for BYD on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 27% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Boyd Gaming insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,147,848.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

22.82% of the stock of Boyd Gaming is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

76.81% of the stock of Boyd Gaming is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/15 Dividend: 6/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/15 Dividend: 6/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/15/2026
• Last Earnings: 7/23/2026
• Record date for 10/15 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/15 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Today: 10/04/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/15/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/22/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
• Sub-Industry: Casinos & Gaming
• Current Symbol: NYSE:BYD
• CIK: 906553
• Web: www.boydgaming.com
• Phone: (702) 792-7200
• Fax: 702-792-7313
• Employees: 16,009
• Year Founded: 1975

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Boyd Gaming: $94.69
• High Price Target: $110.00
• Low Price Target: $87.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +40.5%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 15 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $22.72
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 2.97
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.24
• P/E Growth: 1.2
• Net Income: $1.84 billion
• Net Margins: 44.34%
• Pretax Margin: 55.93%
• Return on Equity: 22.52%
• Return on Assets: 8.80%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.05
• Current Ratio: 0.77
• Quick Ratio: 0.74

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $4.09 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.20
• Cash Flow: $11.72 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.75
• Book Value: $33.38 per share
• Price / Book: 2.02

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 72,650,000
• Free Float: 56,075,000
• Market Cap: $4.90 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.12