With 4.21 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 3.94 million shares. During the session, the Resorts & Casinos company that operates in wider Consumer Cyclical sector, reached to the highest price of $5.82 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $5.635. The 52-week range on MLCO shows that it touched its highest point at $8.90 and its lowest point at $4.78 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $7.38. MLCO paid its most recent dividend on 1582848000, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1582848000. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.84.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Three-month performance dropped to -17.39% while six-month performance rose 3.98%. The stock lost -23.84% in the past year, while it has lost -0.69% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for MLCO yields 0.10 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.62. For the next quarter, that number is 0.03. This implies an EPS growth rate of 291.39% for this year and 56.07% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 101.20% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -33.61%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 419.71 million MLCO shares are outstanding with a float of 419.45 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-02-28, short shares totaled 9.39 million, which was 223.99999999999997 higher than short shares on 1738281600. In addition to Mr. Yau Lung Ho as the firm’s Founder, Chairman & CEO, Mr. Evan Andrew Winkler serves as its President & Director.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.37631 of MLCO’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-12-31, MLCO reported revenue of $1175133000.0 and operating income of $144348000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $282511000.0 and diluted EPS was $0.063.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for MLCO since 6 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 6 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With MLCO analysts setting a high price target of 10.0 and a low target of 5.5, the average target price over the next 12 months is 7.85. Based on these targets, MLCO could surge 73.91% to reach the target high and fall by -4.35% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 36.52% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $0.31244 being high and $0.0520725 being low. For MLCO, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.20829.
