Golden Entertainment, Inc.

NasdaqGM:GDEN Stock Report

Market Cap: US$910.6m

Golden Entertainment Valuation

Is GDEN undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of GDEN when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: GDEN ($34.06) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($44.18)

Significantly Below Fair Value: GDEN is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for GDEN?

Key metric: As GDEN is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for GDEN. This is calculated by dividing GDEN's market cap by their current earnings.
What is GDEN's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio24.3x
EarningsUS$38.38m
Market CapUS$910.64m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does GDEN's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for GDEN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average49.7x
EVRI Everi Holdings
88.2x62.3%US$1.2b
ACEL Accel Entertainment
21.9x15.3%US$940.4m
MCRI Monarch Casino & Resort
17.7x3.1%US$1.5b
AGS PlayAGS
71.1x58.2%US$479.3m
GDEN Golden Entertainment
24.3x-25.4%US$910.6m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: GDEN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.3x) compared to the peer average (49.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does GDEN's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Hospitality Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
GDHG Golden Heaven Group Holdings
3.5xn/aUS$6.01m
THRS.F Agility Real Estate
1.7xn/aUS$2.05m
No more companies available in this PE range
GDEN 24.3xIndustry Avg. 24.4xNo. of Companies15PE01632486480+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: GDEN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.3x) compared to the US Hospitality industry average (24.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is GDEN's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

GDEN PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio24.3x
Fair PE Ratio9.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: GDEN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.3x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst GDEN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$34.06
US$36.14
+6.1%
7.2%US$40.00US$31.00n/a7
Nov ’25US$29.39
US$36.71
+24.9%
8.2%US$40.00US$31.00n/a7
Oct ’25US$31.13
US$37.43
+20.2%
8.6%US$41.00US$31.00n/a7
Sep ’25US$32.39
US$38.14
+17.8%
9.5%US$44.00US$32.00n/a7
Aug ’25US$30.97
US$40.00
+29.2%
9.2%US$46.00US$35.00n/a7
Jul ’25US$29.95
US$41.86
+39.8%
10.3%US$47.00US$35.00n/a7
Jun ’25US$30.27
US$41.86
+38.3%
10.3%US$47.00US$35.00n/a7
May ’25US$31.26
US$44.43
+42.1%
5.5%US$47.00US$40.00n/a7
Apr ’25US$36.51
US$44.33
+21.4%
5.8%US$47.00US$40.00n/a6
Mar ’25US$34.26
US$44.20
+29.0%
6.3%US$47.00US$40.00n/a5
Feb ’25US$39.01
US$45.60
+16.9%
8.5%US$50.00US$40.00n/a5
Jan ’25US$39.93
US$46.20
+15.7%
10.6%US$52.00US$39.00n/a5
Dec ’24US$36.59
US$46.20
+26.3%
10.6%US$52.00US$39.00n/a5
Nov ’24US$30.55
US$47.60
+55.8%
10.5%US$53.00US$39.00US$29.395
Oct ’24US$34.18
US$52.40
+53.3%
18.7%US$70.00US$41.00US$31.135
Sep ’24US$36.16
US$52.17
+44.3%
17.2%US$70.00US$41.00US$32.396
Aug ’24US$42.08
US$52.14
+23.9%
15.9%US$70.00US$41.00US$30.977
Jul ’24US$41.80
US$54.00
+29.2%
15.3%US$70.00US$41.00US$29.957
Jun ’24US$43.71
US$54.00
+23.5%
15.3%US$70.00US$41.00US$30.277
May ’24US$42.49
US$55.00
+29.4%
14.3%US$70.00US$43.00US$31.267
Apr ’24US$43.51
US$55.00
+26.4%
14.3%US$70.00US$43.00US$36.517
Mar ’24US$41.31
US$54.13
+31.0%
13.7%US$70.00US$43.00US$34.268
Feb ’24US$40.66
US$54.13
+33.1%
13.7%US$70.00US$43.00US$39.018
Jan ’24US$37.40
US$56.75
+51.7%
10.7%US$70.00US$49.00US$39.938
Dec ’23US$43.95
US$57.25
+30.3%
10.7%US$70.00US$49.00US$36.598
Nov ’23US$43.38
US$59.00
+36.0%
10.7%US$70.00US$51.00US$30.558

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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