Snowflake Score | |
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Valuation | 1/6 |
Future Growth | 3/6 |
Past Performance | 2/6 |
Financial Health | 0/6 |
Dividends | 0/6 |
LNW Stock Overview
Light & Wonder, Inc. develops technology-based products and services, and related content for the gaming, lottery, social and digital gaming industries in the United States and internationally.
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Price History & Performance
Historical stock prices | |
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Current Share Price | US$48.96 |
52 Week High | US$90.20 |
52 Week Low | US$45.22 |
Beta | 1.8 |
1 Month Change | -6.97% |
3 Month Change | -19.17% |
1 Year Change | -36.97% |
3 Year Change | 146.65% |
5 Year Change | 92.00% |
Change since IPO | 1,099.02% |
Recent News & Updates
What Does Light & Wonder, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:LNW) Share Price Indicate?
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Shareholder Returns
LNW | US Hospitality | US Market | |
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7D | 2.1% | 4.0% | 6.3% |
1Y | -37.0% | -29.2% | -18.8% |
Return vs Industry: LNW underperformed the US Hospitality industry which returned -29.2% over the past year.
Return vs Market: LNW underperformed the US Market which returned -18.8% over the past year.
Price Volatility
LNW volatility | |
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LNW Average Weekly Movement | 8.9% |
Hospitality Industry Average Movement | 9.2% |
Market Average Movement | 8.1% |
10% most volatile stocks in US Market | 16.7% |
10% least volatile stocks in US Market | 3.2% |
Stable Share Price: LNW is not significantly more volatile than the rest of US stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 9% a week.
Volatility Over Time: LNW's weekly volatility (9%) has been stable over the past year.
About the Company
Founded | Employees | CEO | Website |
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1984 | 5,600 | Barry Cottle | https://www.scientificgames.com |
Light & Wonder, Inc. develops technology-based products and services, and related content for the gaming, lottery, social and digital gaming industries in the United States and internationally. The company’s Gaming segment sells new and used gaming machines, electronic table systems, video lottery terminals, conversion game kits, and spare parts; table products, including shufflers; and perpetual licenses to proprietary table games. It also supplies game content, gaming machines; provides table game products and services to licensed gaming entities; and installs and supports casino management systems, such as ongoing hardware and software maintenance and upgrade services of customer casino management systems.
Light & Wonder Fundamentals Summary
LNW fundamental statistics | |
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Market Cap | US$4.76b |
Earnings (TTM) | US$30.00m |
Revenue (TTM) | US$2.27b |
156.1x
P/E Ratio2.1x
P/S RatioIs LNW overvalued?
See Fair Value and valuation analysisEarnings & Revenue
LNW income statement (TTM) | |
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Revenue | US$2.27b |
Cost of Revenue | US$642.00m |
Gross Profit | US$1.63b |
Other Expenses | US$1.60b |
Earnings | US$30.00m |
Last Reported Earnings
Mar 31, 2022
Next Earnings Date
n/a
Earnings per share (EPS) | 0.31 |
Gross Margin | 71.74% |
Net Profit Margin | 1.32% |
Debt/Equity Ratio | -413.3% |
How did LNW perform over the long term?
See historical performance and comparisonValuation
Is LNW undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?
Valuation Score
1/6Valuation Score 1/6
Price-To-Sales vs Peers
Price-To-Sales vs Industry
Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio
Below Fair Value
Significantly Below Fair Value
PEG Ratio
Key Valuation Metric
Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for LNW?
Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.
What is LNW's n/a Ratio? | |
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n/a Ratio | 0x |
n/a | n/a |
Market Cap | US$4.76b |
Key Statistics | |
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Enterprise Value/Revenue | 5.9x |
Enterprise Value/EBITDA | 20.2x |
PEG Ratio | 4x |
Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers
How does LNW's PS Ratio compare to its peers?
LNW PS Ratio vs Peers |
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Company | PS | Estimated Growth | Market Cap |
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Peer Average | 1.9x | ||
IGT International Game Technology | 1x | 3.7% | US$4.1b |
RRR Red Rock Resorts | 1.3x | 4.6% | US$3.7b |
DKNG DraftKings | 3.8x | 25.0% | US$5.3b |
BYD Boyd Gaming | 1.6x | 2.4% | US$5.7b |
LNW Light & Wonder | 2.1x | 6.5% | US$4.8b |
Price-To-Sales vs Peers: LNW is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.1x) compared to the peer average (1.9x).
Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry
How does LNW's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Hospitality Industry?
Price-To-Sales vs Industry: LNW is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.1x) compared to the US Hospitality industry average (1.7x)
Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio
What is LNW's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.
Fair Ratio | |
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Current PS Ratio | 2.1x |
Fair PS Ratio | 3.1x |
Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: LNW is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.1x).
Share Price vs Fair Value
What is the Fair Price of LNW when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.
Below Fair Value: LNW ($48.96) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($42.46)
Significantly Below Fair Value: LNW is trading above our estimate of fair value.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: LNW is poor value based on its PEG Ratio (4x)
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Future Growth
How is Light & Wonder forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 8 analysts?
Future Growth Score
3/6Future Growth Score 3/6
Earnings vs Savings Rate
Earnings vs Market
High Growth Earnings
Revenue vs Market
High Growth Revenue
Future ROE
39.4%
Forecasted annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts
Analyst Future Growth Forecasts
Earnings vs Savings Rate: LNW's forecast earnings growth (39.4% per year) is above the savings rate (1.9%).
Earnings vs Market: LNW's earnings (39.4% per year) are forecast to grow faster than the US market (13.8% per year).
High Growth Earnings: LNW's earnings are expected to grow significantly over the next 3 years.
Revenue vs Market: LNW's revenue (6.5% per year) is forecast to grow slower than the US market (8.3% per year).
High Growth Revenue: LNW's revenue (6.5% per year) is forecast to grow slower than 20% per year.
Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts
Future Return on Equity
Future ROE: Insufficient data to determine if LNW's Return on Equity is forecast to be high in 3 years time
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Past Performance
How has Light & Wonder performed over the past 5 years?
Past Performance Score
2/6Past Performance Score 2/6
Quality Earnings
Growing Profit Margin
Earnings Trend
Accelerating Growth
Earnings vs Industry
High ROE
5.8%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: LNW has a large one-off loss of $159.0M impacting its March 31 2022 financial results.
Growing Profit Margin: LNW became profitable in the past.
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: LNW has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by 5.8% per year.
Accelerating Growth: LNW has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.
Earnings vs Industry: LNW has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Hospitality industry (119.6%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: LNW's liabilities exceed its assets, so it is difficult to calculate its Return on Equity.
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Financial Health
How is Light & Wonder's financial position?
Financial Health Score
0/6Financial Health Score 0/6
Short Term Liabilities
Long Term Liabilities
Debt Level
Reducing Debt
Debt Coverage
Interest Coverage
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: LNW has negative shareholder equity, which is a more serious situation than short term assets not covering short term liabilities.
Long Term Liabilities: LNW has negative shareholder equity, which is a more serious situation than short term assets not covering long term liabilities.
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: LNW has negative shareholder equity, which is a more serious situation than a high debt level.
Reducing Debt: LNW's has negative shareholder equity, so we do not need to check if its debt has reduced over time.
Debt Coverage: LNW's debt is not well covered by operating cash flow (7.4%).
Interest Coverage: LNW's interest payments on its debt are not well covered by EBIT (0.7x coverage).
Balance Sheet
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Dividend
What is Light & Wonder current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Dividend Score
0/6Dividend Score 0/6
Notable Dividend
High Dividend
Stable Dividend
Growing Dividend
Earnings Coverage
Future Dividend Coverage
0.063%
Forecast Dividend Yield
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate LNW's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
High Dividend: Unable to evaluate LNW's dividend yield against the top 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if LNW's dividends per share have been stable in the past.
Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if LNW's dividend payments have been increasing.
Earnings Payout to Shareholders
Earnings Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by earnings.
Cash Payout to Shareholders
Cash Flow Coverage: Unable to calculate sustainability of dividends as LNW has not reported any payouts.
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Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
2.3yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Barry Cottle (60 yo)
4yrs
Tenure
US$13,485,500
Compensation
Mr. Barry L. Cottle has been the Chief Executive Officer, President and Director of Light & Wonder, Inc. (formerly known as Scientific Games Corporation) since June 1, 2018. Mr. Cottle has been the Executi...
CEO Compensation Analysis
Compensation vs Market: Barry's total compensation ($USD13.49M) is above average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD6.87M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Barry's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
Leadership Team
Experienced Management: LNW's management team is considered experienced (2.3 years average tenure).
Board Members
Experienced Board: LNW's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 1.8 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.
Ownership
Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?
Insider Trading Volume
Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.
Recent Insider Transactions
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
Light & Wonder, Inc.'s employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: Light & Wonder, Inc.
- Ticker: LNW
- Exchange: NasdaqGS
- Founded: 1984
- Industry: Casinos and Gaming
- Sector: Consumer Services
- Implied Market Cap: US$4.756b
- Shares outstanding: 95.67m
- Website: https://www.scientificgames.com
Number of Employees
Location
- Light & Wonder, Inc.
- 6601 Bermuda Road
- Las Vegas
- Nevada
- 89119
- United States
Listings
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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Company Analysis | 2022/06/28 00:00 |
End of Day Share Price | 2022/06/28 00:00 |
Earnings | 2022/03/31 |
Annual Earnings | 2021/12/31 |
Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.