Thursday, October 01, 2015

September 2015 Las Vegas Stock Recap

With the calendar now showing October 2015, let's take a look back and see how Las Vegas stocks did in the month of September.

Boyd Gaming was the only stock I track that was up in September. It's performance was likely buoyed by strong trends in downtown and the Las Vegas locals market.

Penn National was brought down by the rest of the sector, but since they don't have any international exposure they weren't down as much as the others.

MGM Resorts International was down almost ten percent. Their exciting upcoming projects including the Las Vegas Arena and The Park were overshadowed by their exposure to Macau, which was weak.

Las Vegas Sands and Wynn Resorts both declined significantly again in September. Along with general softness in Macau, reports of troubles in the high end junket market has sent these two stocks into a tailspin.

Caesars Entertainment was the big winner in August soaring an incredible 83.3%. They came crashing back down to earth in September though falling 38.32%. The Caesars bankruptcy proceedings are very uncertain at this point, and it looks like investors are becoming less certain of a turnaround.

CompanySymbolStartEndChange
BoydBYD16.1016.30+1.24%
PennPENN18.1616.78-7.60%
MGMMGM20.4318.45-9.69%
SandsLVS46.2337.95-17.91%
WynnWYNN75.0553.12-29.22%
CaesarsCZR9.555.89-38.32%