Bally's

BALY on NYSE. Bally's sells casino games, online betting, and lottery services to customers worldwide. Market value $696m.

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Figures from the annual report for the year ended 31 December 2025.

Cash flow or capital spending isn't reported, so free cash flow is unknown.

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Cash yield
annual report to December 2025
n/a

We could not compute this from the filings.

Price to profit
annual report to December 2025
n/a

The filings do not give us enough to work this out.

Return on capital
five annual reports to December 2025
-1.9%five-year median

Each dollar kept in the business earns -2 cents a year. Above 10 is good.

Quality score: 25 of 100. Price score: not known. Our list needs 70 on quality and 60 on price.

$14.00 a share, 66% above its 1-year low

Over the past year the price has ranged from $8.44 to $20.74.

Prices from Tuesday’s close (6 October).

Five years of cash, in billions

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20212022202320242025
Revenue
$1.3bn$2.3bn$2.4bn$2.5bnn/a
Operating margin
7.1%-13.0%4.2%-10.5%n/a
Debt to equity
2.144.586.08107.404.52
Shares outstanding
0.05bn0.05bn0.04bn0.05bn0.05bn

Health checks

  • Free cash flow positive1 of 4 years
  • Accounting looks honest (Beneish)Not enough data
  • Financial strength (Piotroski)Not enough data
  • Profit backed by cash (accruals)Not enough data
  • Debt4.52× equity
  • Revenue growth, five yearsStrong, 60.1% a year
  • Buying back its own sharesNo, 7% more shares since 2021

The quarter to June 2026

How the business did, compared with the same quarter a year earlier.

  • Sales: $792 million last quarter, up 20% on a year ago.
  • A loss of $146 million, compared with a loss of $228 million a year ago.
  • About the same number of shares as a year ago.
  • Debt is $4.1 billion more than cash, up from $3.4 billion a year ago.
Sales by quarter
Sales by quarter
Quarter toAmount
June 2024$622m
September 2024$630m
December 2024$580m
June 2025$658m
September 2025$664m
December 2025Not reported
March 2026$756m
June 2026$792m
Profit by quarter
Profit by quarter
Quarter toAmount
June 2024-$60m
September 2024-$248m
December 2024-$86m
June 2025-$228m
September 2025-$103m
December 2025Not reported
March 2026-$162m
June 2026-$146m

From the company's quarterly reports to the SEC.

Dates

Next results (estimated)
n/a
Last annual report (10-K)
23 March 2026
Next quarterly (estimated, 10-Q)
13 November 2026

Who owns it

None of the long-term investors we follow own it. 65 funds in all.

Jun '25
Dec '25
Jun '26
Largest holders overall

From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.

Big holders and activists

3 investors own more than 5%.

  • Kim Soohyung
    at least 66.2%−1.8 pts
    (filed with 1 related holder)
    Since 22 December 2025
  • Noel Hayden
    Passive investor
    10.2%
    Since 7 February 2025
  • at least 4.9%−0.2 pts
    (filed with 2 related holders)
    Since 12 March 2026
  • BlackRock, Inc.
    Passive investor
    Sold down below 5%
    Since 31 March 2025
  • Glazer Capital, LLC
    Passive investor
    Sold down below 5%
    Since 10 February 2025

From Schedule 13D and 13G filings: anyone owning more than 5% must file one.

What insiders did

No insider bought or sold on the open market in the last 12 months.

From Form 4 filings: insiders must report trades in their own company's shares within two days.

Warning signs in its filings

Problems the company itself reported to the SEC, in its own words.

2 serious warning signs in Bally's’ filings.

We look for five warning signs: doubt it can keep going, weak checks on its own accounts, a notice that its past accounts can't be relied on, a change of auditor, and one customer bringing in a big share of sales. We don't check lawsuits, investigations or debt yet.

We checked the auditor's report, internal controls, restatement notices, auditor changes and big customers in the 10-K filed 23 Mar 2026, plus the 10-Q filed 14 Aug 2026 and 8 later 8-Ks.

  • Doubt it can keep going

    Serious

    The company or its auditor warned it may not have enough money to last the next year.

    “As described below, while the Company is actively engaged in discussions on several financing alternatives, the conditions and events raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.”
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    In May, 2026, the Required Revolving Lenders and Administrative Agent under the Company’s Revolving Credit Facility conditionally waived compliance with the consolidated net leverage ratio covenant for each fiscal quarter ending during the period commencing March 31, 2026 through the earlier of (i) the Company’s election to terminate the waiver upon certifying compliance with the covenant as of the most recently ended fiscal quarter, or (ii) the date immediately preceding the delivery of the compliance certificate for the quarter ending March 31, 2027 (the “Covenant Waiver Period”). The waiver remains subject to the Company’s ongoing satisfaction of a minimum liquidity maintenance requirement, among other conditions. Based on the Company’s current forecasts, excluding the financings described below and giving effect to the scheduled reduction in revolving commitments, the Company does not project that it would satisfy the liquidity maintenance requirement or, the consolidated net leverage ratio covenant once reinstated, and may not be in compliance with the Company’s Revolving Credit Facility during the twelve months following the date these financial statements are issued. As described below, while the Company is actively engaged in discussions on several financing alternatives, the conditions and events raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Any future inability of the Company to stay in compliance with the Company’s Revolving Credit Facility has no implications under any of Bally’s Intralot’s debt documents. Bally’s Intralot does not guarantee any of Bally’s Corporation’s debt. Refer to Note 12 “Long-Term Debt” for further information.

    From the 10-Q filed 14 August 2026, Part I, Item 1. Financial Statements. Read it in the filing

  • Weak checks on its own accounts

    Serious

    The company said its checks on its own accounts did not work at the end of its latest quarter. Mistakes could slip into the numbers.

    “Based on that evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to a material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as previously disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.”
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    Our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer (principal executive officer) and chief financial officer (principal financial officer), conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures for the reporting period ended June 30, 2026 as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on that evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to a material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as previously disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.

    From the 10-Q filed 14 August 2026, Part I, Item 4. Controls and Procedures. Read it in the filing

A 10-K is the yearly report every US company files with the SEC. An 8-K is a short notice of a big event.

What could go wrong

  • It carries a lot of debt: 4.5× its equity.

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