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Best Casino Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top casino stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best casino stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best casino stocks to buy right now are:

Melco Resorts & Entertainment (NASDAQ:MLCO) is the #1 top casino stock out of 17 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Melco Resorts & Entertainment (NASDAQ:MLCO) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: D, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Melco Resorts & Entertainment (NASDAQ:MLCO) has a Due Diligence Score of 26, which is equal to the casino industry average of 26.

MLCO passed 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Melco Resorts & Entertainment has seen its stock return 32.53% over the past year, overperforming other casino stocks by 25 percentage points.

Melco Resorts & Entertainment has an average 1 year price target of $7.56, a downside of -14.09% from Melco Resorts & Entertainment's current stock price of $8.80.

Melco Resorts & Entertainment stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Melco Resorts & Entertainment, 60% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 40% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Monarch Casino & Resort (NASDAQ:MCRI) is the #2 top casino stock out of 17 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Monarch Casino & Resort (NASDAQ:MCRI) is: Value: B, Growth: D, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: D, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Monarch Casino & Resort (NASDAQ:MCRI) has a Due Diligence Score of 56, which is 30 points higher than the casino industry average of 26.

MCRI passed 21 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Monarch Casino & Resort has seen its stock return 33.09% over the past year, overperforming other casino stocks by 26 percentage points.

Monarch Casino & Resort has an average 1 year price target of $88.75, a downside of -0.24% from Monarch Casino & Resort's current stock price of $88.96.

Monarch Casino & Resort stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Monarch Casino & Resort, 25% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 25% have issued a Strong Sell.

Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) is the #3 top casino stock out of 17 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) is: Value: B, Growth: F, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) has a Due Diligence Score of 47, which is 21 points higher than the casino industry average of 26.

BYD passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Boyd Gaming has seen its stock return 49.17% over the past year, overperforming other casino stocks by 42 percentage points.

Boyd Gaming has an average 1 year price target of $78.60, a downside of -3.36% from Boyd Gaming's current stock price of $81.33.

Boyd Gaming stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 10 analysts covering Boyd Gaming, 20% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% have issued a Buy, 60% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 8 casino stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 casino stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Vail Resorts (NYSE:MTN) has an annual dividend yield of 4.04%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the casino industry average of 2.2%. Vail Resorts's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Vail Resorts's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Vail Resorts's dividend payout ratio of 112.4% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Golden Entertainment (NASDAQ:GDEN) has an annual dividend yield of 3.25%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the casino industry average of 2.2%.

Golden Entertainment's dividend payout ratio of 238.1% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Red Rock Resorts (NASDAQ:RRR) has an annual dividend yield of 3.2%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the casino industry average of 2.2%. Red Rock Resorts's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Red Rock Resorts's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Red Rock Resorts's dividend payout ratio of 37.9% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

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Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued casino stocks right now are:

Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) is the most undervalued casino stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Boyd Gaming has a valuation score of 43, which is 16 points higher than the casino industry average of 27. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Boyd Gaming's stock has gained 49.17% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the casino industry by 42 percentage points.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide (NYSE:VAC) is the second most undervalued casino stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide has a valuation score of 43, which is 16 points higher than the casino industry average of 27. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide's stock has dropped -1.58% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the casino industry by -9 percentage points.

Hilton Grand Vacations (NYSE:HGV) is the third most undervalued casino stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Hilton Grand Vacations has a valuation score of 29, which is 2 points higher than the casino industry average of 27. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Hilton Grand Vacations's stock has gained 16.99% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the casino industry by 9 percentage points.

62.5% of casino stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect casino stocks to rise by 8.58% over the next year.

0% of casino stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 6.25% of casino stocks are rated B (Buy), 81.25% are rated C (Hold), 12.5% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).