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Best Casino Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top casino stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% 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:

Marriott Vacations Worldwide (NYSE:VAC) 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 +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Marriott Vacations Worldwide (NYSE:VAC) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide (NYSE:VAC) has a Due Diligence Score of 17, which is -7 points lower than the casino industry average of 24. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates VAC as a "B".

VAC passed 5 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Marriott Vacations Worldwide has seen its stock return 123.03% over the past year, overperforming other casino stocks by 120 percentage points.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide has an average 1 year price target of $113.00, an upside of 2.34% from Marriott Vacations Worldwide's current stock price of $110.42.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering Marriott Vacations Worldwide, 57.14% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 14.29% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 28.57% have issued a Strong Sell.

Hilton Grand Vacations (NYSE:HGV) is the #2 top casino stock out of 17 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Hilton Grand Vacations (NYSE:HGV) is: Value: A, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Hilton Grand Vacations (NYSE:HGV) has a Due Diligence Score of 27, which is 3 points higher than the casino industry average of 24.

HGV passed 9 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Hilton Grand Vacations has seen its stock return 10.65% over the past year, overperforming other casino stocks by 8 percentage points.

Hilton Grand Vacations has an average 1 year price target of $48.25, an upside of 9.78% from Hilton Grand Vacations's current stock price of $43.95.

Hilton Grand Vacations stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 9 analysts covering Hilton Grand Vacations, 11.11% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 11.11% have issued a Buy, 77.78% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Penn Entertainment (NASDAQ:PENN) 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 +5.11% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Penn Entertainment (NASDAQ:PENN) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Penn Entertainment (NASDAQ:PENN) has a Due Diligence Score of 15, which is -9 points lower than the casino industry average of 24.

PENN passed 5 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Penn Entertainment has seen its stock return 18.98% over the past year, overperforming other casino stocks by 16 percentage points.

Penn Entertainment has an average 1 year price target of $23.88, an upside of 36.98% from Penn Entertainment's current stock price of $17.43.

Penn Entertainment stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 16 analysts covering Penn Entertainment, 56.25% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 18.75% have issued a Buy, 25% 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 5.6%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the casino industry average of 2.6%. 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 215% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Red Rock Resorts (NASDAQ:RRR) has an annual dividend yield of 4.23%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the casino industry average of 2.6%. Red Rock Resorts's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three 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 101.5% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) has an annual dividend yield of 2.95%, which is the same as the casino industry average of 2.6%. Las Vegas Sands's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Las Vegas Sands's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Las Vegas Sands's dividend payout ratio of 47.1% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Casino stocks were up 0.74% in the last day, and up 3.15% over the last week.

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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:

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

Hilton Grand Vacations has a valuation score of 43, which is 24 points higher than the casino industry average of 19. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Hilton Grand Vacations's stock has gained 10.65% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the casino industry by 8 percentage points.

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

Boyd Gaming has a valuation score of 29, which is 10 points higher than the casino industry average of 19. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Boyd Gaming's stock has dropped -4.34% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the casino industry by -7 percentage points.

Melco Resorts & Entertainment (NASDAQ:MLCO) 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.

Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a valuation score of 43, which is 24 points higher than the casino industry average of 19. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Melco Resorts & Entertainment's stock has dropped -46.37% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the casino industry by -49 percentage points.

53.33% of casino stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect casino stocks to rise by 15.14% over the next year.

0% of casino stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 15.38% of casino stocks are rated B (Buy), 38.46% are rated C (Hold), 46.15% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).