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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:

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

Monarch Casino & Resort (NASDAQ:MCRI) has a Due Diligence Score of 45, which is 19 points higher than the casino industry average of 26.

MCRI passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Monarch Casino & Resort has seen its stock return 43.49% over the past year, overperforming other casino stocks by 30 percentage points.

Monarch Casino & Resort has an average 1 year price target of $98.25, a downside of -6.42% from Monarch Casino & Resort's current stock price of $104.99.

Monarch Casino & Resort stock has a consensus Buy 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, 75% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) 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 +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) has a Due Diligence Score of 35, which is 9 points higher than the casino industry average of 26.

LVS passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Las Vegas Sands has seen its stock return 34.04% over the past year, overperforming other casino stocks by 21 percentage points.

Las Vegas Sands has an average 1 year price target of $56.20, an upside of 2.09% from Las Vegas Sands's current stock price of $55.05.

Las Vegas Sands stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 10 analysts covering Las Vegas Sands, 30% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Melco Resorts & Entertainment (NASDAQ:MLCO) is the #3 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: B, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: D, 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 64.22% over the past year, overperforming other casino stocks by 51 percentage points.

Melco Resorts & Entertainment has an average 1 year price target of $9.78, an upside of 6.54% from Melco Resorts & Entertainment's current stock price of $9.18.

Melco Resorts & Entertainment stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Melco Resorts & Entertainment, 80% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 20% 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 4.09%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the casino industry average of 2.24%. 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 3.95%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the casino industry average of 2.24%.

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

Marriott Vacations Worldwide (NYSE:VAC) has an annual dividend yield of 2.95%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the casino industry average of 2.24%. Marriott Vacations Worldwide's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Marriott Vacations Worldwide's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide's dividend payout ratio of 42.4% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Casino stocks were up 3.92% in the last day, and up 4.84% over the last week. Hilton Grand Vacations was the among the top gainers in the resorts & casinos industry, gaining 7.72% yesterday.

Shares of travel and leisure stocks are trading higher amid overall market strength after Fed Chair Powell said monetary policy "may warrant adjusting." A potential rate cut could spur consumer spending on discretionary services.

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 A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

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

Boyd Gaming's stock has gained 45.63% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the casino industry by 32 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 19 points higher than the casino industry average of 24. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide's stock has gained 9.87% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the casino industry by -3 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 14, which is -10 points higher than the casino industry average of 24. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates MLCO a Valuation Rating of "B".

Melco Resorts & Entertainment's stock has gained 64.22% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the casino industry by 51 percentage points.

62.5% of casino stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect casino stocks to rise by 8.82% over the next year.

0% of casino stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 20% of casino stocks are rated B (Buy), 66.67% are rated C (Hold), 6.67% are rated D (Sell), and 6.67% are rated F (Strong Sell).