Churchill Downs, Incorporated

CHDN Consumer Cyclical Gambling

Churchill Downs, Incorporated’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.9 billion, up 7.01% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+1.90%
EPS
+111.7%
Free cash flow
+252.7%
Total debt
−7.52%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

98.25 0.25 +0.26%
Market cap
$6.7B
P/E
15.2×
Fwd P/E
14.0×
Dividend yield
0.45%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
1.59
Beneish M
−2.74
Dividend safety
74/100

Churchill Downs, Incorporated (CHDN) Free cash flow margin

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Churchill Downs, Incorporated's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 17.6%, up 7.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (10.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −8.63% (fiscal 2020) to 27.7% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Gambling industry median of 7.20% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.20%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 10.6% 2.36
FY2024 8.22% 3.16
FY2023 5.06% (13.34)
FY2022 18.4% (4.62)
FY2021 23.0% 31.65
FY2020 −8.63% (18.35)
FY2019 9.72% 4.92
FY2018 4.80% (6.33)
FY2017 11.1% (13.47)
FY2016 24.6% (3.10)

Against its own ten years

Low −8.63% High 27.7%
Ten-year median 10.6%
Current reading's percentile 55

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
LNWO Light & Wonder, Inc. compare 28.1%
CHDN Churchill Downs, Incorporated 17.6%
SGHC Super Group (SGHC) Limited compare 12.8%
RSI Rush Street Interactive, Inc. compare 12.2%
DKNG DraftKings Inc. compare 7.99%
ACEL Accel Entertainment, Inc. compare 7.58%
FLUT Flutter Entertainment PLC compare 7.20%
CDRO Codere Online Luxembourg, S.A. compare 0.00%
BRSL Brightstar Lottery compare −90.0%
Gambling industry median 7.20%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.20%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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