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) Return on invested capital

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Churchill Downs, Incorporated's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 8.20%, up 0.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (7.30%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.01% (fiscal 2020) to 9.96% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Gambling industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.42%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 7.30% (0.42)
FY2024 7.72% 1.32
FY2023 6.40% 2.34
FY2022 4.06% (5.20)
FY2021 9.26% 7.25
FY2020 2.01% (5.31)
FY2019 7.32% (2.64)
FY2018 9.96% 4.56
FY2017 5.40% (1.66)
FY2016 7.06% 0.96

Against its own ten years

Low 2.01% High 9.96%
Ten-year median 7.06%
Current reading's percentile 64

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
SGHC Super Group (SGHC) Limited compare 101.2%
ACEL Accel Entertainment, Inc. compare 12.7%
CHDN Churchill Downs, Incorporated 8.20%
LNWO Light & Wonder, Inc. compare 8.11%
BRSL Brightstar Lottery compare 6.38%
CDRO Codere Online Luxembourg, S.A. compare 0.00%
RSI Rush Street Interactive, Inc. compare 0.00%
FLUT Flutter Entertainment PLC compare −3.05%
DKNG DraftKings Inc. compare −11.2%
Gambling industry median 0.00%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.42%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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