Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, casino operator Caesars Entertainment
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Caesars' business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Caesars facts
| Headquarters (Founded) | Las Vegas (1937) |
| Market Cap | $1.8 billion |
| Industry | Casinos and gaming |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $8.8 billion |
| Management | Chairman/CEO Gary Loveman CFO Jonathan Halkyard |
| Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years) | (66.4%) |
| Cash/Debt | $1.2 billion / $20.0 billion |
| Competitors |
Las Vegas Sands MGM Resorts International Wynn Resorts |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 96% of the 45 members who have rated Caesars believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Earlier this week, one of those Fools, All-Star MystixX, kindly warned our community about betting on Caesars:
Common people have less cash to travel to and gamble. Even if they had the money why would they go to a casino when they can just gamble in the biggest casino of them all directly from home-the stock market. The house will always win either way.
Also, if you really want to bet on casinos, then at least choose [Wynn] as most of their revenues come from abroad and they have an excellent balance sheet. [Caesars] is heavily levered and heavily US-based.
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