Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited (MLCO) Stock

Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited (NASDAQ:MLCO ) Q3 2024 Earnings Conference Call November 5, 2024 8:30 AM ET Company Participants Jeanny Kim - Senior Vice President, Group Treasurer Evan Winkler - President Lawrence Ho - Chairman and CEO Geoffrey Davis - EVP and CFO Conference Call Participants George Choi - Citi John DeCree - CBRE Luis Ricardo Chinchilla - Deutsche Bank Praveen Choudhary - Morgan Stanley Simon Cheung - Goldman Sachs Operator Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for participating in the Third Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call of Melco Resorts and Entertainment Limited. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode.

Melco Resorts (MLCO) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.08 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.09 per share. This compares to loss of $0.03 per share a year ago.

MACAU, Nov. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited (Nasdaq: MLCO) (“Melco” or the “Company”), a developer, owner, and operator of integrated resort facilities in Asia and Europe, today reported its unaudited financial results for the third quarter of 2024.

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MACAU, Oct. 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited (Nasdaq: MLCO), a developer, owner and operator of integrated resort facilities in Asia and Europe, today announces that it will release its unaudited financial results for the third quarter of 2024 on Tuesday, November 5, 2024 to be followed by a conference call on the same day at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time (or 9:30 p.m. Singapore Time).

The average of price targets set by Wall Street analysts indicates a potential upside of 30.9% in Melco (MLCO). While the effectiveness of this highly sought-after metric is questionable, the positive trend in earnings estimate revisions might translate into an upside in the stock.

Here at Zacks, our focus is on the proven Zacks Rank system, which emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions to find great stocks. Nevertheless, we are always paying attention to the latest value, growth, and momentum trends to underscore strong picks.

Melco Resorts & Entertainment has faced significant challenges in past years from China's response to COVID, as tourism in Macau has suffered greatly. While Macau's tourism has recovered and the Chinese economy looks to gain from stimulus measures, remaining strict VIP casino guidelines continue to pressure the overall performance. Melco's relatively low margin level and high debt leverage risks to investors, and pose a major risk. Melco's real estate holdings should still provide a good safety net.

China will provide "necessary fiscal spending" to kick-start a sluggish economy. The stock market in China has struggled recently, and this news brought it back to life.