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Galaxy Ent0027.HKCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Hong Kong · HKD·Consumer Discretionary›Casinos/Gaming

One of six licensed Macau casino operators, running the Galaxy Macau integrated resort.

≈ A Macau-focused Wynn Resorts/Las Vegas Sands peerMomentum leader 87
Mkt cap
$19.4B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
45%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$60.0M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
14.2×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+3.5 pp
WACC 8.5%
Hurdle
-26 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
111 days
25 Feb 2027
Close · HKDHK$34.84
1D-0.6%
1W+8.7%
1M+13.4%
3M+6.0%
6M+7.6%
YTD-6.5%
1Y-10.1%
ATR %3.0%
52w lowhigh19.2% off high

What Galaxy Ent does

One of six licensed Macau casino operators, running the Galaxy Macau integrated resort.

Earns from casino gaming, now mostly the mass-market floor rather than VIP rooms since China's tighter rules on junket promoters (middlemen who brought high rollers) from 2021 and 2022, plus hotels, restaurants and shops at its Cotai resorts. Its Macau concession was renewed in 2022 for ten years, and founder Lui Che-woo's family controls the group.

In one line: A Macau-focused Wynn Resorts/Las Vegas Sands peer.

Products and services

  • Casino gaming (VIP & mass market)
  • Hotel/resort operations
  • Retail/entertainment at resorts

Customers

  • Mainland Chinese and international gamblers/touris

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Consumer discretionary
  • Casinos & gaming
  • Integrated casino resorts (Macau)

What could go right

  • Mainland Chinese tourism/gaming recovery

What could go wrong

  • China travel policy/visa restrictions
  • Macau gaming regulation changes

Moat: wide (regulatory licence, scale). One of only six Macau gaming concessions, a government-limited licence structure that blocks new entrants.

Headquarters: Macau, China · Founded: 1990 · Employees: 21,200

Named competitors

Galaxy Ent at a glance

Size Galaxy Ent (0027.HK) is a Hong Kong Consumer Discretionary company (Casinos/Gaming) with a market value of $19.4B, the 93rd largest of 891 Hong Kong companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at HK$34.84 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 7.6%, against -13.2% for the median peer and -13.4% for the Hong Kong market (cap-weighted) — 2nd highest of 12 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 8.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.0%); the operating margin is 32.0% (peer median 20.9%).

Valuation It trades at 14.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 14.3× (6th cheapest of 11).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 3% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +29%, so the hurdle is -26 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 3.5 points above its cost of capital (8.5% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 25 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

809010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 20260027.HK 109Peer median 87
Six months, rebased to 100: Galaxy Ent against the median of its 11 peers (local-currency closes).

Galaxy Ent financials

Reported figures in HKD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueHK$29.9BHK$29.6BHK$27.0BHK$23.0BHK$8.40B
Revenue growth—+10%+17%+174%—
Gross profitHK$16.1BHK$16.1BHK$14.1BHK$11.6B-HK$779M
EBITDAHK$13.5BHK$13.4BHK$11.4BHK$9.12B-HK$1.35B
Net incomeHK$10.7BHK$10.7BHK$8.76BHK$6.83B-HK$3.43B
Free cash flowHK$12.6BHK$12.1BHK$7.77BHK$6.52B-HK$6.69B
Capital expenditureHK$2.72BHK$3.48BHK$4.88BHK$6.02BHK$5.08B
Total debtn/aHK$2.01BHK$4.82BHK$2.08BHK$7.99B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Galaxy Ent competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%0%+5%+10%LVSFLUTALL1928WYNNMGMLTMCLNWCZRSGHCBYD0027.HK6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Galaxy Ent is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+5%+10%10×15×20×25×LVSFLUTALL1928WYNNMGMLTMCLNWSGHCBYD0027.HKRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Galaxy Ent is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%LVSFLUTALL1928WYNNMGMLTMCLNWCZRSGHC0027.HKGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Galaxy Ent is the large dot.

Galaxy Ent competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (0027.HK vs 1928.HK vs 2282.HK vs 0880.HK)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Galaxy Ent 0027.HK$19.4B+8%+8%32%14.2×2.8%
Sands China 1928.HK$11.4B-30%+9%26%12.9×2.5%
MGM China 2282.HK$4.85B-12%+11%31%9.3×-3.1%
SJM 0880.HK$974M-49%-16%6%n/an/a

How Galaxy Ent compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Galaxy Ent against its 11 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure0027.HKPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+13.4%+7.8%highest of 12
6-month return+7.6%-13.2%2nd highest of 12
Distance from 52-week high-19.2%-37.3%5th highest of 12
Revenue growth (TTM)+8.4%+4.0%5th highest of 12
Operating margin32.0%20.9%2nd highest of 12
Forward P/E14.2×14.3×6th cheapest of 11
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)2.8%2.1%5th most demanding of 11
Growth delivered (Del g)+28.7%+26.8%4th highest of 11
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-25.9 pp-22.2 pp5th least demanding of 11
ROIC minus cost of capital+3.5 pp+6.5 pp5th lowest of 12
EV / EBITDA9.9×8.7×5th most expensive of 12
Net debt / EBITDA-1.4×2.8×least indebted of 12

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Galaxy Ent 0027.HKHong Kong$19.4B+8%+8%32%14.2×2.8%+28.7%
Las Vegas Sands LVSUnited States$25.5B-23%+11%22%14.2×-2.5%+34.7%
Flutter Entertainment FLUTUnited States$14.2B-19%+12%2%14.3×26.3%+23.7%
Aristocrat Leisure ALL.AXAustralia$26.9B+27%-1%32%24.8×9.5%+8.8%
Sands China 1928.HKHong Kong$11.4B-30%+9%26%12.9×2.5%+34.0%
Wynn Resorts WYNNUnited States$8.56B-19%+6%16%20.8×1.7%+27.8%
MGM Resorts MGMUnited States$8.18B-17%+3%6%24.0×16.0%+27.7%
Lottomatica LTMC.MIItaly$7.17B+4%+4%21%15.4×-1.4%+42.7%
Light & Wonder, Inc. Shs Chess Depository Interests Repr 1 Sh LNW.AXAustralia$6.22B+1%0%27%9.4×-8.5%+15.8%
Caesars Entertainment CZRUnited States$5.96B+4%+3%17%n/a5.8%+25.9%
Super Group (SGHC) SGHCUnited States$5.77B-13%+14%23%11.7×-0.2%+16.6%
Boyd Gaming BYDUnited States$5.41B-11%0%19%10.1×n/an/a

Questions

Who are Galaxy Ent's main competitors?
Named competitors: Sands China (1928.HK), MGM China (2282.HK), SJM Holdings (0880.HK). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Flutter Entertainment (FLUT), Aristocrat Leisure (ALL.AX), Sands China (1928.HK), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), MGM Resorts (MGM).
Is Galaxy Ent expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 14.2× against a peer median of 14.3×, 6th cheapest of 11 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 3% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +29%, so the hurdle is -26 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Galaxy Ent stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +7.6% against -13.2% for the median peer; over one year -10.1%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.