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Employees: 1,600
Size Accel Entertainment (ACEL) is a United States Communication Services company (Movies/Entertainment) with a market value of $1.10B, the 2189th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $13.72 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 18.0%, against -4.4% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 9.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.0%); the operating margin is 8.2% (peer median 9.7%).
Valuation It trades at 15.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 26.3× (6th cheapest of 15).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 1% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +33%, so the hurdle is -33 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 6.9 points above its cost of capital (8.6% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 3.3% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 3 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.42B | $1.33B | $1.23B | $1.17B | $970M |
| Revenue growth | — | +8% | +5% | +21% | — |
| Gross profit | $364M | $339M | $305M | $294M | $252M |
| EBITDA | $200M | $187M | $158M | $166M | $145M |
| Net income | $63.9M | $51.5M | $35.3M | $45.6M | $74.1M |
| Free cash flow | $105M | $62.0M | $54.7M | $50.8M | $60.6M |
| Capital expenditure | $67.8M | $98.4M | $66.5M | $81.7M | $47.4M |
| Total debt | $580M | $629M | $615M | $559M | $554M |
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| Measure | ACEL | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +23.6% | +5.3% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +18.0% | -4.4% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -2.0% | -33.5% | highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +9.0% | +3.0% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 8.2% | 9.7% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 15.6× | 26.3× | 6th cheapest of 15 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 0.8% | 5.2% | 5th least demanding of 15 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +33.3% | +16.5% | 3rd highest of 15 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -32.5 pp | -12.4 pp | 3rd least demanding of 15 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +6.9 pp | -1.2 pp | 4th highest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.9× | 10.0× | 5th cheapest of 14 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.4× | 2.5× | 6th least indebted of 15 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accel Entertainment ACEL | United States | $1.10B | +18% | +9% | 8% | 15.6× | 0.8% | +33.3% |
| Compagnie des Alpes CDA.PA | France | $1.11B | -11% | +8% | 13% | 8.1× | 2.6% | +17.8% |
| Tips Music TIPSMUSIC.NS | India | $1.04B | +20% | +27% | 67% | 39.6× | 36.6% | +32.9% |
| Bona Film 001330.SZ | China | $1.17B | -25% | -29% | -34% | n/a | 24.0% | -4.9% |
| CA Cultural Technology 1566.HK | Hong Kong | $1.03B | +9,743% | -2% | 7% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shochiku 9601.T | Japan | $1.03B | +14% | +4% | 5% | 44.1× | 13.5% | +13.4% |
| Six Flags Entertainment FUN | United States | $1.02B | -55% | -3% | 11% | n/a | 5.4% | +76.4% |
| JYP Entertainment 035900.KS | South Korea | $1.01B | -34% | +15% | 18% | 13.6× | -17.4% | +41.6% |
| SJM 0880.HK | Hong Kong | $974M | -49% | -16% | 6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| ZEAL Network TIMA.DE | Germany | $969M | -18% | +12% | 27% | 20.3× | -7.5% | +20.2% |
| Saregama India SAREGAMA.NS | India | $1.26B | +77% | -3% | 28% | 46.6× | n/a | n/a |
| SM ENTERTAINMENT 041510.KS | South Korea | $1.31B | -19% | +10% | 14% | 15.5× | -9.1% | +15.2% |
| Heiwa 6412.T | Japan | $1.32B | +16% | +47% | 16% | 10.2× | 4.1% | +19.1% |
| Fuji Kyuko 9010.T | Japan | $887M | +17% | +2% | 16% | 23.9× | 5.0% | +11.9% |
| Beijing Baination Pictures 300291.SZ | China | $874M | -2% | +217% | -134% | 32.6× | 24.5% | +1.5% |
| Cultural Investment 600715.SS | China | $1.43B | +15% | -27% | -44% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Sunriver Culture Tourism 600576.SS | China | $838M | -11% | +16% | 17% | 53.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Tabcorp TAH.AX | Australia | $1.45B | +28% | 0% | 9% | 28.6× | 5.5% | +0.1% |
| ProSiebenSat.1 Media PSM.DE | Germany | $830M | -16% | -8% | 6% | 6.9× | -11.8% | -1.9% |
| Omnijoi Media 300528.SZ | China | $820M | -7% | -1% | -26% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Marcus MCS | United States | $813M | +49% | +9% | 6% | 30.7× | 9.2% | +26.1% |