Flutter Entertainment (FLUT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Flutter Entertainment plc operates as a sports betting and gaming company in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, the United States, Italy, and internationally. The company operates through four segments: UK & Ireland, Australia, International, and US. It offers sports betting, iGaming, daily fantasy sports, online racing wagering, and TV broadcasting products; sportsbooks and exchange sports betting products, and gaming products; and online sports betting. In addition, it provides online poker, casino, and rummy. Further, it provides sports betting and gaming services through paddypower.com, betfair.com, sportsbet.com.au, tvg.com, us.betfair.com, fanduel.com, adjarabet.com, pokerstars.com, Skybet.com, tombola.com, sisal.com, and maxbet.rs websites under the FanDuel, Sky Betting & Gaming, Sportsbet, PokerStars, Paddy Power, Sisal, tombola, Betfair, MaxBet, TVG, Stardust, Junglee Games, and Adjarabet brands, as well as live poker tours and events. The company was formerly known as Paddy Power Betfair plc and changed its name to Flutter Entertainment plc in 2019. Flutter Entertainment plc was incorporated in 1958 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $259.78 to $266.62
• 50-Day Range: $224.78 to $282.64
• 52-Week Range: $158.43 to $284.79
• Volume: 3.23 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.17 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $47.02 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $301.53
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Flutter Entertainment Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Flutter Entertainment scored higher than 83% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 64th out of 287 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Flutter Entertainment has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.06, and is based on 16 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Flutter Entertainment has been the subject of 14 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 41.81%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Flutter Entertainment are expected to grow by 41.81% in the coming year, from $5.19 to $7.36 per share.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.27% of the float of Flutter Entertainment has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Flutter Entertainment has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Flutter Entertainment has recently decreased by 19.03%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Flutter Entertainment does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Flutter Entertainment does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.27% of the float of Flutter Entertainment has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Flutter Entertainment has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Flutter Entertainment has recently decreased by 19.03%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.01

News Sentiment

Flutter Entertainment has a news sentiment score of 1.01. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.59 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for Flutter Entertainment this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 9 people have searched for FLUT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -70% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

9 people have added Flutter Entertainment to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 13% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: N/A
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Flutter Entertainment insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

FLUT Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have FLUT shares performed this year?

Flutter Entertainment's stock was trading at $88.80 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, FLUT stock has increased by 198.2% and is now trading at $264.78.
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How will Flutter Entertainment's stock buyback program work?

Flutter Entertainment's Board of Directors approved a share buyback plan on Wednesday, September 25th 2024, which permits the company to repurchase $5,000,000,000 in shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could reacquire up to 11.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Who are Flutter Entertainment's major shareholders?

Top institutional shareholders of Flutter Entertainment include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.02%), FMR LLC (1.90%), Bank of Montreal Can (1.90%) and Citigroup Inc. (1.43%).

How do I buy shares of Flutter Entertainment?

Shares of FLUT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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What other stocks do shareholders of Flutter Entertainment own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Flutter Entertainment investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Walt Disney (DIS), Tesla (TSLA), Shopify (SHOP), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) and QUALCOMM (QCOM).

Company Calendar

• Today: 12/22/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: N/A
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: NYSE:FLUT
• Previous Symbol: OTCMKTS:PDYPY
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: 1635327
• Web: www.flutter.com
• Phone: (531) 905-1000
• Fax: 353-1905-1001
• Employees: 23,053
• Year Founded: 2016

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $301.53
• High Stock Price Target: $350.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $247.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +13.9%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.06
• Research Coverage: 17 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: -6.86%
• Pretax Margin: -5.59%
• Return on Equity: -4.52%
• Return on Assets: -1.85%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.66
• Current Ratio: 0.89
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $13.57 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.47
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: N/A
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 177,569,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $47.02 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: N/A