Company Analysis

Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited (MLCO)

Nasdaq: MLCO · Hotels & Motels · Hong Kong., HK · filing with the SEC since 2006
Grade5.1
◀ Past 3.8● Present 5.7▶ Future 5.6
1 est.

The grade of Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.1/10
◀ Past3.830% of the headline
● Present5.740% of the headline
▶ Future5.630% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
6.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 68th percentile among 28 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
1.9/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+1.5% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 5 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 19th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $4.5 billion in fiscal 2016 to $5.2 billion in fiscal 2025, up 1.5% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 76% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2022; net income was positive in 5 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span1.5%bottom 20% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 22% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 22% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak76.5%bottom 13% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 4.8% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 23 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited's diluted share count shrank about 4.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-04 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 44% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 10% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.7/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
5.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 112%: owes 112¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 26 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited's shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read. Leverage: it owed about 112 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 7.5% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 17% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 10% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 37% of 27 in its family; net margin 2.8%.

weight 45% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 27 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited's standing among 27 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $5.2 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 41% by size; a net margin of 2.8% ranks in the bottom 43%; revenue growth of 56.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 13% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$5.16Btop 41% of its family
  • net margin2.8%bottom 43% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth56.4%top 13% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate
5.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 5.0/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-17 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 21 members with one.
What the record cannot read
It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-17 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned
family median, 21 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited's leadership is put at 5.0 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-17 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 21 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 34% of 26 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 34th percentile among 26 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $1.0 billion against debt of $6.7 billion leaves -75.3% of its assets as net cash, bottom 9% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 15.8% of revenue (top 40%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-75.3%bottom 9% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue15.8%top 40% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 37% of 27 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 27 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 56.4% a year over the last three filed years against 1.5% over all 10, speeding up (top 6% of its family); the newest year grew 11.3% (top 13%); capital spending grew -29.4% a year (bottom 6%) (its annual reports). Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited reported 4 product lines in fiscal 2025: Casino at $4.2 billion (82%), Occupancy at $444 million (9%), Food and Beverage at $291 million (6%), and 1 more; 4 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+54.9 points a yeartop 6% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth11.3%top 13% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-29.4%bottom 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.1/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 39% of 27 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 61st percentile among 27 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited's newest year against its own record: revenue of $5.2 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 39.9% below the $8.6 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 9% of its family); net income of $145 million against a prior three-year average of $513 million (top 17%); a net margin of 2.8% against -31% before (top 9%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-39.9%bottom 9% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+128%top 17% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+33.8 pointstop 9% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton MLCO · research, not advice