Company Analysis

Vail Resorts, Inc. (MTN)

NYSE: MTN · Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation · Broomfield, CO · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade5.7
◀ Past 7.1● Present 6.3▶ Future 3.5

The grade of Vail Resorts, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.7/10
◀ Past7.130% of the headline
● Present6.340% of the headline
▶ Future3.530% of the headline

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

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
8.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 22 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Vail Resorts, Inc.'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
5.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+4.5% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 20 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Vail Resorts, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.9 billion in fiscal 2017 to $2.8 billion in fiscal 2026, up 4.5% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 16% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span4.5%bottom 38% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 33% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 2% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak15.9%bottom 43% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
9.4/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 3.4% a year. 88% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 2 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 94th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-07-31, Vail Resorts, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 3.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 88% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 2 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-02, buying about $5 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 8% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 3% 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?

6.3/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 26%: 26¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 90%: owes 90¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 69th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-07-31, Vail Resorts, Inc. earned about 26 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 90 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 3.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 31% of its family
  • return on equitytop 16% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 8% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
6.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 40% of 20 in its family; net margin 5.2%.

weight 45% of this tense · 60th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Vail Resorts, Inc.'s standing among 20 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $2.8 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 15% by size; a net margin of 5.2% ranks in the top 32%; revenue growth of -0.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 28% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$2.84Btop 15% of its family
  • net margin5.2%top 32% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-0.6%bottom 28% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
6.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 38% of 9 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Vail Resorts, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Katz, Robert A (CEO & Chairperson of the Board, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-06-05, 1.4 years (top 50% of its family); the 19 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.1 years (top 19%); 11 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 19 people in charge now (top 46%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge11 in three years among 19 peopletop 46% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.1 yearstop 19% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.4 yearstop 50% of its family

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

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
2.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 28% of 20 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 28th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Vail Resorts, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $231 million against debt of $3.1 billion leaves -52% of its assets as net cash, bottom 12% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 8.7% of revenue (bottom 45%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-52.0%bottom 12% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue8.7%bottom 45% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
3.4/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 34% of 20 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 34th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Vail Resorts, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew -0.6% a year over the last three filed years against 4.5% over all 10, slowing (bottom 43% of its family); the newest year grew -4.3% (bottom 13%); capital spending grew -9.7% a year (bottom 47%) (its annual reports). Vail Resorts, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-5.1 points a yearbottom 43% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-4.3%bottom 13% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-9.7%bottom 47% 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
4.2/10

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

bottom 42% of 18 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Vail Resorts, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $2.8 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 5.5% below the $3.0 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 36% of its family); net income of $148 million against a prior three-year average of $259 million (bottom 42%); a net margin of 5.2% against 8.9% before (bottom 47%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-5.5%bottom 36% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-43%bottom 42% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-3.7 pointsbottom 47% 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 MTN · research, not advice