Difficult next quarter for MGM Resorts International

MGM Resorts International reportedly saw its share price drops into a 52-week low yesterday after the American casino giant disclosed that its net earnings for its second quarter had dropped from 41% year-on-year to endure at $123.8 million.

Second-quarter earnings enhance:

Based on a Thursday report by the Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper, the Las Vegas-headquartered company conversely recorded a 7.8% rise in earnings for its period to just over $2.8 billion but that this was not enough to stop its annual earnings per share dipping by 41.7% to $0.21.

Financials were ‘greater than anticipated ’:

However, the newspaper declared that MGM Resorts International declared that its second-quarter results were ‘greater than we anticipated ’ and that the decrease in its stock price had mostly been due to its weak financial projections for the coming third quarter.

It explained that its share value had been negatively affected by similar soft third-quarter forecasts from Caesars Entertainment Corporation and an assertion from its rival’s Chief Executive Officer, Mark Frissora, that the six major casino operators in Las Vegas were planning to get a rough 3 weeks.

Resort room rates cut:

Jim Murren, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for MGM Resorts International, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that his company had been forced to lower the price of its Las Vegas hotel rooms during the second and third quarters in order to compensate for a decrease in convention footfall. He also stated that business at his firm’s Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino was ‘about 80 percent ’ to where it had been before the shooting episode of October 1.

Murren’s announcement read:

The next best was last year. The third best will be this year. This year’s not a bad convention quarter. It’s only up against both of these incredible comps in the previous few years.

Next quarter ‘is constantly volatile’:

Responding to Frissora’s remark, Murren told the newspaper that third-quarter business in Las Vegas ‘is constantly volatile’ but that his company intends to address the situation by continuing ‘to bring content to Las Vegas.

Murren’s announcement read:

“There’s an awful lot happening and there’s no reason to change the plan as it’s been operating. What we will need to do is when we have these pockets, do the best we could without degrading the customer encounter as we do that we won’t come back.

Optimistic about the future:

The Las Vegas Review-Journal noted that Murren proclaimed that his firm’s business is due to be aided by the imminent opening of their MGM Springfield property in Massachusetts in addition to the coming premiere of high-end luxury accommodation at Macau’s MGM Cotai. He also pointed to current deals with the National Basketball Association (NBA), GVC Holdings and Boyd Gaming Corporation as grounds to Stay optimistic.

Based on Murren’s announcement …

“All of us get frustrated over revenue per available room (RevPAR). As soon as we meet or exceed RevPAR, it’s no big deal. As soon as we overlook, it’s a big catastrophe. We’will be considerably more conservative in our RevPAR guidance.