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Earnings Call Insights: Boyd Gaming (BYD) Q2 2026
“Our second quarter results reflect the continued benefits of our diversified business model, success of our ongoing capital investment program and broad-based growth in play across our customer segments.” (President, CEO & Director Keith Smith)
“Revenues increased 3% and EBITDA grew 2% for the quarter when adjusting for the impact of last year's FanDuel transaction and the tax pass-through amounts related to our market access agreements.” (CEO Smith)
“We also maintained operating efficiencies throughout the business, delivering property operating margins of 40%, consistent with the last several years.” (CEO Smith)
“Strong performances of our Midwest and South, online and managed segments in the quarter were partially offset by continued softness in destination business in Las Vegas, primarily at the Orleans, and ongoing construction disruption at the Suncoast.” (CEO Smith)
“As a result of Boyd Interactive's strong performance, we are raising full year guidance for our Online segment by $5 million to $35 million to $40 million full year 2026.” (Executive VP, CFO & Treasurer Josh Hirsberg)
“Given the positive response to Sky River's recent expansion, we are raising our guidance by $3 million for our Managed business to $113 million to $117 million for the full year.” (CFO Hirsberg)
“We expect to finalize our renovations of the casino floor and other public areas by the end of the third quarter… As a result, we expect to deliver improved performance at the Suncoast starting in the fourth quarter.” (CEO Smith)
“We are also finalizing plans for a refresh of the Orleans casino floor in public spaces. We expect to begin this work in the Orleans in the first half of next year.” (CEO Smith)
“Going forward, we intend to continue repurchases at a $150 million per quarter pace, supplemented by our quarterly dividend.” (CEO Smith)
“We remain on track to spend between $650 million and $700 million for the full year.” (CFO Hirsberg)
“Our Midwest and South segment delivered a strong performance… Revenues grew 3% in the quarter… while EBITDA grew 4% with property margin expanding to nearly 38%.” (CEO Smith)
“Excluding the Orleans and Suncoast… Revenues from these properties increased 4% in the quarter… while EBITDAR grew 3% and margins once again exceeded 50%.” (CEO Smith)
“Our managed business grew EBITDAR by 18% year-over-year… driven by the recent completion of the first phase of the Sky River expansion project.” (CEO Smith)
“During the quarter, we invested $142 million in capital expenditures, bringing year-to-date CapEx to $297 million.” (CFO Hirsberg)
“During the second quarter, we paid $15 million in dividends and repurchased $156 million, 1.9 million shares at an average price of $83.60 per share.” (CFO Hirsberg)
Barry Jonas, Truist Securities: “Can you talk a little bit more about what may be driving growth in the Midwest and South?” CEO Smith: “It just appears that our Midwest and South portfolio is outperforming our Las Vegas portfolio… we can report, we're seeing good growth from our core customers, good growth from our retail customers in the Midwest and South.”
Barry Jonas, Truist Securities: “Was the negative… EBITDA impact… about similar to what you guys saw last quarter?” CFO Hirsberg: “It was a similar level at around $5 million of EBITDAR… We just don't see any indication that those trends are changing… our best estimate for Q3” destination impact “around $3 million.”
Steven Wieczynski, Stifel: “Any color… getting a little bit more aggressive with other assets?” CEO Smith: “We’re probably at a pace of reinvesting that we can comfortably handle right now… it won’t pick up.”
Shaun Kelley, BofA Securities: “Help us think on net what construction disruption [will] look like in ’27 versus ’26?” CEO Smith: “There will be no construction disruption at the Orleans in 2027, there will be no construction disruption at Suncoast in 2027.”
Brandt Montour, Barclays: “The implied back half… would seem to sort of step back… what’s driving that?” CFO Hirsberg: “You opened something you got a lot of demand, and it will settle in at a level.”
Daniel Politzer, JPMorgan: “When can we start penciling in top line growth again in this segment?” CFO Hirsberg: “From an EBITDAR perspective, we expect to kind of start to see maybe flat to growth in Q4… I think it’s really all about Q4.”
Analysts were slightly negative to pressing on Las Vegas destination softness and the durability of recent segment strength, including “how sensitive you think that outlook is to all the macro volatility” (Barry Jonas, Truist Securities) and whether managed results imply a “post expansion cool down” (Brandt Montour, Barclays).
Management tone was neutral to slightly positive, emphasizing visibility into known headwinds and project timing, including “we just don't see any indication that those trends are changing” (CFO Hirsberg) and “we expect to deliver improved performance at the Suncoast starting in the fourth quarter” (CEO Smith).
Versus Q1, management language appeared more direct on Las Vegas destination not “flip[ping]… to flat to positive” near term (CFO Hirsberg, Q2) compared with Q1’s expectation that impacts would become “less bad” over time (CFO Hirsberg, Q1).
Guidance moved higher for online and managed businesses: Q2 raised Online to “$35 million to $40 million” and Managed to “$113 million to $117 million” (CFO Hirsberg), versus Q1’s “$30 million to $35 million” Online and “$110 million to $114 million” Managed (CEO Smith).
Las Vegas narrative sharpened from Q1’s “easier comparisons” in the second half (CEO Smith, Q1) to Q2’s framing that destination headwinds are “very consistent” and “don’t expect to flip” (CFO Hirsberg, Q2), alongside a clearer cadence for Suncoast benefits “starting in the fourth quarter” (CEO Smith, Q2).
Capital return messaging stayed consistent at “$150 million per quarter” repurchases (CEO Smith, Q2; CEO Smith, Q1), while Q2 added updated execution details including “1.9 million shares” repurchased and “73.1 million shares” quarter-end share count (CFO Hirsberg).
“Continued softness in destination business in Las Vegas, primarily at the Orleans” remained a primary earnings headwind. (CEO Smith)
“Ongoing construction disruption at the Suncoast” was quantified as “around about $3 million for Q2” and expected to be “a similar level in Q3.” (CFO Hirsberg)
“We expect to complete the sale of [the] Shreveport property by the end of July.” (CFO Hirsberg)
Management described Q2 as driven by Midwest and South strength, growth in online and managed businesses, and continued operating efficiency, while Las Vegas results remained pressured by destination softness at the Orleans and temporary disruption at Suncoast. The company raised full-year EBITDAR guidance for both the Online and Managed segments, kept its full-year CapEx range unchanged, and reiterated an ongoing plan to repurchase about $150 million of shares per quarter, supported by what it called a strong balance sheet and expectations for improved Suncoast performance beginning in Q4.