Caesars Entertainment (CZR) Skyrockets 19% on Acquisition Buzz

We recently published Wall Street Can’t Keep Up: 10 Big Names on a High. Caesars Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ:CZR) was one of the best performers on Thursday.

Caesars Entertainment saw its share prices jump by 19.11 percent on Thursday to finish at $24.74 apiece, as investors gobbled up shares following reports that it is set to be acquired by entertainment tycoon Tilman Fertitta.

According to a report by the Financial Times, Caesars Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ:CZR) is reviewing potential acquisition offers, including one from Fertitta Entertainment, which owns the Golden Nugget casino.

Additionally, it is looking for an alternative option that would keep leadership involved through a buyout led by management.

The reports followed Caesars Entertainment Inc.’s (NASDAQ:CZR) earnings performance last year, which saw the company widen its attributable net loss by 80.6 percent to $502 million from $278 million in 2024.

Net revenues, on the other hand, inched up by 2.7 percent to $11.5 billion from $11.2 billion.

In the fourth quarter alone, Caesars Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ:CZR) swung to an attributable net loss of $250 million from an $11 million net income in the same quarter a year earlier, with last year’s comparable period incurring a one-off gain of $350 million from certain asset sales.

Revenues jumped by 3.6 percent to $2.9 billion from $2.8 billion.

“As we look ahead to 2026, the brick-and-mortar operating environment remains stable, and we are expecting another year of strong Net Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA growth in our Caesars Digital segment. When combined with lower capex and cash interest expense, 2026 is forecasted to deliver strong free cash flow that we expect to use to pay down debt and opportunistically repurchase our common stock,” CEO Tom Reeg said.

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