Entain’s (ENT) Buy Rating Reaffirmed at Shore Capital Group

Entain (LON:ENT)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by research analysts at Shore Capital Group in a research note issued on Thursday, Marketbeat Ratings reports.

Several other equities analysts have also issued reports on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised Entain to an “overweight” rating and cut their price target for the company from GBX 1,150 to GBX 1,090 in a research note on Tuesday, December 2nd. Citigroup cut their target price on shares of Entain from GBX 1,300 to GBX 1,150 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, November 27th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their price target on shares of Entain from GBX 1,158 to GBX 1,029 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 23rd. Finally, Berenberg Bank restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 1,200 price objective on shares of Entain in a report on Tuesday, January 20th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 1,113.80.

Entain Trading Up 1.1%

ENT stock traded up GBX 6.60 during trading on Thursday, hitting GBX 584.80. The company had a trading volume of 3,193,144 shares, compared to its average volume of 18,652,666. The stock has a market cap of £3.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -6.81, a PEG ratio of 0.92 and a beta of 0.94. The company has a quick ratio of 0.74, a current ratio of 0.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 259.61. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 657.58 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 756.84. Entain has a 12 month low of GBX 452.50 and a 12 month high of GBX 1,031.50.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Ricky Sandler purchased 621,384 shares of Entain stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 2nd. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 767 per share, with a total value of £4,766,015.28. Company insiders own 7.42% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting Entain

Here are the key news stories impacting Entain this week:

• Positive Sentiment: FY‑2025 EBITDA beat forecasts and management says mitigation measures (cost savings and other actions) have doubled, a detail that investors interpreted as evidence of operational resilience. Entain shares rise as FY25 EBITDA beats forecast, tax hit mitigation doubles
• Positive Sentiment: Online/remote business drove revenue growth and is being highlighted as the engine to help offset the UK tax headwind, supporting medium‑term organic growth expectations. Entain’s online business fuels growth as seeks to mitigate tax impact
• Neutral Sentiment: Revenue grew in 2025, but the group took impairment charges that reduced net profit — indicating improving top‑line trends offset by one‑off accounting hits. Entain grows revenue but impairment charges hit bottom line in 2025
• Positive Sentiment: Senior management framed the business outlook positively and signalled plans to offset the tax increase with further cost cuts and efficiency measures, which investors view as proactive capital allocation/operational discipline. Ladbrokes-owner Entain’s profits climb; to offset UK tax rise with cost cuts
• Negative Sentiment: A large UK gambling tax uplift — reported variously as a c.£488m/£650m charge — materially widened the statutory loss (reported as a £681m loss in some coverage), creating a near‑term earnings and cash‑flow headwind and weighing on headline EPS. Ladbrokes owner Entain swings to £681m loss after Budget gambling tax hit
• Negative Sentiment: Company reported its third consecutive year of multi‑million statutory losses when including the tax and impairment items, which will keep headline profitability under scrutiny until tax and one‑offs are absorbed. Entain reports third year of multi-million losses but UK revenue beats expectations

Entain Company Profile

Entain plc (LSE: ENT) is a FTSE100 company and is one of the world’s largest sports betting and gaming groups, operating both online and in the retail sector. The Group owns a comprehensive portfolio of established brands; Sports brands include BetCity, bwin, Coral, Crystalbet, Eurobet, Ladbrokes, Neds, Sportingbet, Sports Interaction, STS, SuperSport and TAB NZ; Gaming brands include Foxy Bingo, Gala, GiocoDigitale, Ninja Casino, Optibet, Partypoker and PartyCasino. The Group owns proprietary technology across all its core product verticals and in addition to its B2C operations provides services to a number of third-party customers on a B2B basis.

The Group has a 50/50 joint venture, BetMGM, a leader in sports betting and iGaming in the US.