Casinos & Gaming

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Visa Inc (NYSE: V) to report its FQ3 EPS at $1.23 on revenue of $2.30 billion. Visa shares rose 0.13% to $89.32 in after-hours trading. Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) reported a decline in its Q2 earnings. Amazon posted...

Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) announced its results for the most recent quarter on July 26, 2011. Let's take a closer look at the company's industry, financials, and commentary and see what steps you can take next. Earnings and Revenue: Las Vegas Sands managed to exceed Wall Street estimates...

Shares of Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) are trading higher in the after-hours following the release of the company's Q2 earnings results. Currently, shares are higher by 4.92%, trading at $48.58; they ended the regular session higher by 0.26%, at $46.30. Las Vegas Sands reported Q2 EPS of $0.54 on...

MTR Gaming Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: MNTG) today announced that it is extending the consent time for its previously announced Tender Offers and Consent Solicitations (as defined below) from 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Thursday, July 28,...

Here's what Benzinga's reading on our friend, TheStreet.com. What's Hot On TheStreet The Evolution of the Pink Slip While a pink slip of paper sitting ominously in a mailbox means "you're fired" in the movies, nobody seems to have had this experience in real life. Congress Screws Up, Airlines...

Here are today's Put/Call Ratio leaders… 1. Incyte Corp. (NASDAQ: INCY) 3,542 puts, 152 calls 2. EOG Resources (NYSE: EOG) 5,943 puts, 265 calls 3. Barclays Bank (NYSE: BCS) 12,613 puts, 709 calls 4. Boyd Gaming (NYSE: BYD) 9,744 puts, 618 calls 5. Waste Management (NYSE: WM) 4,629 puts, 302 calls...

Shares of Boyd Gaming (NYSE: BYD) are lower on the session by 0.74%, trading at $9.33. Overall put volume is now running at 18.14x the daily average, with 0% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 6,440 contracts have traded on the session so far. Boyd Gaming Corporation is a multi-...

US stock futures are flat this morning, as investors are awaiting earnings reports and economic data. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1 point to 12,551.00 and S&P 500 index futures fell 0.50 points to 1,333.00. Nasdaq 100 futures dropped 0.25 points to 2,423.25. US stocks...

Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) is projected to report its Q2 EPS at $1.93 on revenue of $11.42 billion. Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) is estimated to report its Q2 earnings at $0.60 per share on revenue of $31.59 billion. Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) is expected to report a Q2 loss...

The earnings crunch continues this week even as the month of July winds to a close. Quarterly reports of note scheduled for the week include those from Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS), Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX), Merck (NYSE: MRK) and Dow Chemical (...

MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) today announced that it has entered into an amendment, subject to approval by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, with respect to its settlement agreement with the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement under which it will sell its 50% ownership...

Brean Murray cites Penn National National Gaming's (NASDAQ: PENN) strong Q2 results, improved margins, management's ability to build shareholder value, and an aggressive expansion pipeline.

Morgan Stanley has published a report on International Game Tech (NYSE: IGT). In the report, Morgan Stanley wrote, "We expect IGT to report a generally inline F3Q11, highlighting the sustainability of recent ship-share gains and Game-Ops performance. We believe momentum in core metrics, esp. in...

On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is a “great stock with great management. That's an up stock." Cramer believes that ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) is the “cheapest oil company around. That's an up stock; it's going higher." For Chesapeake...

Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) unveils its latest round of earnings this Tuesday, July 26, 2011. Get prepared with Benzinga's ultimate preview for Las Vegas Sands' second quarter earnings report. Earnings and Revenue: Based on estimates, investors are readying for a positive EPS reading of 44 cents...