Wynn Resorts, Limited Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2024 Results

Wynn Resorts, Limited Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2024 Results

February 13, 2025

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LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 2025-- Wynn Resorts, Limited (NASDAQ: WYNN) ("Wynn Resorts" or the "Company") today reported financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2024.

Operating revenues were $1.84 billion for the fourth quarter of 2024, flat compared to operating revenues of $1.84 billion for the fourth quarter of 2023. Net income attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited was $277.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to net income attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited of $729.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2023. Net income attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited for the fourth quarter of 2023 included an income tax benefit of $474.2 million related to the release of valuation allowance on certain deferred tax assets. Diluted net income per share was $2.29 for the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to diluted net income per share of $6.19 for the fourth quarter of 2023. Adjusted Property EBITDAR⁽¹⁾ was $619.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to Adjusted Property EBITDAR of $630.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2023.

"Our fourth quarter and full year results reflect continued strength throughout our business, setting another full-year record for Adjusted Property EBITDAR for the Company in 2024, with another annual record in Las Vegas," said Craig Billings, CEO of Wynn Resorts, Limited. "We delivered strong quarterly performance in Las Vegas on very tough comparables and drove healthy market share in Macau led by strength in both premium mass and VIP. In addition, construction of the Wynn Al Marjan Island project in the UAE continued to advance, and the thirty-fifth floor of the hotel tower was recently completed. We are confident the resort will be a 'must see' tourism destination in the UAE and will support strong long-term free cash flow growth. At the same time, during the fourth quarter, we continued to focus on the return of capital to shareholders through both a cash dividend and the repurchase of $200 million of our stock."

Consolidated Results

Operating revenues were $1.84 billion for the fourth quarter of 2024, flat compared to operating revenues of $1.84 billion for the fourth quarter of 2023. For the fourth quarter of 2024, operating revenues increased $38.6 million and $2.7 million at Wynn Palace and our Las Vegas Operations, respectively, and decreased $22.5 million and $4.5 million at Wynn Macau and Encore Boston Harbor, respectively, from the fourth quarter of 2023.

Net income attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited was $277.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to net income attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited of $729.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2023. Net income attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited for the fourth quarter of 2023 included an income tax benefit of $474.2 million related to the release of valuation allowance on certain deferred tax assets. Diluted net income per share was $2.29 for the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to diluted net income per share of $6.19 for the fourth quarter of 2023. Adjusted net income attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited⁽²⁾ was $263.3 million, or $2.42 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to adjusted net income attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited of $213.7 million, or $1.91 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2023.

Adjusted Property EBITDAR was $619.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2024, a decrease of $11.3 million compared to Adjusted Property EBITDAR of $630.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2023. For the fourth quarter of 2024, Adjusted Property EBITDAR increased $13.5 million at Wynn Palace, and decreased $17.7 million, $5.5 million, and $3.3 million at Wynn Macau, Encore Boston Harbor, and our Las Vegas Operations, respectively, from the fourth quarter of 2023.

Operating revenues were $7.13 billion for the year ended December 31, 2024, an increase of $596.1 million compared to operating revenues of $6.53 billion for the year ended December 31, 2023. For the year ended December 31, 2024, operating revenues increased $330.8 million, $251.1 million, and $91.3 million at Wynn Palace, Wynn Macau, and our Las Vegas Operations, respectively, and decreased $8.6 million at Encore Boston Harbor, from the year ended December 31, 2023.

Net income attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited was $501.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to net income attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited of $730.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. Net income attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited for the fourth quarter of 2023 included an income tax benefit of $474.2 million related to the release of valuation allowance on certain deferred tax assets. Diluted net income per share was $4.35 for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to diluted net income per share of $6.32 for the year ended December 31, 2023. Adjusted net income attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited was $663.5 million, or $6.02 per diluted share, for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to adjusted net income attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited of $462.3 million, or $4.10 per diluted share, for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Adjusted Property EBITDAR was $2.36 billion for the year ended December 31, 2024, an increase of $250.0 million compared to Adjusted Property EBITDAR of $2.11 billion for the year ended December 31, 2023. For the year ended December 31, 2024, Adjusted Property EBITDAR increased $117.9 million, $103.8 million, and $0.5 million at Wynn Palace, Wynn Macau, and our Las Vegas Operations, respectively, and decreased $10.3 million at Encore Boston Harbor, from the year ended December 31, 2023.

Wynn Resorts, Limited also announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.25 per share, payable on March 5, 2025 to stockholders of record as of February 24, 2025.

Property Results

Macau Operations

Wynn Palace

Operating revenues from Wynn Palace were $562.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2024, an increase of $38.6 million from $524.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2023. Adjusted Property EBITDAR from Wynn Palace was $184.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to $171.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2023. Table games win percentage in mass market operations was 26.0%, above the 23.6% experienced in the fourth quarter of 2023. VIP table games win as a percentage of turnover was 3.51%, above the property's expected range of 3.1% to 3.4% and above the 2.97% experienced in the fourth quarter of 2023.

Wynn Macau

Operating revenues from Wynn Macau were $363.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2024, a decrease of $22.5 million from $386.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2023. Adjusted Property EBITDAR from Wynn Macau was $108.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to $125.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2023. Table games win percentage in mass market operations was 17.9%, below the 19.1% experienced in the fourth quarter of 2023. VIP table games win as a percentage of turnover was 5.01%, above the property's expected range of 3.1% to 3.4% and above the 4.37% experienced in the fourth quarter of 2023.

Las Vegas Operations

Operating revenues from our Las Vegas Operations were $699.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2024, an increase of $2.7 million from $696.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2023. Adjusted Property EBITDAR from our Las Vegas Operations for the fourth quarter of 2024 was $267.4 million, compared to $270.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2023. Table games win percentage for the fourth quarter of 2024 was 30.9%, above the property's expected range of 22% to 26% and above the 25.4% experienced in the fourth quarter of 2023.

Encore Boston Harbor

Operating revenues from Encore Boston Harbor were $212.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2024, a decrease of $4.5 million from $217.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2023. Adjusted Property EBITDAR from Encore Boston Harbor for the fourth quarter of 2024 was $58.8 million, compared to $64.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2023. Table games win percentage for the fourth quarter of 2024 was 20.7%, within the property's expected range of 18% to 22% and below the 22.0% experienced in the fourth quarter of 2023.

Wynn Al Marjan Island Development

During the fourth quarter of 2024, the Company contributed $99.0 million of cash into a 40%-owned joint venture that is constructing the Wynn Al Marjan Island development in the UAE, bringing our life-to-date cash contributions to the project to $631.7 million. Wynn Al Marjan Island is currently expected to open in 2027.

Balance Sheet

Our cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2024 totaled $2.43 billion, comprised of $1.46 billion held by Wynn Macau, Limited ("WML") and subsidiaries, $437.9 million held by Wynn Resorts Finance, LLC ("WRF") and subsidiaries excluding WML, and $528.4 million held at Corporate and other. As of December 31, 2024, the available borrowing capacity under the WRF Revolver and the WM Cayman II Revolver was $735.3 million and $353.8 million, respectively.

Total current and long-term debt outstanding at December 31, 2024 was $10.54 billion, comprised of $5.78 billion of Macau related debt, $3.29 billion of WRF debt, $874.2 million of Wynn Las Vegas debt, and $597.3 million of debt held by the retail joint venture which we consolidate.

Equity Repurchase Program

During the fourth quarter of 2024, the Company repurchased 2,143,666 shares of its common stock under its publicly announced equity repurchase program at an average price of $93.44 per share, for an aggregate cost of $200.3 million, bringing the total repurchases by the Company for the year ended December 31, 2024 to 4,349,779 shares of its common stock for an aggregate cost of $386.0 million. As of December 31, 2024, the Company had $813.0 million in repurchase authority remaining under the equity repurchase program.

Conference Call and Other Information

The Company will hold a conference call to discuss its results, including the results of Wynn Resorts Finance, LLC and Wynn Las Vegas, LLC, on February 13, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. ET). Interested parties are invited to join the call by accessing a live audio webcast at http://www.wynnresorts.com. On or before March 31, 2025, the Company will make Wynn Resorts Finance, LLC and Wynn Las Vegas, LLC financial information for the quarter ended December 31, 2024 available to noteholders, prospective investors, broker-dealers and securities analysts. Please contact our investor relations office at 702-770-7555 or at investorrelations@wynnresorts.com, to obtain access to such financial information.

Forward-looking Statements

This release contains forward-looking statements regarding operating trends and future results of operations. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those we express in these forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, reductions in discretionary consumer spending, adverse macroeconomic conditions and their impact on levels of disposable consumer income and wealth, changes in interest rates, inflation, a decline in general economic activity or recession in the U.S. and/or global economies, extensive regulation of our business, pending or future legal proceedings, ability to maintain gaming licenses and concessions, dependence on key employees, general global political conditions, adverse tourism trends, travel disruptions caused by events outside of our control, dependence on a limited number of resorts, competition in the casino/hotel and resort industries, uncertainties over the development and success of new gaming and resort properties, construction and regulatory risks associated with current and future projects (including Wynn Al Marjan Island), cybersecurity risk and our leverage and ability to meet our debt service obligations. Additional information concerning potential factors that could affect the Company's financial results is included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, as supplemented by the Company's other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. The Company is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or revise its forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

(1) "Adjusted Property EBITDAR" is net income before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, pre-opening expenses, impairment of goodwill and intangible assets, property charges and other expenses, triple-net operating lease rent expense related to Encore Boston Harbor, management and license fees, corporate expenses and other expenses (including intercompany golf course, meeting and convention, and water rights leases), stock-based compensation, change in derivatives fair value, loss on debt financing transactions, and other non-operating income and expenses. Adjusted Property EBITDAR is presented exclusively as a supplemental disclosure because management believes that it is widely used to measure the performance, and as a basis for valuation, of gaming companies. Management uses Adjusted Property EBITDAR as a measure of the operating performance of its segments and to compare the operating performance of its properties with those of its competitors, as well as a basis for determining certain incentive compensation. We also present Adjusted Property EBITDAR because it is used by some investors to measure a company's ability to incur and service debt, make capital expenditures and meet working capital requirements. Gaming companies have historically reported EBITDAR as a supplement to GAAP. In order to view the operations of their casinos on a more stand-alone basis, gaming companies, including us, have historically excluded from their EBITDAR calculations pre-opening expenses, property charges, corporate expenses and stock-based compensation, that do not relate to the management of specific casino properties. However, Adjusted Property EBITDAR should not be considered as an alternative to operating income (loss) as an indicator of our performance, as an alternative to cash flows from operating activities as a measure of liquidity, or as an alternative to any other measure determined in accordance with GAAP. Unlike net income, Adjusted Property EBITDAR does not include depreciation or interest expense and therefore does not reflect current or future capital expenditures or the cost of capital. We have significant uses of cash flows, including capital expenditures, triple-net operating lease rent expense related to Encore Boston Harbor, interest payments, debt principal repayments, income taxes and other non-recurring charges, which are not reflected in Adjusted Property EBITDAR. Also, our calculation of Adjusted Property EBITDAR may be different from the calculation methods used by other companies and, therefore, comparability may be limited.

(2) "Adjusted net income attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited" is net income attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited before pre-opening expenses, impairment of goodwill and intangible assets, property charges and other expenses, change in derivatives fair value, loss on debt financing transactions, foreign currency remeasurement and other, and nonrecurring income tax benefit from release of valuation allowance, net of noncontrolling interests and income taxes calculated using the specific tax treatment applicable to the adjustments based on their respective jurisdictions. Adjusted net income attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited and adjusted net income attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited per diluted share are presented as supplemental disclosures to financial measures in accordance with GAAP because management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures are widely used to measure the performance, and as a principal basis for valuation, of gaming companies. These measures are used by management and/or evaluated by some investors, in addition to net income per share computed in accordance with GAAP, as an additional basis for assessing period-to-period results of our business. Adjusted net income attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited and adjusted net income attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited per diluted share may be different from the calculation methods used by other companies and, therefore, comparability may be limited.

The Company has included schedules in the tables that accompany this release that reconcile (i) net income attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited to adjusted net income attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited, (ii) operating income (loss) to Adjusted Property EBITDAR, and (iii) net income attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited to Adjusted Property EBITDAR.