MGM Resorts International

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Q4 FY2025 · Earnings Call TranscriptFebruary 5, 2026

Operator

Welcome to the MGM Resorts International fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 earnings conference call. Joining the call from the company today are Bill Hornbuckle, Chief Executive Officer and President; Ayesha Molino, Chief Operating Officer; Jonathan Halkyard, Chief Financial Officer; Gary Fritz, Chief Commercial Officer and President of MGM Digital; Kenneth Feng, Chief Executive Officer of MGM China Holdings; and Howard Wang.

Participants are in listen-only mode. After the [presentation?]

, there will be a question and answer session. In fairness to all participants, please limit yourself to one question and one follow-up.

Please note, this conference is being recorded. Now, I would like to turn the call over to Howard Wang.

Please go ahead.

Howard Wang

Thanks, Rocco. Welcome to the MGM Resorts International fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 earnings call.

This call is being broadcast live on the internet at investors.mgmresorts.com, and we've also furnished our press release on Form 8-K to the SEC. On this call, we will make forward-looking statements under the safe harbor provisions of the federal securities laws.

Actual results may differ materially from those contemplated in these statements. Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements is contained in today's press release and in our periodic filings with the SEC.

Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update these statements as a result of new information or otherwise. During the call, we will also discuss non-GAAP financial measures when talking about our performance.

You can find the reconciliation to GAAP financial measures in our press release and investor presentation, which are available on our website. Finally, I will now turn it over to Bill Hornbuckle.

Bill Hornbuckle

Thank you, Howard. To everyone dialing in, we truly appreciate your flexibility in joining us this early.

We look forward to providing you with some important color and detail about our fourth-quarter and full-year performance. Before I get started, I'd like to introduce everyone on today's earnings call to Ayesha Molino, our new Chief Operating Officer.

Ayesha was previously our Chief Public Affairs Officer and President and Chief Operating Officer of ARIA and Vdara, which flourished under her leadership, and we are thrilled to have her in the COO role. I also want to congratulate Kenneth Feng, who has been leading MGM China as President and Executive Director since 2020, and is no stranger to these earnings calls, on his recent promotion to Chief Executive Officer of MGM China.

Finally, I'd like to congratulate Tian Han on his promotion to Chief Operating Officer. Tian has also been integral to MGM China's success, and I am extremely excited to see the great things the entire Macau team will accomplish under their leadership.

MGM Resorts is the leading global integrated resort operator across physical and digital. We combine gaming and hospitality with entertainment and sports, and this diversity helped us once again to achieve record consolidated net revenues for both the fourth quarter and the full year 2025.

It's worth noting some of our key accomplishments last year: achieving record fourth-quarter and full-year EBITDAR in Macau while maintaining margins and outsized market share throughout the year; accomplishing a nearly $470 million EBITDAR turnaround at our BetMGM North America venture, which commenced distribution to its parents in 4Q; breaking ground in MGM Osaka, which we believe will be the world's largest integrated resort upon opening; and investing in upgrading experiences across our portfolio, from dining to enhanced VIP gaming environments in Las Vegas, to our regional operations, and most notably in Macau. These and other successes throughout the year drove growth in consolidated net revenues, set a solid foundation for further progress into 2026.

Last year marked the return to a more balanced environment after several years of exceptional growth in Las Vegas, and even with the Las Vegas-specific headwinds, we were able to achieve record room revenue in 2025 driven by our luxury offerings. From this reset in Las Vegas, we expect to see sequential improvement in Las Vegas for the full year of 2026.

First off, we will benefit from a full-year contribution from the various capital projects completed last year, including and notably MGM Grand's room renovation. We had anywhere from 700 to 1,000 rooms offline per day for most of last year, but that will not be in the case in 2026.

We've received tremendous positive feedback on the refreshed product and are excited about the full-year contribution to Las Vegas this year. Other projects completed mid to late '25 included new suites at Bellagio and additions to our already deep roster of elite dining experiences with Carbone at Bellagio and Gymkhana at ARIA.

Within the group and convention channel, we are experiencing mid-single-digit revenue growth in 2026. This year's mix will be closer to 20%, and the quality of the groups I feel has improved because of meticulous action carried out last year focused on improving profitability.

To date, we've had solid performances during citywide events, including CES in January, and we're excited for the return of CONEXPO-CON/AGG with expectations of getting back to 2023 attendance and achieving more than our fair share among the 140,000 attendees arriving in Las Vegas. Even more exciting is the fact that we have group and convention room nights on the books for future years—that we've we've had more group and convention room nights on the books for future years than we've ever had in our history.

While 2026 event calendar continue to fill out, we are seeing comparable arena capacity citywide events relative to last year, which will help provide stabilization levels of business given the proximity of our properties to the golden triangle of venues: Allegiant, T-Mobile, and MGM Grand Garden Arena. Tentpole events such as Formula 1 also continue to drive visitation this year, and our Strip properties saw higher room rates and increased cash ticket sales at the Bellagio Fountain Club, which remained the premier ultra-luxury hospitality venue to watch the race.

As for where we see the greatest growth potential in our luxury offerings, this includes casino gaming. Building off the success of the $1 million slot tournament and the $2.5 million baccarat tournament, we look to improve on the success of last year's first-one-of-a-kind invitation-only gaming tournaments, expanding into unheard-of prize purses into a $5 million slot tournament and a $10 million baccarat tournament, and intend to be hosting both of those tournaments again this year.

We're also busy continuing to innovate, especially around the opportunities provided by major sports events, including this weekend's Super Bowl in Northern California and the international visitation accompanying the upcoming World Cup, given several matches taking place in Los Angeles in Southern California. We know these programs are working as our two top luxury offerings, Bellagio and ARIA together, saw 7% increase in EBITDAR in 2025.

We also continue to build on efficiencies driven by our technology innovation, which drove an 18% increase in digital check-ins that have resulted in a significant improvement to check-in times—less than 1.5 minutes versus the 6.5 minutes while checking in through traditional front desk channels—saving meaningful time in lines. We've also had 1.6 million conversations through our digital concierge last year as we utilize AI to both transform customer service and deliver operational productivity.

Finally, we are busy at work creating programming that will target and highlight the great value MGM has to offer. We'll share more of that and have exciting news and announcements soon.

At the end of the day, there is nothing comparable to Las Vegas. People are visiting to have unforgettable experiences, and their exceptional value is the optionality of what our guests can enjoy and discover on any particular visit.

There's also value in the unmatched energy and excitement that surrounds everything you do in this town. That's why Las Vegas was selected to host the College Football Playoff National Championships in 2027 and the Final Four in 2028.

Las Vegas is where the NBA is exploring expansion and Major League Baseball is now establishing operations. We've also extended our relationship with F1 for 5 years, and there has always been and always will be extraordinary value here in Las Vegas.

Our regional operations delivered another solid year regardless of the macroeconomic backdrop, thanks to their outstanding asset quality, dominant geographic placement, and experienced operating teams. During the quarter, they reported not only record fourth-quarter slot win, but also the best full-year slot win ever.

MGM China remains a strong outperformer, ending the year with a record-high quarterly and full-year segment adjusted EBITDAR. We achieved a 16.5% market share during the fourth quarter and impressively maintained share of over 16% for the full year, our highest-ever market share level for an annual period, as our operating team continues to command premium market share, with the premium mass customer driving the market.

Considering our execution, reflecting in our ability to maintain an over-indexed market share and solid EBITDAR margins, MGM China's trading value at its sub-7-times forward EBITDAR multiple versus an industry average of over 8.5 times seems significantly discounted to us. Yesterday, we heard impressive results from Adam and Gary on our BetMGM North America venture.

BetMGM beat 2025 guidance during a year where they started by inflecting positive and ending by turning annual EBITDAR around by nearly $470 million. This strong performance resulted in a $135 million distribution to MGM during the fourth quarter, and during 2025, monthly player volumes increased 24% while active player days increased 14%.

This momentum remains positive, highlighted by the plan outlined on their earnings call to reach $500 million of adjusted EBITDAR in 2027. MGM Digital also continues to see encouraging momentum.

We are excited by the scaling of the BetMGM brands in key international markets, where Sweden continues to be our top market. We exited 2025 making significant headway in Brazil, particularly after the December launch of our in-house sportsbook.

The Brazilian market is new, robust, and evolving, and we are confident that our product and our JV with Globo and the value of Globo's marketing assets have created abundant opportunities that are worthy of sustained investment in the coming year. Progress also continues with our development projects, setting long-term growth pipeline for our business.

Construction remains on schedule in Dubai with the Bellagio, ARIA, and MGM Grand hotel towers scheduled to open in 3Q of '28, and in Japan, construction remains on time and on budget for MGM Osaka. Currently, about 20% of the foundation piles have been installed or completed, and the project remains on track to open in 2030.

The outlook for the coming year is encouraging. With a more constructive backdrop and a stabilizing environment in Las Vegas through the balance of 2026, we are optimistic that growth in Las Vegas can be achieved this year.

We are seeing some positive macro catalysts that could benefit both Las Vegas and MGM more broadly, including lower interest rates, certain tax regulations including no tax on overtime and tips, and other stimulus benefiting consumers, and further progress at the Las Vegas Airport, as about 50% of the lost capacity left by value airlines and select international carriers has been backfilled by other airlines. Beyond the macro drivers, MGM is driving convention and group nights, with more future room nights on the books than we've ever had.

We also continue identifying opportunities to operate more efficiently and make further progress on our AI and technology initiatives, all while our improved liquidity position allows us to pursue innovative ideas and strategic investments that will drive meaningful value. With that, I'll now turn the call over to Jonathan for additional details on our performance for the quarter.

Jonathan Halkyard

Thanks, Bill. I'd also like to echo Bill's congratulations to Ayesha, Kenny, and Tian, as well as recognize the efforts of all of our employees who stepped up throughout a challenging year, strengthening the foundation we have today and allowing us to take advantage of the growth opportunities in 2026.

Consistent with our third-quarter commentary surrounding Las Vegas, we saw stabilization in the fourth quarter. Las Vegas EBITDAR declined 4% year over year, an improvement versus the declines experienced earlier this year, driven by the completion of the MGM Grand room remodel in October, a year-over-year improvement in convention mix, and table hold within our normal range.

Luxor and Excalibur continued to have a disproportionate share of the customer headwinds that drove the leisure decline in Las Vegas, though keep in mind these properties together only represent about 6% of Las Vegas segment adjusted EBITDAR in 2025. While we do not see immediate changes to value customer habits, we are seeing strength in the south end of the Strip when we have robust programming at Allegiant, and as Bill referenced, we're working towards some creative concepts on marketing our value proposition to these customers.

Additionally, the comparisons just become more favorable into the first half of 2026. The return of the MGM Grand room inventory has been a benefit, and it's worth noting upon completion of the MGM Grand room remodel, the average age of our Las Vegas rooms since their last renovation is about 6 years.

We have a strong maintenance capital program to reinvest in our properties regularly, and I would argue that we have the best-maintained portfolio of assets on the Strip, which is recognized in the positive feedback from customers and of course the outsized room occupancy share that we command in the market. Our regional operations had another strong quarter to close out a record-breaking year.

Not only did they achieve best-ever fourth-quarter slot win, but they accomplished the best-ever full-year 2025, resulting in a 2% rise in net revenues and stable EBITDAR. I'd also highlight that the sale of the Northfield Park operations remains on track for the first-half 2026 close.

MGM China just crushed it this quarter. During the fourth quarter, net revenues grew 21% and segment adjusted EBITDAR grew by 31%, a new fourth-quarter record.

A relentless competitive environment is the norm there, but our team has consistently maintained mid to high-20s margins, with their focus on maintaining high service levels while anticipating evolving customer tastes and preferences. MGM China recently announced new terms for its branding fee, which will increase this year from 1.75% to 3.5% and secures the MGM brand name through the life of the concession, which can continue for up to 20 years upon a concession renewal.

This is in line with peers who are US-based Macau operators and is sensible given the strength of MGM's brand, its market size, and global reach. The brand has proven its value over time, helping drive MGM China's market share and EBITDAR, both of which have almost doubled since 2019.

The renewal terms also result in greater cash flow generated for MGM Resorts, which if we use 2025 results, would represent over $50 million in incremental cash flow to our company. We remain highly confident in the long-term growth prospects in Macau and remain aligned with the MGM China shareholders in our commitment to maximizing the value of the brand, and ultimately, the enterprise value of MGM China.

BetMGM had a tremendous year, with growth in fourth-quarter net revenue from operations of 40% and EBITDAR improving by $176 million to positive $71 million in the quarter. As reported on their recent earnings call, BetMGM provided 2026 adjusted EBITDAR guidance of $300 to $350 million and $50 million of expected CapEx, along with the expectation of regularly distributing excess cash to its parents.

MGM Digital saw impressive 35% growth in net revenues due to continued momentum across the business, including our legacy LeoVegas markets and Brazil. We'll remain focused on executing on key product and growth initiatives throughout 2026, including integration of our proprietary technology that we expect to launch in several of our key markets, including Sweden, as well as continued investment in Brazil.

We expect another year of solid top-line growth and an improvement in 2026 EBITDAR that we expect to be approximately half the losses that we had in 2025. In Japan, we're expecting our 2026 funding commitment to be approximately $350 to $400 million US dollars.

Much of it will be addressed with proceeds from the yen-denominated credit facility we closed last October, which we upsized to approximately $350 million in the fourth quarter at a low-single-digit cost of capital. We repurchased 16.5 million shares during the fourth quarter for $500 million, bringing total 2025 share repurchase activity to 37.6 million shares for $1.2 billion, and that represents an average price of $32.43.

Over the last 5 years, we've decreased our share count by almost 50%. Finally, I want to remind everyone of our various sources of cash flow spanning the business, including cash generated from our Las Vegas and regional operations, our MGM China branding fees and distributions, and now our BetMGM distributions.

The cash sources from MGM China and BetMGM are high-margin, recurring sources of income and should be assessed accordingly. We've augmented these recurring sources of cash with other actions, including using our low-borrow yen-denominated facility to fund most of our Japan commitments this year, selling our Northfield Park operations, which will close in May, and reallocating capital previously earmarked for our pursuit of a table games license in New York.

In aggregate, these growing sources of cash flow enable us to fund growth opportunities, including the entirety of our MGM Osaka commitment and any future CapEx projects we choose to pursue. It also covers share buybacks, maintenance CapEx, interest expense, and rent obligations.

While not all leases are created equally, none of our triple-net real estate leases allow for rent to escalate above 2% in the first 10 years of their initial terms, and most of those lease terms cap our rent escalators at 3% for the next 10 years after that. As a result of our aggregate cash flow sources, we can convert our diverse operating strength into meaningful, durable free cash flow to drive shareholder value.

I'll turn it back to Bill.

Bill Hornbuckle

Thanks, Jonathan. A couple of thoughts before we go to questions.

We exited 2025 with Las Vegas showing signs of stabilization and an improving trajectory. We continue to see those positive trends as we begin 2026 and expect to make even greater progress when we lap earlier leisure comparisons in the second half of the year.

Our geographic and channel diversity supported consolidated growth in 2025 and has proven to support our growth in almost any environment. Everywhere we operate, we have the best portfolio of brands, physical assets, leadership, and employees, who once again set a new annual record for gold-plus NPS scores.

We have a growth pipeline that includes digital in the near to medium term and arguably the greatest global integrated resort opportunity with MGM Osaka opening in 2030. We have a solid balance sheet, low relative leverage, and favorable lease escalators.

We generate substantial and growing cash flow that provides us with the ability to pursue any opportunities that may drive value creation. We have a massively shrinking share count, and we are reverting to growth in Las Vegas.

With that, we are ready for questions now and would be happy to take them.

Operator

Thank you. We will now begin the question and answer session.

To join the question queue, please press star, then one. In all fairness, please limit yourself to one question and one follow-up.

Our first question today comes from Dan Politzer with J.P. Morgan.

Please go ahead.

Dan Politzer

Hey, good afternoon, everyone, and thanks for taking my question. Bill, I wanted to just pick back up on your last comment there on the path to reverting back to growth in Las Vegas.

I think you laid out certainly a big number of factors with group and convention pacing up mid single digits, CONEXPO-CON/AGG, and obviously strong OpEx control with some of those technology benefits. Other than the second-half comparisons getting easier, I guess how do you think about the path forward in terms of the first quarter and the second quarter in terms of getting back to normalized EBITDA growth in Las Vegas here?

Bill Hornbuckle

Look, I'll kick this off, and maybe Ayesha can pipe in here as well. This current quarter we're in, as compared to the first year, there's some differentiators that I think we will and can and should go through.

As it relates to occupancy, it is clearly stabilized. Obviously, we have CONEXPO-CON/AGG coming up.

We have seen and need to drive the high-end luxury pieces of our business, and that will continue I think throughout the year. We've seen particularly in gaming the high end and online business led by things like our holiday gift shop, which was the second-highest holiday gift shop I think we've ever had.

The high end is alive and well, but given the positioning of our assets, the programming we're putting together, we think as we get into April, particularly May and beyond, I think we'll see substantial improvement in performance. Obviously, the MGM piece is a big piece for us.

I've never seen a remodel impact a property the way that that one did, only because we had so many rooms out at the same time. All of those things I think are looking favorable.

Generally, I think things will stabilize. I think we've begun to see it.

The Convention Authority is expecting 1 million more visitors, and so, '24 was an amazing year, and so '25 was difficult. We need to solve for Canada and leisure travel, but generally speaking, we feel very positive, positive enough to think that we're going to exit '26 on an up.

Ayesha, I don't know if you want to add.

Ayesha Molino

Just a couple of thoughts. Certainly I think as Bill noted, as we look at CONEXPO-CON/AGG, we're certainly looking at that favorably for our business, and when you think about that combined with our own convention base, especially as we head into the second half of the year, I think we have reason to have a very favorable outlook.

We have major events like the Super Bowl that are continuing to drive a lot of excitement among our meaningful customer base, and so, we continue to see that base turn out, as Bill noted, particularly at the high end, but with a lot of excitement for our business.

Dan Politzer

Got it. That's helpful.

Then just for my follow-up, in the fourth quarter, obviously we saw that the table hold was a bit higher and we can kind of triangulate on the math there, but were there any other one-offs in particular in the fourth quarter, either in Las Vegas or any of the other segments you would call out just so for modeling purposes?

Jonathan Halkyard

The hold was a little bit above average for us and a little bit above prior year. We consider that impact in the fourth quarter to be kind of $20-ish million to the bottom line in Las Vegas.

The only other really one-time items would be some in corporate expense, and so for modeling purposes, the corporate expense number is around $110, $115 million in a quarter. We had some unusual expenses in the fourth quarter, and the first quarter of last year that should not recur this year.

Dan Politzer

Understood. Thanks so much.

Operator

Thank you. Our next question today comes from John DeCree with CBRE.

Please go ahead.

John DeCree

Thank you for taking my questions. Maybe to continue the discussion in Las Vegas, Jonathan, I think in your prepared remarks you've mentioned the value customer habits.

I heard you say there isn't really any change there, but as we think about value customer or leisure more broadly, can you elaborate on some of the things that you might be able to do or the city is doing as a whole to kind of help get that customer kind of stabilized throughout 2026?

Jonathan Halkyard

I certainly didn't mean to minimize the contribution of our Luxor and Excalibur properties. We love those properties, but I do think they are the ones that cater most to that value-conscious customer, and they do represent about 6% of the EBITDAR for our properties here in Las Vegas.

That being said, we've done a number of initiatives already, both on the revenue-driving and the cost side, to address those customers, and we have more planned this year. Invite Ayesha if she wanted to add anything else.

Ayesha Molino

Sure. Just a couple of things.

When we think about the leisure customer in particular, like a lot of companies in the hospitality industry, I think over the last year or so, we did see that shortening of the booking window. That being said, we're paying close attention to that customer, and we are starting to see a response, particularly to sort of large-scale events that feels positive.

Some of the broader initiatives, the city late last year ran an ad campaign, and so I think there is constant effort at coming together to make sure that we are driving visitation to the city.

John DeCree

That's helpful. Thank you.

Maybe one more as a follow-up on Vegas. The gaming revenue, volumes, the win, even outside of some favorable table hold, I think volumes were quite good and have been all year.

Can you talk a little bit about your casino customer? What you might attribute some of the resilient or occupancy on the Strip, obviously you've mentioned the high end is doing well, but anything you can add to give us some color on why you think the casino business, the tables, slots is doing so well in spite of lower occupancy?

Bill Hornbuckle

John, this is Bill. I'll kick it off, and Ayesha can finish it in terms of the mix.

Look, I think we mentioned it throughout our comments, and we've done this and seen it work. If I think about Bellagio, by example, we've reinvested actually in almost all of our high-end slot rooms across the company.

I was just in National Harbor over the weekend and saw that one. It's paid dividends, which obviously those are high-end customers, but not to the extreme you get into some of our table games customers.

It is working, we've picked I think the right things to invest in. I think it's working in Macau of note.

I think Kenny and the team there have particularly picked the right things. Then the activity case, we have this dialogue around value.

There a value in high-end activity. When people come to Las Vegas, we've got a bunch of stuff coming up as we've mentioned, they're not afraid to spend money.

We need to be value-conscious, we need to understand that mix and how we price certain things to be sure, but when you think about the top end of our business and the experiences people continue to seek and want, we think we're doing a rational and a good job both marketing to them and ultimately providing. We've pushed hard on BetMGM, by way of example.

I think one of the reasons for the successful holiday gift shop was our ability to provide omni-channel into that program and those people. We continue to do that, so that's been an added nice channel.

I think the Marriott channel, underlying a lot of this, those customers, many of them come having not have to pay for their room per se, meaning in cash, to enjoy Las Vegas and all that we do. I think it's been paying off, and so I think it's a combination of a lot of things really.

Ayesha Molino

The only thing that I'd add is we've been fortunate to see the resiliency of that database over time, and I think even as we think about forward-looking casino bookings, those are remaining strong for us, and so especially from the medium to the high end. Again, I think that the strength of that database continues to pay dividends.

John DeCree

That's helpful. Thank you all.

Operator

Thank you. Our next question today comes from Shaun Kelley at Bank of America.

Please go ahead.

Shaun Kelley

Hi, good evening, everyone. Thanks for taking my question.

Jonathan, margins have been down the last 3 years. I think as business has kind normalized a little bit post-COVID, and just kind of trying to think about what you're seeing on the expense side of the ledger.

I think we now know some of the drivers and what you're looking for to drive '26 on the top line, but help us think about yeah, two things. One would be just run-rate operating expense growth and any internal initiatives you have to sort of kind of manage that.

Then secondarily, remind us on the room renovation cadence. What was the disruption for MGM Grand in this past year if you could put it in EBITDA dollars, and you talked about room nights.

More importantly, relative to I think ARIA was slated for this year. Is that still the case, and any other major projects for this year that could be a little disruptive?

Thanks.

Jonathan Halkyard

Okay. Thanks a lot, Shaun.

I'll take those in turn, and certainly invite Ayesha to comment as well. In terms of expense growth, we'll be able to hold our overall expense growth to the very, very low single digits this year.

Of course, wages are an important part of our cost structure, and we have been able to largely offset wage growth, unit labor cost growth with labor complement that or modest occupancy declines in regions and in the corporate office during 2025. In terms of the renovation impact for the MGM Grand last year, it was about $65 million in EBITDAR during the year, and that is of course, that's already completed, we'll not only not suffer that this year, but hopefully enjoy some benefit from those remodeled rooms.

There's not going to be impact at all in rooms in Las Vegas. We are starting the ARIA project, but that won't be until midway through the be a more of a 2027 discussion for us in terms of room renovation disruption from ARIA in Las Vegas.

Anything you want to add on the cost structure?

Ayesha Molino

Just a couple of thoughts. On that, I think the teams have done a really excellent job with FTE management throughout the year, and they're constantly looking for ways to improve upon that through technology or otherwise, and so we've certainly seen the dividends of those actions over the course of the year.

As Jonathan noted, a couple of major differences between ARIA and MGM Grand. MGM Grand, of course, we did the bathrooms, which are not slated to be done at ARIA, which will cause significantly less disruption in terms of the number of rooms that have to be taken out at any given time.

As Jonathan said, that the vast majority of the disruption will take place over slower period and pact there as well.

Shaun Kelley

Thank you both.

Operator

Thank you. Our next question today comes from Chad Beynon with Macquarie.

Please go ahead.

Chad Beynon

Hi, good afternoon. Thanks for taking my question.

Wanted to shift to Macau, really strong quarter, particularly compared to what we've seen in terms of market growth and some others experiencing some cost creep. Can you maybe touch on that, what the margin environment is like if you believe that the Macau margins can remain in this area, and then in terms of early bookings for Lunar New Year?

Thank you.

Kenneth Feng

Thank you. Thank you for the question.

Rational competition in the current marketplace in the past a few quarters, particularly in rate or the GGR trend, that to the mix of business, but in general, it's fairly, fairly stable. All MGM China margin has always been in mid to high-20s.

As we've guided, we always delivered what we said for the past few years. As to Chinese New Year, we are very optimistic.

We see very strong trend for Chinese New Year. We even have a long waiting list.

The player quality is very high. MGM China here, we still have a limited room inventory, but we are good in premium mass.

We are very focused on quality over quantity, and the yield management is always our strength. We are confident about the demand.

We will make sure that we yield our products wisely, and we will make sure what we are doing to serve our customers what they want. There's a new phenomenon.

These days, even ahead of holiday, there's no slow We feel good about it in general. Thank you.

Chad Beynon

Great to hear. Appreciate it.

Thank you.

Operator

Thank you. Our next question today comes from Brandt Montour with Barclays.

Please go ahead.

Brandt Montour

Hi. Good afternoon, everybody.

Thanks for taking my question. A couple in Vegas for me.

You guys gave us a lot of, Bill, you talked about stabilization, and you sound pretty confident about the stabilization you're seeing. Was hoping that we could sort of dig into that because if you look at the fourth quarter from a KPI perspective, right, RevPAR was down, a decent amount, but then casino revenue was up a lot.

When you think about, monthly, October, November, December into January, what does the stabilization look like from a KPI perspective, and maybe said another way, can you get back to growth with RevPAR, yeah, with RevPAR declines like you're seeing or even, maybe less so, but still still material?

Jonathan Halkyard

Yeah. I would say the general cadence in the fourth quarter was and I'm talking about kind of ADRs, October was down more than December was.

November was a lot by special events and F1 to the first quarter. We saw, again, moderating declines versus prior year in ADR.

We are confident about the casino's ability to drive revenue growth through events and through omnichannel marketing and just through more effective casino marketing. It's interesting to note that RevPOR, overall revenue per occupied room, was actually up slightly for MGM Resorts in the fourth quarter.

Shifting between the different pockets of demand and different revenue channels, and as we look into the first quarter, we're just seeing some of this continued stabilization that we saw developing in the fourth.

Brandt Montour

Okay. Thanks for that, Jonathan.

That's really helpful. Also in Vegas, you made a comment, Jonathan, about table hold settling in and the level that you guys are achieving.

Yes, it's been pretty consistent in the 24% and change area. That is above pre-COVID.

What structurally has changed for the hold, and is this the new Theo that we should be forecasting?

Bill Hornbuckle

I wouldn't agree to the last comment, but I would say more relative, look, we see a lot of high-end activity. You can see it in our baccarat share.

If you think about our baccarat share, we're well into the high 40s I think this last couple of months. That more than anything is driving it, but we continue and consistently do that.

While that business can and is volatile at times, I think our market share of that's what's been continuing to lift that number more than almost anything else.

Brandt Montour

Thanks, Bill. Thanks, everyone.

Operator

Thank you. Our next question today comes from Steve Pizzella with Deutsche Bank.

Please go ahead.

Steve Pizzella

Hey, good evening, everyone, and thanks for taking my question. Just pivoting to the regional segment, how the year started off for the regional portfolio, and if you have any thoughts on a range of outcomes for the regional business this year?

Ayesha Molino

Our regional business has continued to be really steady over time, and certainly we're seeing that steadiness continue into the first quarter. As Bill noted earlier, there have been some real meaningful pockets of excitement for our regional properties.

I'd point here to Borgata and the investment in the high-limit table rooms there, which has paid really nice dividends for us, and we're continuing to invest, as Bill noted, in that product at various of our regionals. How steady those assets have remained, and continue to see that steadiness.

Bill Hornbuckle

I would remind us, I don't think that baccarat product in those high-end rooms, it was later in the year is my point, we'll have the benefit of the first couple of quarters there. Then you probably all saw, and we're excited by, we'll see if this comes to fruition or not, but we believe it will, based on conversations I've had, but the notion of a Sphere coming to Maryland is very compelling, and very exciting I think for the project, the region, and ultimately National Harbor if it's executed as thought about.

It could deliver a couple million more customers a year there, and so we remain very excited by some of our regional properties. They're well-placed and they're great assets, and we think will continue to grow over time.

Steve Pizzella

Okay. Thank you.

Just real quick for my follow-up. You mentioned remarks, are you expecting incremental visitation to Las Vegas, and have you seen any kind of advanced bookings indicated increased demand for that?

Bill Hornbuckle

We are expecting, yes. It's a unique opportunity to particularly bring high-end customers who will be in the region to Las Vegas, potentially in and out of LA or on the way to New York or any place else, for that matter.

We're highly focused on that. I think it's a little early on the overall mix to tell, but I think when it relates to particularly what might come out of South America and some other markets as we would all understand.

Steve Pizzella

Great. Thank you.

Operator

Thank you. Our next question today comes from Stephen Grambling at Morgan Stanley.

Please go ahead.

Stephen Grambling

Hey, thanks for sneaking me in. It looks like you ramped up the buyback in the quarter and talked through some of the sources of liquidity from here.

How should investors think about the right level of buyback versus MGM China, maybe buying back there where I think you've mentioned you saw value? As related follow-up on that, if MGM China is part of the direction you want to go, are there any limitations in terms of how high you can take that share?

Jonathan Halkyard

I'm a little unclear in the final part of the question, but as it relates to buybacks at MGM Resorts, it's a constant evaluation we do around the value that we see in our shares versus the other uses of cash that we have that we think are high priorities. In the last 6 months, of course, we made the decision not to proceed with the New York license.

That had been previously earmarked for that. We began share repurchases again, and I think share repurchases are always going to be in our capital allocation mix, because fortunately, we can, with our level of free cash flow, now that the distributions we're getting from MGM China and BetMGM, we can afford to invest in our properties, invest in MGM in Osaka, as well as repurchase shares.

I didn't go through the multiple math that we all know very well on MGM Resorts right now, but suffice to say it's a really compelling investment we believe, and that's why we're doing

Bill Hornbuckle

it. Stephen, on the China question, there's about 22% float in the company.

We got to keep that float, and frankly, the exchange is pushing to have more, so that's not what was implied there. The simple implication was the multiple value seems cheap.

Stephen Grambling

No, that's exactly what I was getting at. That's helpful.

It sounds like, again, the parent, you get that cheapness through buying back at that level rather than directly anyway.

Bill Hornbuckle

Correct. Thanks.

Operator

Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, this concludes our question and answer session.

I'd like to turn the call back over to Bill Hornbuckle for any closing remarks.

Bill Hornbuckle

Thank you, Operator. Just a couple quick comments before we end the call.

Look, diversification is clearly working. Our consolidated EBITDA growth was up 20% in the fourth quarter, and I think they proved it.

You've heard us stress signs of stabilization in Vegas, and obviously we believe that. We've seen it in various segments, whether it's group, the MGM discussion.

We see stimulus coming and helpful, both in leisure and particularly in our regionals. We see Macau continuing to perform at the performance with the, well, how do you do this and the market conditions.

We've been doing this for a couple some faith and credibility in that. Then BetMGM sets itself up for what we think and say.

In 2027, we think we can be at $500 million. We believe that, and we didn't say that until we with belief.

We think we're in the things in the immediate future. With that, Operator, I will end the call and I thank everybody for their time.

Operator

Thank you, sir. This concludes today's conference call.

We thank you all for attending today's presentation. You may now disconnect your lines.