The stock price of Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc (NASDAQ: GLPI) has dropped by -0.50 compared to previous close of 46.32. Despite this, the company has seen a fall of -0.41% in its stock price over the last five trading days. seekingalpha.com reported 2025-06-01 that US equity markets rallied this week, capping off the best monthly gains since November 2023, as investors weighed encouraging inflation data against a whipsaw of court rulings on tariffs. Extending the on-again-off-again tariff saga, a trade court ruled that the tariffs were procedurally invalid, but an Appeals court paused the block, likely sending the decision to the Supreme Court. Rebounding from declines of 2.6% last week, the S&P 500 rallied 1.8% this week, closing within 4% of its February record highs.
Is It Worth Investing in Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc (NASDAQ: GLPI) Right Now?
The price-to-earnings ratio for Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc (NASDAQ: GLPI) is 16.32x, which is above its average ratio. Moreover, the 36-month beta value for GLPI is 0.75. Analysts have varying opinions on the stock, with 11 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 4 as “overweight,” 8 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for GLPI is 262.89M and currently, short sellers hold a 2.00% of that float. On June 05, 2025, GLPI’s average trading volume was 1.62M shares.
GLPI’s Market Performance
GLPI stock saw a decrease of -0.41% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -0.52% and a quarterly a decrease of -8.55%. The volatility ratio for the week is 0.76%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 0.93% for Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc (GLPI). . The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -0.97% for GLPI’s stock, with a -6.60% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of GLPI
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for GLPI stocks, with Morgan Stanley repeating the rating for GLPI by listing it as a “Equal-Weight.” The predicted price for GLPI in the upcoming period, according to Morgan Stanley is $53 based on the research report published on January 15, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Barclays, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see GLPI reach a price target of $55. The rating they have provided for GLPI stocks is “Equal Weight” according to the report published on December 17th, 2024.
JP Morgan gave a rating of “Overweight” to GLPI, setting the target price at $54 in the report published on December 13th of the previous year.
GLPI Trading at -3.54% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought GLPI to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -12.30% of loss for the given period.
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Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at GLPI starting from Urdang E Scott, who sale 5,000 shares at the price of $50.89 back on Mar 11 ’25. After this action, Urdang E Scott now owns 140,953 shares of Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc, valued at $254,450 using the latest closing price.
Demchyk Matthew, the SVP, Chief Investment Officer of Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc, sale 1,903 shares at $51.99 during a trade that took place back on Mar 10 ’25, which means that Demchyk Matthew is holding 41,298 shares at $98,937 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for GLPI
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.73 for the present operating margin
- 0.93 for the gross margin
The net margin for Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc stands at 0.5. The total capital return value is set at 0.1. Equity return is now at value 18.58, with 6.48 for asset returns.
Based on Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc (GLPI), the company’s capital structure generated 0.63 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.15. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.71. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 3.01.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 1.4 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 4.96. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 12.7. The receivables turnover for the company is 0.63for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.13. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 2.06.
Conclusion
To wrap up, the performance of Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc (GLPI) has been bad in recent times. The stock has received a mixed of “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
