secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MONARCH CASINO & RESORT INC (MCRI)
CIK:        0000907242
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001171843-26-002629
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Monarch Casino Q1 record: revenue $136.6M (+8.9%), EPS $1.52 (+44.8%), dividend $0.30
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- Net revenue $136.55M, up 8.9% YoY; net income $27.59M (+38.9%); diluted EPS $1.52 (+44.8%).
- Adjusted EBITDA $48.95M (+19.0%); margin expanded 300 bps to 35.8%.
- Casino revenue +9.4%, hotel +13.5%; SG&A as % of revenue improved to 20.3%.
- Declared Q2 cash dividend $0.30/share, payable June 15 to holders of record June 1.
- Open-market repurchases of 181,258 shares for $17.6M in Q1; $120.1M cash, no debt.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/907242/000117184326002629/0001171843-26-002629-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/907242/000117184326002629/f8k_042126.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-26-002629

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