secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Accel Entertainment, Inc. (ACEL)
CIK:        0001698991
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001698991-26-000036
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Accel Entertainment Q1 2026 revenue record $352M, net income flat at $15M; adjusted EBITDA up 9%
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- Revenue of $352M (+9% YoY) – quarterly record; net income $15M flat; adjusted EBITDA $54M (+9%).
- Ended Q1 with 4,540 locations (+3%) and 28,353 terminals (+4%); cash $274M, net debt $306M, leverage 1.4x.
- Repurchased 1.1M shares for $12M; Illinois revenue up 6% ex-Fairmount; Fairmount launched table games in April.
- Adjusted EBITDA and net income impacted by $2M shift in Fairmount Park purse expense timing.
- Management highlights Chicago market opportunity (TITO rollout) and Nebraska growth; pipeline for tuck-in M&A.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899126000036/0001698991-26-000036-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899126000036/acel-20260505.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001698991-26-000036

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