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Accel Entertainment, Inc. (ACEL)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Accel Entertainment, Inc. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Accel Entertainment, Inc.

Accel Entertainment, Inc. operates as a distributed gaming operator and developer of brick-and-mortar casinos in the United States. The company provides gaming terminals, amusement devices, and related equipment to bars, restaurants, convenience stores, truck stops, and other local businesses, as well as casinos and horse racing venues. It also designs and manufactures gaming terminals and offers full-service gaming solutions to its location partners across multiple states.

Snapshot

Revenue
$1.33B
Revenue growth (YoY)
8.1%
Net income
$51.5M
Diluted EPS
$0.60
Gross margin
Operating margin
8.1%
Net margin
3.9%
FCF margin
4.7%
ROE
19.1%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
17.7×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$963.8M
Long-term debt / equity
2.11×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Accel Entertainment

  • Revenue grew 8.1% to $1.3B in FY2025, faster than the 5.2% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 8.1% in FY2025, -1.5 pp against 9.6% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $368M, up 9.6% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $62M in FY2025, 4.7% of revenue.
  • Net income rose 46.0% to $51M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Accel Entertainment’s fundamentals sit among the 216 Communication Services companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Operating margin8.1%
67th percentile of 185
Net margin3.9%
66th percentile of 191
FCF margin4.7%
47th percentile of 164
Revenue growth (YoY)+8.1%
60th percentile of 209
ROE19.1%
84th percentile of 165
P/E17.7×
37th percentile of 95
Long-term debt / equity2.11×
78th percentile of 101
Short interest6.74d
80th percentile of 216

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 3 insider sales totaling $774,533. For context, about 14% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 7 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+7 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
1
0 new, 1 added
Reduced / exited
6
6 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$19.5M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$9.0M712.1KReduced
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$4.8M377.4KAdded
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$2.2M177.2KReduced
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ2 2026$1.8M143.3KReduced
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$1.1M88.4KReduced
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$305,60324.2KReduced
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$253,86520.1KReduced

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
code P value
Sells (90d)
3
$775K
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-08-05
filed 2026-08-07
Rubenstein Andrew H.CEO and PresidentSell15.0K$12.64$190K
2026-06-15
Phelan Mark T.COO, President, U.S. GamingSell25.0K$13.00$325K
2026-06-15
Harmer DerekChief Compliance OfficerSell20.0K$13.00$260K
2026-06-01
filed 2026-06-02
Rubenstein Andrew H.CEO and PresidentSell25.0K$12.09$302K
2026-05-11
WARDINSKI BRUCE DDirectorBuy50.0K$11.55$578K
2026-05-08
filed 2026-05-11
Rubenstein GordonDirectorSell8.0K$11.55$92K
2026-05-08
filed 2026-05-11
Rubenstein GordonDirectorSell4.9K$11.55$57K
2026-05-07
filed 2026-05-11
Rubenstein GordonDirectorSell28.6K$11.34$325K
2026-05-07
filed 2026-05-11
Rubenstein GordonDirectorSell17.7K$11.34$201K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
2.2M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
+0.9%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
6.74
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
324.6K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-142.2M+0.9%6.74
2026-07-312.2M+4.9%8.83
2026-07-152.1M+18.4%7.53
2026-06-301.7M-4.3%4.36
2026-06-151.8M+1.3%5.96
2026-05-291.8M+10.8%6.75
2026-05-151.6M+9.4%4.42
2026-04-301.5M+24.9%5.19

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$1.33B$1.23B$1.17B$969.8M$734.7M
Gross profit
Operating income$107.9M$90.9M$107.4M$96.9M$70.2M
Net income$51.5M$35.3M$45.6M$74.1M$31.6M
Diluted EPS$0.60$0.41$0.53$0.81$0.33

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$296.6M$281.3M$261.6M$224.1M$198.8M
Current assets$343.0M$326.2M$312.6M$299.2M$248.0M
Total assets$1.10B$1.05B$912.9M$862.8M$616.1M
Current liabilities$131.5M$118.4M$109.7M$89.9M$71.8M
Long-term debt$569.8M$560.9M$514.1M$518.6M$324.0M
Total liabilities$829.6M$793.4M$714.5M$684.2M$457.6M
Total equity$269.7M$255.0M$198.4M$178.6M$158.5M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$150.9M$121.2M$132.5M$108.0M$110.8M
Capital expenditure$88.9M$66.5M$81.7M$47.4M$29.8M
Free cash flow$62.0M$54.7M$50.8M$60.6M$81.0M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$368.1M9.6%$12.5M$0.15
Q1 FY2026$351.6M8.5%$14.7M$0.17
Q4 FY2025$341.4M7.5%$16.2M$0.19
Q3 FY2025$329.7M9.1%$13.4M$0.16
Q2 FY2025$335.9M8.6%$7.3M$0.08
Q1 FY2025$323.9M7.3%$14.6M$0.17
Q4 FY2024$317.5M6.9%$8.4M$0.10
Q3 FY2024$302.2M5.1%$4.9M$0.06

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorCommunication Services
SIC industryServices-Amusement & Recreation Services
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2017
SEC CIK1698991

Selected SEC filings

10-Q2026-08-04
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10-Q2026-05-05
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8-K2026-08-11
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8-K2026-08-04
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8-K2026-07-14
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8-K2026-07-13
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.