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Churchill Downs Inc (CHDN)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Churchill Downs 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 Churchill Downs Inc

Churchill Downs Incorporated operates live and historical horse racing venues, online wagering businesses, and regional casino gaming properties. Its main assets include the Churchill Downs Racetrack, home of the Kentucky Derby, and multiple historical racing entertainment venues across Kentucky, Virginia, and New Hampshire. The company serves horse racing fans, bettors, and casino patrons through its racetracks, gaming machines, sportsbooks, hotels, and food and beverage services.

Snapshot

Revenue
$2.93B
Revenue growth (YoY)
7.0%
Net income
$383.0M
Diluted EPS
Gross margin
Operating margin
23.4%
Net margin
13.1%
FCF margin
ROE
37.9%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
14.9×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$6.10B
Long-term debt / equity
5.02×
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 Churchill Downs

  • Revenue grew 7.0% to $2.9B in FY2025, slower than the 11.1% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 23.4% in FY2025, +5.6 pp against 17.8% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $980M, up 4.9% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Net income fell 10.3% to $383M 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 Churchill Downs’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 margin23.4%
93rd percentile of 185
Net margin13.1%
86th percentile of 191
Revenue growth (YoY)+7.0%
58th percentile of 209
ROE37.9%
96th percentile of 165
P/E14.9×
29th percentile of 95
Long-term debt / equity5.02×
90th percentile of 101
Short interest3.81d
57th percentile of 216

Churchill Downs’s return on equity of 37.9% ranks in the 96th percentile of the 165 Communication Services companies reporting it. Churchill Downs’s operating margin of 23.4% ranks in the 93rd percentile of the 185 Communication Services companies reporting it. Churchill Downs’s long-term debt to equity of 5.02 ranks in the 90th percentile of the 101 Communication Services companies reporting it.

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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 2 of the superinvestors we track (plus 7 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
2
+7 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
7
1 new, 6 added
Reduced / exited
2
2 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$397.3M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$153.7M1.7MAdded
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$75.6M843.8KAdded
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$58.2M648.7KAdded
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$51.3M572.3KAdded
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ2 2026$22.9M255.7KAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$18.1M201.5KReduced
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$14.8M165.3KNew
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$1.5M16.8KReduced
Bridgewater AssociatesQ2 2026$1.3M14.1KAdded

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.

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
3.6M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
-1.5%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
3.81
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
949.6K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-143.6M-1.5%3.81
2026-07-313.7M-5.9%3.40
2026-07-153.9M+5.1%4.54
2026-06-303.7M-10.1%2.80
2026-06-154.1M-4.1%5.31
2026-05-294.3M+5.7%4.92
2026-05-154.1M+16.8%4.14
2026-04-303.5M+27.5%2.94

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$2.93B$2.73B$2.46B$1.81B$1.60B
Gross profit
Operating income$683.8M$709.0M$564.0M$321.8M$284.4M
Net income$383.0M$426.8M$417.3M$439.4M$249.1M
Diluted EPS$5.49$5.71$3.18

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)

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$769.8M$771.7M$605.3M$510.8M$459.5M
Capital expenditure
Free cash flow

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$980.0M4.9%$241.0M
Q1 FY2026$663.0M3.1%$83.0M
Q4 FY2025$665.9M6.7%$51.3M$0.74
Q3 FY2025$683.0M8.7%$38.1M
Q2 FY2025$934.0M4.9%$217.0M
Q1 FY2025$643.0M8.8%$77.0M
Q4 FY2024$624.2M11.2%$71.7M$0.96
Q3 FY2024$628.5M9.8%$65.4M

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

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorCommunication Services
SIC industryServices-Racing, Including Track Operation
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2014
SEC CIK20212

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-02-25
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10-Q2026-07-29
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10-Q2026-04-22
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10-Q2025-10-22
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8-K2026-07-29
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8-K2026-07-29
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8-K2026-04-22
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8-K2026-04-21
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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.