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Vail Resorts Inc. (MTN)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Vail Resorts Inc. The latest annual period is FY2026. The latest reported quarter is Q4 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Vail Resorts Inc.

Vail Resorts Inc operates a network of 42 mountain resorts and regional ski areas, primarily in North America, along with luxury lodging and real estate services. Its Mountain segment offers skiing, snowboarding, lessons, equipment rentals, dining, and retail, while the Lodging segment manages hotels, condominiums, and related properties near its resorts. The company serves a diverse clientele including local and long-distance travelers seeking winter and summer recreational activities.

Snapshot

Revenue
$2.84B
Revenue growth (YoY)
-4.3%
Net income
$147.5M
Diluted EPS
$4.12
Gross margin
—
Operating margin
14.8%
Net margin
5.2%
FCF margin
8.7%
ROE
26.5%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
37.4×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$5.45B
Long-term debt / equity
5.57×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2026, the latest annual period (ended July 31, 2026). 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 Vail Resorts

  • Revenue fell 4.3% to $2.8B in FY2026, slower than the 2.7% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 14.8% in FY2026, -9.0 pp against 23.8% in FY2022.
  • Most recent quarter Q4 FY2026: revenue $278M, up 2.5% from Q4 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $248M in FY2026, 8.7% of revenue.
  • Net income fell 47.3% to $148M in FY2026.

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 Vail Resorts’s fundamentals sit among the 213 Communication Services companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Operating margin14.8%
81st percentile of 182
Net margin5.2%
73rd percentile of 188
FCF margin8.7%
62nd percentile of 162
Revenue growth (YoY)-4.3%
26th percentile of 206
ROE26.5%
92nd percentile of 162
P/E37.4×
73rd percentile of 79
Long-term debt / equity5.57×
91st percentile of 100
Short interest5.34d
67th percentile of 212

Vail Resorts’s return on equity of 26.5% ranks in the 92nd percentile of the 162 Communication Services companies reporting it. Vail Resorts’s long-term debt to equity of 5.57 ranks in the 91st percentile of the 100 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 3 of the superinvestors we track (plus 5 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
3
+5 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
3
0 new, 3 added
Reduced / exited
5
4 trimmed, 1 exited
Combined position
$182.4M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Harris Associates (Oakmark)Q2 2026$104.1M764.4KAdded
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$29.4M215.6KAdded
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$22.9M168.5KAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$14.8M108.9KReduced
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$3.8M28.0KReduced
First Eagle Investment ManagementQ2 2026$3.2M23.8KHeld
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$2.7M20.2KReduced
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$1.4M10.5KReduced

No longer held by: Hound Partners (as of Q2 2026)

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
6.8M
settled 2026-09-30
Change vs prior
+10.2%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
5.34
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
1.3M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-09-306.8M+10.2%5.34
2026-09-156.2M+7.7%7.82
2026-08-315.8M-2.3%10.87
2026-08-145.9M+1.0%13.55
2026-07-315.8M-14.0%7.61
2026-07-156.8M-3.6%9.33
2026-06-307.0M-2.3%7.22
2026-06-157.2M-1.3%7.98

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)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$2.84B$2.96B$2.89B$2.89B$2.53B
Gross profit—————
Operating income$420.5M$560.0M$488.8M$504.4M$601.7M
Net income$147.5M$280.0M$231.1M$265.8M$347.9M
Diluted EPS$4.12$7.53$6.09$6.69$8.55

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 (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Cash and equivalents$231.3M$440.3M$322.8M$563.0M$1.11B
Current assets$876.5M$1.05B$902.0M$1.21B$1.79B
Total assets$5.53B$5.78B$5.69B$5.95B$6.32B
Current liabilities$1.10B$1.67B$1.11B$1.13B$1.11B
Long-term debt$3.10B$2.59B$2.73B$2.75B$2.67B
Total liabilities$4.97B$5.02B$4.66B$4.61B$4.47B
Total equity$557.4M$753.9M$1.02B

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 (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Operating cash flow$479.6M$554.9M$589.0M$637.9M$710.5M
Capital expenditure$231.6M$235.2M$211.2M$314.9M$192.8M
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 (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q4 FY20262.5%
Q3 FY2026$1.21B-7.0%$314.4M$8.81
Q2 FY2026$1.08B-4.7%$210.0M$5.87
Q1 FY2026$271.0M4.1%$-186.8M$-5.20
Q4 FY20252.2%
Q3 FY2025$1.30B1.0%$389.7M$10.46
Q2 FY2025$1.14B5.5%$244.4M$6.53
Q1 FY2025$260.3M0.7%$-173.3M$-4.62

Latest 8 quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. A dotted underline marks a fourth-quarter figure we calculated from the full year and the first nine months. Revenue YoY is our calculation too: each quarter against the same quarter a year earlier.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorCommunication Services
SIC industryServices-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation
Latest annual periodFY2026 (ended July 31, 2026)
Latest reported quarterQ4 FY2026 (ended July 31, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2012
SEC CIK812011

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-09-28
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10-Q2026-06-08
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10-Q2026-03-09
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10-Q2025-12-10
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8-K2026-09-28
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8-K2026-09-02
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8-K2026-07-30
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8-K2026-06-24
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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.