Craig Fullalove
Analyst · Bank of America
Thank you, Craig, and good afternoon, again. Let me walk you through the financials for the quarter, starting here in Las Vegas. Wynn Las Vegas generated $215.2 million of adjusted property EBITDAR and $643.2 million of operating revenue for a 33.5% margin. Unfavorable hold was a modest headwind, costing us just over $3.6 million in the quarter. On the cost side, OpEx excluding gaming tax, ran at $4.5 million per day, up 6.2% year-on-year. That increase reflects higher business volumes, some contractual wage increases and our continued investment in the types of offerings that matter must to our premium customers. The openings of Zero Bond and Sartiano's last quarter as well as [indiscernible], which opened only midway through Q2 of last year. We believe the best way to earn and retain the highest value customers in Las Vegas is to continually raise the bar on what we offer them and that's what you're seeing in those numbers. Over to Boston, Encore delivered $56.1 million of adjusted property EBITDAR from $209.3 million of revenue for a 26.8% margin. OpEx per day came in at $1.19 million, up just 2.9% versus the second quarter of last year, and that's despite real ongoing labor pressure in that market. The team in Boston is incredibly disciplined on costs and flow through, and they continue to find smart efficiencies across the business while delivering a premium offering that is discernibly different from other properties in the region. Now over to Macau. The team delivered $297 million of adjusted property EBITDAR on $1 billion of operating revenue, a 29.6% margin. VIP hold ran below our theoretical expectations this quarter representing a negative impact of just over $8.6 million. On costs, OpEx, excluding gaming tax was approximately $2.9 million per day, up 9% year-on-year, but flat quarter-over-quarter. Similar to Las Vegas, that increase is partially driven by deliberate additional investments in the premium customer experience including the recently opened Chairman's Club expansion that completed last quarter as well as normal course cost of living adjustments alongside variable costs associated with higher business volumes seen across several of our segments in the quarter. On Macau CapEx, Craig touched on the recent approval for construction to commence on the Event Center and Theater of Wynn Palace, both of which are key concession-related projects in Macau. In addition to our announcement of the Enclave Hotel Tower last quarter. We look forward to getting construction underway very soon. Spend on these projects in 2026 will be limited to some piling and early development works. All in, we now expect our 2026 expansionary CapEx in Macau to land in the $350 million to $400 million range. Turning to the balance sheet. Our liquidity position remains excellent, $4 billion of global cash and revolver availability as of June 30, split roughly as $2.3 billion in Macau and $1.7 billion in the U.S. That strong cash generation gives us the flexibility to keep returning meaningful capital to shareholders on both sides of the Pacific. On the Macau side, the Wynn Macau Board approved a 2025 final dividend of $150 million, up from $124 million in the prior period, which was paid in the second quarter. We continue to view the dividend there as the cornerstone of our capital return policy to shareholders and we'll continue to revisit that dividend level with the Board over time. At the Wynn Resorts level, our Board has approved a cash dividend of $0.25 per share payable on August 28 to stockholders of record as of August 14. In terms of total CapEx for the quarter, we spent approximately $153 million primarily related to the Encore Tower and spa remodels and the construction of the Cliff House Grill in Las Vegas as well as the hotel refurbishment at Wynn Macau, which we completed at the end of the quarter, plus normal course maintenance across the business. Separately, we contributed $48.1 million of equity to the Wynn Al Marjan Island project during the quarter, bringing our cumulative contribution to just over $1.06 billion. We've also continued drawing on the Al Marjan construction loan with $1.4 billion drawn to date. As Craig mentioned, we have increased the expected budget for Wynn Al Marjan Island, which had a 40% share will equate to approximately $240 million of required equity. Our equity for the remainder of the project, including Janu is expected to be approximately $525 million to $650 million. With that, we'll open the call up to Q&A.