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VICI Properties Inc. VICI

Market cap $25.6BP/E 9.0× trailingGross margin 99.3%Reports Thu 29 Oct, after the close
$23.24
−0.03 (−0.14%)live 11:25 ET
52-wk $23.18 – $33.01
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Orin's take
0.60conviction · moderate
Refreshed 24 Sep · take v7. A new filing or a print queues the next refresh.

VICI Properties trades at a P/E of 9.19 — a 69% discount to the diversified REIT peer median of 29.55 — with ~99% gross margins, $2.51B in FY2025 free cash flow, and negligible $1.3M capex under its triple-net lease model as of the year ended 2025-12-31. However, Q2 2026 EPS fell to $0.48 from $0.82 in the year-ago quarter, missing estimates by 13%, and the stock has declined to $23.70 as of 2026-09-23 with an RSI of 27.58, trading below both its 50-day ($25.89) and 200-day ($27.60) moving averages.

The combination of deteriorating quarterly profitability, bearish technicals, a very low smart money score of 0.0115 as of 2026-06-30, and negative news flow including a published sell downgrade citing refinancing risk warrants patience despite the compelling valuation discount.

What could go wrong

  • Refinancing cost pressure. Total debt of $17.69B as of FY2025; upcoming maturities could be repriced above current fixed coupons, compressing AFFO and coverage.
  • Quarterly earnings volatility. Q2 2026 operating income fell to $744.7M from $1.10B in Q2 2025, and EPS missed estimates by 13% — two of the last three quarterly surprises were negative.
  • Inflation eroding real rent. Capped rent escalators may not preserve real rental income if inflation remains above 3%, limiting organic growth despite 4–6% headline revenue growth.
  • Technical breakdown. Stock at $23.70 is below both MA 50 ($25.89) and MA 200 ($27.60) with negative MACD histogram of -0.111; deeply oversold RSI of 27.58 could signal further selling pressure rather than a reversal.

What would change my mind

Q3 2026 earnings stabilization. Q3 2026 EPS returns to or above $0.70 with operating income recovering above $900M, indicating Q2 weakness was transitorybullish
Refinancing at favorable rates. VICI refinances upcoming debt maturities at coupons below 6% or extends weighted average maturity without dilutive equity issuancebullish
Continued earnings deterioration. Q3 2026 EPS falls below $0.48 or revenue growth decelerates below 3% YoY, confirming a structural profitability declinebearish
Smart money outflow acceleration. 13F filings for Q3 2026 show fund count declining below 55 or SM score turning negative, indicating institutional capitulationbearish

Where this comes from: peer_relative · FMP FY2025 annual · quarterly_results Q2 2026 · earnings_surprises 2026-07-29. Orin's read on VICI; not advice.

Twelve months actual closes to 2026-09-24 · actual filings

Sept 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26

50-day average 200-day average · volume below

Largest holders · 13F Q2 2026

Money flow
FilerPositionOf fund
Vanguard Portfolio Management$2.3B0.1% of fund
State Street$1.8B0.1% of fund
Vanguard Capital Management$1.7B0.0% of fund
Geode Capital Management$1.1B0.1% of fund
Bank Of America /De/$778.7M0.1% of fund
Price T Rowe Associates /Md/$638.3M0.1% of fund

98 filers · quarter ended Q2 2026 · positions, not flows

Insiders, last 24 months: 65 Form 4 filings, net −$2.0M. Of the 50 on hand, none was an open-market trade— the rest are grants, option exercises and tax withholding.

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Where it trades

vs its own 5y · Real Estate
MetricNowOwn medianSector
P/E9.0×12.9×56.8×
EV/EBITDA11.8×14.7×—
P/S6.25×8.95×—
P/B0.9×1.3×—

Its P/E sits below all 5 of the last 5 years (−1.19σ from its own mean).

What the price assumes

-1.6%

free-cash-flow growth every year for 10 years, discounted at 10%, is what today’s price implies — starting from $2.5B of trailing free cash flow. It is an assumption the market is making, not a forecast Orin is making.

What Wall Street published

26 firms · 2026-09-24
Consensus target

$29

$26 – $32 · +24% against today's price

How they rate it
  • 19 buy or overweight
  • 7 hold
  • 0 underweight or sell

The analysts’ consensus and their own ratings, not Orin’s. A target is a twelve-month opinion published by the firm that wrote it.

Against the companies it is compared to

median P/E 29.2× of 9 peers
CompanyMarket capP/EEV/EBITDAGrossNetROE
VICIVICI Properties Inc.$26B9.0×11.8×99.3%67.5%10%
AVBAvalonBay Communities, Inc.$26B25.2×18.8×52.7%33.4%9%
CCICrown Castle Inc.$30B27.4×19.1×63.2%25.8%-52%
CSGPCoStar Group, Inc.$11B151.6×26.7×76.5%2.1%1%
EQREquity Residential$24B27.6×14.3×46.0%27.9%8%
EXRExtra Space Storage Inc.$28B29.2×13.2×23.0%28.0%7%
IRMIron Mountain Incorporated$34B81.5×21.3×54.2%5.5%-38%
MAAMid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.$14B34.3×15.3×47.3%18.2%7%
SBACSBA Communications Corporation$18B17.8×15.5×63.9%34.5%-21%
VTRVentas, Inc.$42B157.9×22.3×-2.6%4.1%2%

The median is of the 9 peers listed above and nothing else — check it against the column. This company trades 69.1% below it. The peer set is the vendor’s, so a company can appear here that a person would not have chosen.

What it has traded at

P/E by fiscal year
FY17 157.7×FY25 10.8×

What its sector has traded at

Real Estate
FY14 44.0×FY26 52.3×

Two scales, drawn separately on purpose: a sector median and one company’s multiple are not the same number and putting them on one axis invites a comparison neither series supports.

Discounted cash flow

not recomputed since
ModelFair valueAgainstComputed
Standard DCF$142$28.50 · +400%2026-06-10
Levered DCF$89$28.50 · +213%2026-06-10

The vendor’s intrinsic-value models. Treat them as a low-growth anchor — for a fast grower the market routinely pays well above a DCF. These were computed against the price in the “against” column, not today’s.

Every estimate on one scale

price $23.24
52-week range$23 – $33
Analyst targets$26 – $32
Standard DCF$142 as of 2026-06-10, when it was $28.50
Levered DCF$89 as of 2026-06-10, when it was $28.50
At own 5y-median P/E (13×)$33
At 5y P/E range (11–25×)$28 – $66
At sector P/E (57×)$146

The vertical rule is the current price. Ranges and point estimates are the backend’s, published as they were calculated; an arrow means the estimate sits beyond this scale, and its number is on the right.