profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Vail Resorts
$154.43-1.33% today
+2.8% in 1 year
1-year low $119.021-year high $161.76
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2021 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay $37.39 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Vail Resorts sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $2.89 billion in 2023 to $2.84 billion in 2026, with $148 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Vail Resorts handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
$317M
Free cash flow 2026$248M
Bought back its own shares$45M
Paid as dividends$317M
Cash vs. debt$231M vs. $3.4B
Vail Resorts vs. similar companies
Vail Resorts grows the slowest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vail Resorts | 37.4× · Expensive | ||
 Galaxy Entertainment Group | 14.2× · Cheap | ||
 MGM Resorts International | 41.1× · Expensive | ||
 Genting Singapore | 19.0× · Fair price | ||
 Boyd Gaming | 3.0× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Vail Resorts's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,910 | 2,526 | 2,889 | 2,885 | 2,964 | 2,838 | |
| – | 1,177 | 1,221 | 1,229 | 1,268 | – | |
| 261 | 577 | 562 | 540 | 538 | 421 | |
| 529 | 858 | 795 | 783 | 870 | 738 | |
| 128 | 348 | 266 | 231 | 280 | 148 | |
| 3.13 | 8.55 | 6.69 | 6.07 | 7.53 | 4.12 | |
| – | 46.6% | 42.3% | 42.6% | 42.8% | – | |
| 13.7% | 22.8% | 19.5% | 18.7% | 18.1% | 14.8% | |
| 6.7% | 13.8% | 9.2% | 8.0% | 9.4% | 5.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 6,251 | 6,318 | 5,948 | 5,687 | 5,778 | 5,526 |
| Cash | 1,244 | 1,107 | 563 | 323 | 440 | 231 |
| Total debt | 3,139 | 2,943 | 3,025 | 3,059 | 3,444 | 3,374 |
| Total liabilities | 4,422 | 4,471 | 4,612 | 4,662 | 5,024 | 4,969 |
| 1,595 | 1,612 | 1,004 | 710 | 424 | 241 | |
| 41 | 41 | 40 | 38 | 37 | 36 | |
| 4.6% | 10.5% | 10.3% | 10.6% | 11.7% | 9.5% | |
| 8.0% | 21.6% | 26.5% | 32.6% | 66.0% | 61.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 525 | 710 | 638 | 589 | 555 | 480 | |
| 115 | 193 | 315 | 211 | 235 | 232 | |
| 410 | 518 | 323 | 378 | 320 | 248 | |
| Dividends paid | 0 | 226 | 314 | 324 | 328 | 317 |
| 0 | 75 | 500 | 150 | 270 | 45 | |
| 24 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 34 | 28 |
Valuation
- 37.4×
- 32.5×
- 6.62
- 23.0×
- 1.9×
- 22.2×
- 11.7×
- 4.5%
- 2.7%
- 6.4%
Profitability
- 41.3%
- 14.8%
- 5.2%
- 32.4%
- 9.6%
- 10.8%
- 49.6%
- 3.1%
- 14.7%
- –
Growth
- +8.2%
- +5.7%
- −14.9%
- +38.2%
- −3.4%
Financial health
- 4.3×
- 14.19
- 56.7%
- 2.1×
- 0.80
- 0.79
- 0.50
How it ranks in Consumer Discretionary
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 39%of 978
Top 23%of 992
Bottom 22%of 854
Top 48%of 993
Bottom 48%of 979
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $169.50
- Range
- $139.00 – $234.00
- 3 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2026 | 5.87 | 6.06 | −3.1% |
| Dec 10, 2025 | -5.20 | -5.16 | −0.8% |
| Sep 29, 2025 | -5.08 | -4.72 | −7.6% |
| Jun 5, 2025 | 10.54 | 10.04 | +5.0% |
| Mar 10, 2025 | 6.56 | 6.29 | +4.3% |
| Dec 9, 2024 | -4.61 | -5.01 | +8.0% |
| Sep 26, 2024 | -4.67 | -4.23 | −10.4% |
| Jun 6, 2024 | 9.54 | 9.97 | −4.3% |
6.4%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$64a year at today's yield, before tax
+38.2%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$2.49 in 2015 → $8.88 in 2025
How safe it looks
215.0% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 127.9%
News
Vail Resorts Q4 2026 Earnings PreviewSeeking Alpha · Sep 27, 2026How Investors May Respond To Vail Resorts (MTN) Board Challenge From Activist Oasis ManagementYahoo Finance · Sep 16, 2026The newest story we have is from Sep 27, 2026.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
39No pass
Benjamin Graham
20No pass
Philip Fisher
42No pass
Peter Lynch
15No pass
Joel Greenblatt
24No pass
Charlie Munger
37No pass
Terry Smith
40No pass
Questions about Vail Resorts
Is Vail Resorts a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, but the price is high. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Vail Resorts AI analysis
What does Vail Resorts do?
Vail Resorts, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates mountain resorts and regional ski areas in the United States and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Mountain, Lodging, and Real Estate. It is in Resorts & Casinos, based in Broomfield, CO, United States, with 6,800 employees.
Does Vail Resorts pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 6.4% a year, about 215% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out $317 million in dividends.
Is Vail Resorts stock halal?
No. Vail Resorts does not pass our halal screen: its main business, gambling, is not permitted. How we check
How has Vail Resorts stock done over the past year?
Up 2.8% over the past twelve months, to $154.43. It traded between $119.02 and $161.76 and is 4.5% below its high.
Who are Vail Resorts's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Galaxy Entertainment Group, MGM Resorts International, Genting Singapore and Boyd Gaming. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Vail Resorts's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.