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Debt Service

3 stories · First covered Mar 11, 2026 · Latest Jul 25
Related: RevPAR 1 Franchise Model 1 Franchise Fees 1 Capital allocation 1 Wyndham Hotels & Resorts 1 Asset-Light Model 1 EBITDA 1 Capital Expenditure Requirements 1 Caesars Entertainment 1 Macau 1 Wynn Resorts 1 Las Vegas Hotel Market 1
Debt Service Coverage
Sands Burned $787M Buying Back Stock While Earnings Dropped 28%. That's a Choice.
REITs
Jul 25

Sands Burned $787M Buying Back Stock While Earnings Dropped 28%. That's a Choice.

Las Vegas Sands just posted a quarter where net income fell 28% and they missed EPS estimates by a mile, then turned around and bought back nearly $800 million of their own stock. If you're an operator watching a casino company prioritize Wall Street over property-level reinvestment, you've seen this movie before.

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Mike Storm 3 min read · Jul 25
Caesars' Bidding War Values the Company at $31.5B. The Debt Is $11.9B of That.
Transactions
Apr 13

Caesars' Bidding War Values the Company at $31.5B. The Debt Is $11.9B of That.

Two billionaires are fighting over Caesars at roughly $34 per share, and the market is celebrating. But 38% of that enterprise value is debt, and the real question is what happens to 50-plus properties when the new owner starts servicing it.

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Jordan Chen 3 min read · Apr 13
Wyndham's Record Pipeline Is a Franchise Machine Win. Your RevPAR Is Someone Else's Problem.
Brands
Mar 11

Wyndham's Record Pipeline Is a Franchise Machine Win. Your RevPAR Is Someone Else's Problem.

Wyndham just posted its biggest development year ever while RevPAR dropped across the board. If you're a franchisee, you need to understand what that disconnect actually means for the person signing the checks.

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Mike Storm 3 min read · Mar 11