SJMHF News and Press, SJM Holdings Ltd From 09/20/21

Jefferies warns on more troubles for the Macau sector in the near term as COVID restrictions remain ahead of a key holiday period. Analyst David Katz and team believe the upcoming Golden Week holidays is likely to disappoint similar to the Chinese New Year due to the potential for new travel ...

There are bumps in the road for a recovery in Macau after a new COVID outbreak in the Fujian province of 22 new cases linked to a single traveler. That development has raised concerns of tightening in other areas. Jefferies warns that the improving Macau gross gaming revenue trend in the late...

The Macau casino sector is looking for a second day of gains on some incrementally good news on traffic trends for the first week of September. A new travel program in Hong Kong that will allow more Mainland visitors is also raising optimism levels. Also in the mix, Bernstein analyst Vitaly U...

Macau gross gaming revenue rose 234% year-over-year in August to 4.44B patacas ($550M) to top the consensus expectation for growth of 176%. The GGR tally for the month was down 47.4% from the level in July as some tightened travel and border restrictions at the beginning of the month factored...

Macau casino stocks trade higher after the special administrative region's authorities announced testing polices for visitors from the Mainland will be eased beginning tomorrow. Travelers from the Mainland through Guangdong who have not visited Hong Kong, Taiwan or a foreign country are requi...

Macau gross gaming revenue rose 29% month-over-month to 8.44B patacas ($1.05B). The tally for the month was up 528% from the mark a year ago when the casino traffic was heavily impacted by the pandemic, but fell short of the consensus mark for an increase of 540.5%. JPMorgan forecasts that ga...

SeanPavonePhoto/iStock via Getty Images Macau stocks are lower on concerns that a regulatory crackdown in China on certain tech and education names could dampen investor enthusiasm for the casino sector as well. All six gaming concessions in Macau are up for renewal in 2022. While extensions ...

Thomas Yeoh/iStock via Getty Images Channel checks by JPMorgan indicate a pick-up in demand in Macau is starting. "Our checks suggest upbeat summer holidays, with encouraging feedback on the level of player inquiry and booking," updates the firm. The firm forecasts gross gaming revenue to res...

SeanPavonePhoto/iStock via Getty Images Jefferies is incrementally bullish on Macau with some signs of travel restrictions easing. Analyst David Katz says the Macau June gross gaming revenue disappointment is a temporary setback. He notes that there are no local infections in Guangdong since ...

Sean Pavone/iStock via Getty Images Macau gross gaming revenue fell 37.4% month-over-month in June to $6.54B patacas ($817M). The GRR tally was up 812.5% from the same month a year ago when the casinos were effectively closed due to COVID-19 restrictions. The soft month was largely anticipate...