SJM Holdings, the operator of Macau’s famous Grand Lisboa and Casino Lisboa, posted its Q2 performance, which is up 241% year-on-year and up 35% compared to Q1 this year; table games returning to 70-90% of pre-COVID levels; non-gaming revenue at double of pre-COVID levels.
Original article by Ben Blaschke for Inside Asian gaming
Macau concessionaire SJM Holdings reported gross gaming revenues of HK$5.66 billion (US$722 million) in the three months to 30 June 2023, up 241% year-on-year and 35% higher than the March quarter.
However, gaming revenues were still at just 56% of pre-COVID levels, largely due to the collapse of the junket industry. Group-wide VIP GGR was just 15% of 2Q19 levels at HK$512 million (US$65 million), while mass table games were back to 72% at HK$4.35 billion (US$555 million) and slot machines and ETGs back to 97% at HK$421 million (US$54 million).
Non-gaming revenue of HK$372 million (US$47 million) was up 26% quarter-on-quarter and more than double the HK$172 million (US$22 million) recorded in 2Q19.
Adjusted EBITDA of HK$430 million (US$55 million) reversed a 2Q22 loss and compared with Adjusted EBITDA of just HK$31 million (US$4 million) in Q1, representing 43% of pre-COVID levels. By property, Grand Lisboa reported Adjusted EBITDA of HK$317 million (US$40 million), up 103% quarter-on-quarter, while self-promoted casinos – Casino Lisboa and Casino Oceanus at Jai Alai – improved by 26% to HK$329 million (US$42 million).
Cotai property Grand Lisboa Palace (GLP) narrowed its Adjusted EBITDA loss from HK$230 million (US$29 million) in Q1 to HK$62 million (US$8 million) in Q2, although management told analysts during its earnings call overnight that GLP had turned profitable in July.
Notably, the company’s satellite casinos reported an Adjusted EBITDA loss of HK$103 million (US$13 million) – largely flat with Q1 – with JP Morgan’s DS Kim explaining that “the pace of rationalization of excess staff (from five satellite casinos that ceased operation last year) was much slower than expected.”
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