“This fluctuation was primarily due to increased interest expense as a result of the Term B Loan that was entered into in March 2025 and the inclusion of interest income on customer deposits in revenue in the six months ended June 30, 2026 rather than in inter…”10-Q · Aug 7, 2026 ↗
DraftKings Inc.
DKNG
Market read
DraftKings Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 2 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 5 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue decreased 4.6% versus the comparable filing period.
- Interest expense and classification change tied to the Term B Loan and customer-deposit interest reclassification affected reported interest expense.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if DKNG's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 2 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 5 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.
- Revenue decreased 4.6% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating income moved from a profit to a loss in the comparable period.
- Cash declined 278.1M versus the comparable period.
- Interest expense and classification change tied to the Term B Loan and customer-deposit interest reclassification affected reported interest expense.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +27.0% year over year.
- Operating margin changed +12.5 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Net margin changed +10.7 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 178.67x in the latest annual period.
- Credit and interest rates has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Diluted shares increased 2.9% in the latest annual period.
- P/E is 20307% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
- EV/sales is 35% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
23.70Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“Certain player awards are not subject to expiration or have not been expired historically; on such awards the Company recognizes breakage (for amounts not expected to be redeemed) to the extent there is no requirement for remitting such balances to regulatory…”10-K · Feb 13, 2026 ↗
“Revenue and income/loss generated by international operations will increase or decrease compared to prior periods as a result of changes in foreign currency exchange rates.”10-K · Feb 13, 2026 ↗
“We anticipate that this trend will continue, though our mix of revenues in each quarter and our key performance indicators will also be impacted by the timing of new jurisdiction launches and the introduction of new product offerings.”10-K · Feb 13, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 1.9× · EV/sales 1.8×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 10:00 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for DKNG. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment
The latest filing shows material pressure
10-Q filed 2026-08-07 against the comparable filing from 2025-08-07.
Capital and cash conversion
Reported investment and cash context
- Capital spending YoY
- +67.6%
- Capital spending / revenue
- +0.4%
- Free-cash-flow margin
- +1.7%
- FCF margin change
- +0.0 pts
Capex, revenue, and operating cash flow are matched to the same reported duration. Reported accounting context, not a forecast or trading recommendation.
What improved
No thresholded improvement was identified.
What weakened
- Revenue decreased 4.6% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating income moved from a profit to a loss in the comparable period.
- Cash declined 278.1M versus the comparable period.
Filing receipts
“This fluctuation was primarily due to increased interest expense as a result of the Term B Loan that was entered into in March 2025 and the inclusion of interest income on customer deposits in revenue in the six months ended June 30, 2026 rather than in interest income in the six months ended June 30, 2025.”
“Sales and marketing expense increased $147.4 million, or 25.6%, to $724.3 million in the six months ended June 30, 2026, from $576.9 million in the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to higher external marketing costs, including increased customer acquisition costs associated with the Super Bowl, FIFA World Cup, the NBA Playoffs, the recent launches in Missouri and Arkansas, and the recent launch of our Prediction Markets offering.”
“Sales and marketing expense increased $89.3 million, or 38.3%, to $322.5 million in the three months ended June 30, 2026, from $233.2 million in the three months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to higher external marketing costs, including increased customer acquisition costs associated with the FIFA World Cup, the NBA Playoffs, and the launch of our Super App and Prediction Markets offering.”
Point-in-time filing assessment published from the live pipeline.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind DKNG
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
MSMorgan StanleylenderMay 8, 2026 ▾
“In November 2024, we and certain of our subsidiaries entered into a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with various financial institutions, as lenders, and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as administrative agent and collateral agent, providing for…”
Depended on by
DISThe Walt Disney CompanypartnerNov 13, 2025 ▾
“In November 2025, this agreement was terminated effective December 1, 2025, and ESPN entered into a promotional services agreement with DraftKings Inc., under which DraftKings Inc.”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
DKNG is currently a Early Follower in the organic co-movement group Online Sports Betting. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 2 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.