{"id":777023753,"date":"2025-03-06T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T12:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777023753"},"modified":"2026-04-22T01:07:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:07:20","slug":"agem-index-up-9-2-in-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/agem-index-up-9-2-in-february","title":{"rendered":"AGEM Index up 9.2% in February"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Eight of the 12 AGEM Index companies saw stock price increases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Asia.-\u00a0The\u00a0AGEM Index\u00a0reached 1,780.62 points in February. That\u2019s an increase of 150.62 points or 9.2 per cent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/agem-index-up-4-2-in-january\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sequentially<\/a>. In year-on-year terms, the index rose 41.2 per cent, or 519.52 points. Eight of the 12 AGEM Index companies saw stock price increases, resulting in eight positive contributions and four negative contributions.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/03\/AGEM-Index-February-900x486.png\" alt=\"AGEM Index February.\" class=\"wp-image-777023755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/03\/AGEM-Index-February-900x486.png 900w, https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/03\/AGEM-Index-February.png 1803w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Konami was the largest positive contributor of the month and the index&#8217;s history with a 27.8 per cent increase in its stock price, contributing a 130.07-point gain to the index. Meanwhile, Light &amp; Wonder\u2019s stock price increased by 26.8 per cent, leading to a 63.17-point increase. The largest negative contribution was Aristocrat Leisure Limited, whose 4.6 per cent decrease in stock price resulted in a 32.59 point loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2024, the AGEM Index rose by 34 per cent, representing the fifth-highest annual growth since the index began in 2005. Created by the Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM), the index lists 12 global gaming suppliers. Nine are based in the United States and are listed on the NYSE, Nasdaq, or OTC market, while two are listed on the Australian exchange and one on the Tokyo exchange. The index is calculated using the month-end stock price of each company, adjusted for dividends and splits, and is weighted based on estimated market capitalisation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eight of the 12 AGEM Index companies saw stock price increases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777018870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The AGEM Index recorded a significant 9.2% sequential increase in February, reaching 1,780.62 points, primarily driven by strong stock performance from Konami and Light & Wonder. This marks a 41.2% year-on-year rise and the fifth-highest annual growth since its inception, indicating robust capital market sentiment for global gaming equipment suppliers. Aristocrat Leisure Limited was the largest negative contributor despite the overall positive trend.","focusai_entities":"AGEM Index, Konami, Light & Wonder, Aristocrat Leisure Limited, Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM)","focusai_location":"United States, Australia, Tokyo","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), operator_casino (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.95), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"AGEM Index Drivers?","query":"What specific market catalysts or operational efficiencies contributed to Konami's and Light & Wonder's exceptional stock performance within the AGEM Index during February?"},{"label":"Supplier M&A Outlook?","query":"Given the robust AGEM Index performance, what is the projected impact on M&A activity and valuation multiples for B2B gaming suppliers in the coming quarters?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16331],"tags":[23731],"class_list":["post-777023753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-elsewhere-news","tag-agem-index"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777023753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777023753"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777023753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777024225,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777023753\/revisions\/777024225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777018870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777023753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777023753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777023753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}