{"id":777046194,"date":"2026-08-14T07:27:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T10:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777046194"},"modified":"2026-08-14T07:57:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T10:57:29","slug":"melco-resorts-2q-net-income-rises-32-despite-macau-revenue-and-ebitda-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/melco-resorts-2q-net-income-rises-32-despite-macau-revenue-and-ebitda-decline","title":{"rendered":"Melco Resorts net income rises 32% despite Macau revenue and EBITDA decline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Melco Resorts &amp; Entertainment reported a 32 per cent year-on-year increase in net income attributable to shareholders in the second quarter of 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macau.- <strong>Melco Resorts &amp; Entertainment<\/strong> has reported <strong>net income<\/strong> attributable to the company of US$22.7m in the second quarter of 2026. That&#8217;s a rise of 32 per cent from US$17.2m in the same period last year, despite a decline in total operating revenue and adjusted property EBITDA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Total operating revenue<\/strong> reached US$1.25bn in the quarter, down 6 per cent from the second quarter of 2025. The company attributed the decline primarily to softer rolling chip and mass-market table game performance, as well as weaker overall non-gaming operations. <strong>Operating income<\/strong> increased slightly to US$127.8m, while adjusted property EBITDA fell 20 per cent year-on-year to US$303.8m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Melco Chairman and CEO <strong>Lawrence Ho <\/strong>said the company remained confident in the long-term strength of its businesses. \u201cOur priorities continue to be to deepen customer engagement, attract high-quality visitation, and continue investing in our properties to anticipate the changing needs of our guests,\u201d Ho said. The company expects its <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/melco-unveils-rem-luxury-hotel-brand-for-city-of-dreams-macau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new REM hotel<\/a> to begin a phased opening in the third quarter of 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">City of Dreams&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>City of Dreams<\/strong> recorded operating revenue of US$632.2m in the second quarter, down from US$710.5m a year earlier. Adjusted EBITDA fell to US$147.8m from US$225.6m. Rolling chip volume declined to US$5.16bn from US$5.49bn, while the win rate fell to 2.71 per cent, below the company&#8217;s expected range of 2.85 per cent-3.15 per cent and down from 3.93 per cent in the second quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mass-market table games drop remained stable at US$1.75bn, while the hold percentage declined slightly to 29.8 per cent from 30.5 per cent. The gaming machine handle increased to US$1.20bn from US$950m, with the win rate improving to 3.6 per cent from 3 per cent. City of Dreams&#8217; non-gaming revenue increased slightly to US$89.5m from US$88.1m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Studio City<\/strong> also recorded lower revenue and EBITDA. Operating revenue declined to US$371.5m from US$388.2m, while adjusted EBITDA fell to US$95.5m from US$105.2m, primarily due to softer mass-market table game performance. The mass-market table games drop decreased to US$884.1m from US$958.2m, although the hold percentage improved to 36.3 per cent from 34 per cent. The gaming machine handle rose to US$1.04bn from US$920m, while non-gaming revenue fell to US$69.2m from US$83.8m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Altira Macau<\/strong> operating revenue rose to US$33.9m from US$28.3m. Adjusted EBITDA increased to US$2.2m from US$0.8m, supported by stronger mass-market performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Philippines and Cyprus provide resilience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Outside Macau, <strong>City of Dreams Manila<\/strong> operating revenue reached US$97.3m, compared with US$98.5m in the second quarter of 2025. Adjusted EBITDA increased 9 per cent to US$30.9m. The property benefited from a higher rolling chip win rate of 3.67 per cent, compared with 2.05 per cent a year earlier, but rolling chip volume fell to US$342.6m from US$694.4m. Mass-market table games drop declined to US$131.9m from US$147.9m, while gaming machine handle decreased to US$950m from US$1bn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>City of Dreams Mediterranean<\/strong> and its satellite casinos in Cyprus saw operating revenue increase 13 per cent to US$82m, while adjusted EBITDA climbed 60 per cent to US$19.9m from US$12.4m. Melco attributed the improvement primarily to better mass-market performance, while noting that regional travel disruptions had eased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company reported US$16.9m in operating revenue and US$3.5m in Adjusted EBITDA from its Other Operations segment, which includes its casino operations and hotel management services at <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/city-of-dreams-sri-lanka-records-positive-ebitda-of-us1-15m-in-q2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">City of Dreams Sri Lanka<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/06\/1686836550macau-loses-95-of-mass-and-vip-business-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-gaming-tax-revenue-up-9-3-january-july\">Macau gaming tax revenue up 9.3% January-July<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melco Resorts &amp; Entertainment reported a 32 per cent year-on-year increase in net income attributable to shareholders in the second quarter of 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777046196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Melco Resorts & Entertainment reported a 32 per cent year-on-year increase in net income attributable to shareholders for Q2 2026, reaching US$22.7m, despite a 6 per cent decline in total operating revenue to US$1.25bn and a 20 per cent fall in adjusted property EBITDA. The company attributed Macau's revenue decline to softer rolling chip and mass-market table game performance, while operations in the Philippines and Cyprus demonstrated resilience with increased EBITDA.","focusai_entities":"Melco Resorts & Entertainment, Lawrence Ho, City of Dreams, Studio City, Altira Macau, City of Dreams Manila, City of Dreams Mediterranean, City of Dreams Sri Lanka","focusai_location":"Macau, Philippines, Cyprus, Sri Lanka, Manila","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Macau Market Outlook","query":"Given the continued softness in Macau's rolling chip and mass-market table game performance, what specific strategic adjustments is Melco implementing to mitigate these headwinds and enhance GGR in the coming quarters?"},{"label":"Regional Diversification Impact","query":"How do the stronger performances in the Philippines and Cyprus, particularly in mass-market segments, influence Melco's capital allocation strategy and long-term growth projections for its non-Macau assets?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,163],"tags":[25387,257,18488],"class_list":["post-777046194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-finance-news","tag-citu-of-dreams","tag-macau","tag-melco-resorts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046194","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777046194"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777046208,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046194\/revisions\/777046208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777046196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777046194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777046194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777046194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}