Growth Metrics

Accel Entertainment (ACEL) Operating Expenses (2017 - 2026)

Accel Entertainment posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $324.5 million for Q1 2026, up 8.9% year-on-year from $298.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 4.07% on a QoQ basis from $311.8 million in Q4 2025.

Accel Entertainment (ACEL) has 10 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $324.5 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 8.9% year-over-year to $324.5 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $1.2 billion (up 7.56% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $1.2 billion, up 7.28% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $324.5 million, up from $311.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $324.5 million in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $175.7 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $276.3 million (2024), against an average of $272.0 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Operating Expenses surged 51.14%; it then grew 4.04% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $253.0 million in 2022, then advanced by 7.37% to $271.6 million in 2023, then grew by 9.24% to $296.7 million in 2024, then rose by 5.08% to $311.8 million in 2025, then gained by 4.07% to $324.5 million in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $324.5 million (Q1 2026), $311.8 million (Q4 2025), and $304.3 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Flutter Entertainment 18.39 Bn 17.30 Bn 1.84 Bn 792.00 Mn
2 DraftKings 13.23 Bn 12.22 Bn 696.69 Mn 289.11 Mn
3 Churchill Downs 6.28 Bn 6.13 Bn 475.00 Mn 520.00 Mn
4 Rush Street Interactive 2.60 Bn 2.43 Bn 132.17 Mn 327.58 Mn
5 Brightstar Lottery 2.28 Bn 2.94 Bn - -
6 Accel Entertainment 1.01 Bn 735.58 Mn 109.94 Mn 324.48 Mn
7 Codere Online Luxembourg 490.38 Mn 420.96 Mn - -
8 Bragg Gaming 269.74 Mn 261.99 Mn 18.22 Mn 128.91 Mn
9 Inspired Entertainment 233.43 Mn 189.93 Mn 54.60 Mn 24.30 Mn
10 High Roller Technologies 45.23 Mn 42.56 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 324.48 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 311.78 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 304.33 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 309.04 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 297.96 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 296.72 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 280.38 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 286.73 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 276.26 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 271.62 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 262.38 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 263.48 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 265.54 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 252.98 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 243.73 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 200.55 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 175.68 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 175.25 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 174.70 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 177.05 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 137.51 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 86.38 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 126.11 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 24.22 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 104.32 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 131.37 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 100.28 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 95.01 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 160,877.00
Dec 31, 2018 211,475.00
Sep 30, 2018 137,687.00
Jun 30, 2018 166,288.00
Mar 31, 2018 288,600.00
Dec 31, 2017 157,434.00
Sep 30, 2017 94,400.00
Jun 30, 2017 45,000.00
Mar 31, 2017 79,538.00