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Company Dossier · Consumer Discretionary

Churchill Downs Incorporated

CHDNNasdaqCasinos & GamingFRANKFORT, US-KY, USMid capWebsite ↗
  • Russell 1000
  • MidCap 400

What Churchill Downs Incorporated is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.

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The latest read

Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.

  • Revenue over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $2.99 billion, up 5.7% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to September 30, 2019: $0.28 billion, up 75% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Capital expenditure over the four quarters to September 30, 2019: $0.05 billion, up 67% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Share buybacks in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $0.43 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
  • Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $1.10 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
  • Latest earnings call or results release (July 30, 2026): sentiment 0.60 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.80 of 1.Palanor Discourse
  • Guidance in the last 90 days: 0 outlook figures raised, 0 lowered, 1 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
  • Latest annual report (filed February 25, 2026): 0 risk factors added, 2 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
  • Insiders were net buyers in Q2 2025: $1.3 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
  • 457 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+7 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
  • H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 7 (4 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)

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Credit

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No bond term sheets or tagged debt on file for Churchill Downs Incorporated yet.

Charts

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Cash flow

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Churchill Downs Incorporated: free cash flow, trailing twelve months

Operating cash flow minus capital expenditure, $ billions, from SEC filings

$0.28BData to Sep 2019
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Churchill Downs Incorporated: operating cash flow and capital expenditure

Trailing twelve months, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jun 2021
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Churchill Downs Incorporated: revenue, trailing twelve months

$ billions, from SEC filings

$3.0BData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Capital returned and raised

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Churchill Downs Incorporated: share buybacks by fiscal year

Cash paid to repurchase common stock, $ billions, from the 10-K

$0.43BData to Dec 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Churchill Downs Incorporated: debt issued and repaid by fiscal year

Long-term debt, $ billions, from the 10-K

Data to Dec 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Churchill Downs Incorporated: debt maturity schedule, latest annual report

Scheduled repayments of long-term debt principal by year from the fiscal year end, $ billions, from the 10-K

Data to Dec 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Churchill Downs Incorporated: debt due within a year and cash

At each balance-sheet date, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Churchill Downs Incorporated: interest coverage

Operating income ÷ interest expense, trailing twelve months, from SEC filings

2.5Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

What the company says

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Churchill Downs Incorporated: guidance raised minus lowered

Guidance Ledger statements by quarter

−1.0Data to Sep 2025
ImageDataGuidance Ledger by Palanor · source: SEC EDGAR
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Churchill Downs Incorporated: earnings call sentiment

Palanor Discourse score per call, −1 to +1

0.60Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
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Churchill Downs Incorporated: earnings call confidence

Palanor Discourse score per call, 0 to 1

0.80Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
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Churchill Downs Incorporated: risk factors added per annual report

New Item 1A risk factors in each 10-K

0.0Data to Feb 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Churchill Downs Incorporated: total Handle

KPI Ledger, as reported in the company's results releases, $ billions

0.41Data to Dec 2025
ImageDataKPI Ledger by Palanor · source: SEC EDGAR

Hiring and ownership

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Churchill Downs Incorporated: H-1B filings certified

Labor Condition Applications by quarter received

7.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, dol.gov
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Churchill Downs Incorporated: insider net buying

Open-market purchases minus sales by officers and directors, $ millions, by quarter

$1.3MData to Jun 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Churchill Downs Incorporated: institutional holders

Managers reporting a position on Form 13F, by quarter

457.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

In the news

Headlines that name Churchill Downs Incorporated, with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.

30 days
0 headlines
— positive · — negative
90 days
1 headlines
0% positive · 0% negative

Filings and records

The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.

  1. Oct 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (AVOQ, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
  2. Oct 16, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (OXFORD STRATEGIES LLC-MD)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
  3. Oct 15, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
  4. Sep 28, 20268-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  5. Sep 22, 2026Trademark
    Trademark application: 152 KENTUCKY DERBY
  6. Sep 22, 2026Trademark
    Trademark application: 152 KENTUCKY OAKS
  7. Jul 31, 2026Trademark
    Trademark application: THOROUGHBRED CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
  8. Jul 31, 2026Trademark
    Trademark application: RACE FOR THE VASE
  9. Jul 21, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (HARBINGER STRATEGIES, LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
  10. Jul 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (AVOQ, LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
  11. Jul 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED)second_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
  12. Jul 18, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (OXFORD STRATEGIES LLC-MD)second_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
  13. Apr 21, 20268-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  14. Apr 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (HARBINGER STRATEGIES, LLC)first_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
  15. Mar 26, 2026Trademark
    Trademark application: ROCKINGHAM GRAND CASINO
  16. Feb 25, 202610-K
    Annual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 2 removed
  17. Nov 25, 2025Patent
    Patent granted: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIVE PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING ON MULTIPLE PAST EVENTSUS 12482329
  18. Jun 26, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  19. May 27, 2025Patent
    Patent granted: APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC GAMINGUS 12315334
  20. Apr 22, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  21. Apr 22, 20258-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  22. Feb 20, 202510-K
    Annual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
  23. Feb 14, 20258-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  24. Sep 17, 2024Patent
    Patent granted: SYSTEM AND METHOD OF WAGERING ON A PLURALITY OF EVENTSUS 12091422
  25. Feb 21, 202410-K
    Annual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 1 removed
  26. May 16, 2023Patent
    Patent granted: APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC GAMINGUS 11651649
  27. Nov 29, 2022Patent
    Patent granted: SYSTEM AND METHOD OF WAGERING ON A PLURALITY OF EVENTSUS 11514759

Peers

Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.

CompanyRevenueFree cash flowThrough
Boyd Gaming BYD$4.1B$0.0BJun 30, 2026
Wynn Resorts WYNN$7.4B$0.8BJun 30, 2026
Caesars Entertainment CZR$11.7B$0.6BJun 30, 2026
Las Vegas Sands LVS$13.7B$2.7BJun 30, 2026
Flutter Entertainment FLUT$17.2B$1.2BJun 30, 2026
MGM Resorts MGM$17.8B$1.5BJun 30, 2026
Bright Horizons BFAM$3.0B$0.2BJun 30, 2026
Etsy ETSY$2.9B$0.7BJun 30, 2026

Identity

SEC CIK
20212
LEI
529900FODTBQC8MIS994
Wikidata
Q5118174

Built from SEC EDGAR filings (public domain), the Guidance and KPI Ledgers, Palanor Discourse, U.S. Department of Labor filings, USPTO, USAspending and Senate lobbying records, and rights-checked news headlines. Updated nightly; this page was built Oct 22, 2026. How the Dossier is built

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