{"id":131886,"date":"2020-04-02T09:18:59","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T16:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=131886"},"modified":"2020-04-02T10:25:51","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T17:25:51","slug":"mgm-resorts-sagging-stock-attracts-activist-investor-keith-meister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/mgm-resorts-sagging-stock-attracts-activist-investor-keith-meister\/","title":{"rendered":"MGM Resorts Sagging Stock Attracts Icahn Protege, Company Director Keith Meister"},"content":{"rendered":"

The stock price of MGM Resorts has plunged from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. But one of the company’s largest shareholders is only further increasing his stake in the struggling casino behemoth.<\/p>\n

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Activist investor and Carl Icahn prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Keith Meister is upping his control of MGM Resorts. (Image: Morgan Stanley)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Activist investor Keith Meister, who was appointed to MGM’s board of directors in June 2019 after his hedge fund Corvex Management amassed a more than three percent ownership position in the company, invested another $17,605,000 on the final two days in March.<\/p>\n

On March 30, Corvex purchased 500,000 MGM shares at $12.02 each for a total buy of $5,665,000. The next day, Meister’s company purchased one million shares at $11.94 for a total buy of $11,940,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As of the end of 2019, Corvex Management owned more than 20.93 million shares of MGM, for a 4.25 percent stake. MGM shares are trading today around $11.50. In mid-January, the company stock was trading higher than $33.<\/p>\n

Meister Mentor<\/b><\/h2>\n

Meister is one of the more well-known activist investors in the US today. Much of that is from his learning from billionaire Carl Icahn.<\/p>\n

From 2003 to 2010, Meister was the CEO and principal executive officer and vice chairman of the board of Icahn Enterprises. He took Icahn’s aggressive investing philosophy with him when he launched his own company in 2010 with $250 million in seed money from billionaire George Soros.<\/p>\n

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Icahn has long seen value in bankrupt companies in the gaming industry. In 2010, he acquired Tropicana Entertainment out of bankruptcy, and Trump Entertainment Resorts in the same manner in 2016.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Icahn also purchased the unfinished Fontainebleau on the Las Vegas Strip in 2009 for $156 million. He sold the property, now being called The Drew, in 2017 for $600 million.<\/p>\n

Icahn, described as a corporate raider, additionally led the Caesars Entertainment takeover by Eldorado Resorts. After obtaining a 28.5 percent stake in the distressed casino business last year, Icahn tapped former Tropicana Entertainment CEO Anthony Rodio to replace Caesars CEO Mark Frissora and actively pursue being acquired.<\/p>\n

Eldorado later reached a deal to buy Caesars for $17.3 billion.<\/p>\n

Buy Low, Sell High<\/b><\/h2>\n

Meister isn’t the only one who sees value in MGM Resorts. Acting MGM CEO Bill Hornbuckle<\/a> grabbed 8,300 shares on March 30 at $12 each ($99,600), and another 33,000 shares March 31 at $12.02 ($396,660).<\/p>\n

Paul Salem, chairman of the MGM board, bought 340,000 shares on March 30 at $11.54 ($3,923,600), and CFO Corey Sanders invested $99,913.<\/p>\n

MGM stock is down more than 60 percent year to date, and while insiders are snagging up shares, analysts aren’t so convinced it’s a smart buy.<\/p>\n

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CFRA Research, an investment analysis firm, has a “sell” rating on MGM. The analysts cite the ongoing shutdown of casino operations<\/a> on the Las Vegas Strip \u2013 where MGM owns the most properties \u2013 and continued struggles in Macau.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

CFRA says it believes MGM Resorts will dip further, its forecast currently $9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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