iGB North America magazine IGBNA Aug/Sep | Page 52
Business and Finance
THE GLOBAL IGAMING INDEX
iGaming Business North America monitors the leading companies with exposure to the iGaming sector. Each is
weighted for the share of their respective businesses derived from iGaming.
The threat of Greece out of the EU? A
massive 30% correction of the value of
Chinese stocks? Potential impact of increased
interest at the end of the year? All this
doesn’t seems to have slowed the pace of the
iGaming Global Index, which ended another
Betsson, Churchill Downs, Intertain, Net
Entertainment, Playtech, Safecharge and
Unibet, all of which hit all-time highs this
period, with Rank, and Boyd also reaching
share price levels not seen in over five years.
Scientific Games was the Index’s best overall
5.8% up for the period ended July 14. Despite
a small little dip in the middle of June, the
iGaming Index defied the broader market,
which ended the comparable period slightly
down (FTSE -2.7% and S&P -0.2%).
Index performers included Betfair,
The original iGaming Index was launched on the 1st June 2004 with a base value of 1000. The Index aims to be the most comprehensive indicator and benchmark for the performance of the iGaming sector.
Mkt Cap
Exchange
Share Price (Local Currency)
2-Month Period
52-Week
(in m)
Local
Close
17-Jul-15
Currency
17-Jul-15
Change
%
Hi
Low
52 wk Hi
% of
% Wtd of
Company
Ticker
Playtech Limited
PTEC
LN
$4,391.77
GBP
873.50
23.50
2.8%
873.50
801.00
100.0%
13.3%
Betfair Group PLC
BET
LN
$3,594.82
GBP
2,490.00
3.00
0.1%
2,698.00
2,357.00
92.3%
10.9%
10.5%
Index
Amaya Gaming Group Inc.
AYA
TSX
$3,732.38
CAD
35.72
3.09
9.5%
36.85
31.17
96.9%
Paddy Power PLC
PLS
DB
$3,934.32
EUR
81.10
-6.12
-7.0%
88.99
76.14
91.1%
9.2%
William Hill PLC
WMH
LN
$5,391.36
GBP
392.20
3.00
0.8%
425.30
384.70
92.2%
8.5%
Betsson AB
BETS'B
ST
$2,045.18
SEK
142.70
27.03
23.4%
142.70
110.10
100.0%
6.2%
Unibet Group PLC
UNIB'SDB
ST
$1,822.40
SEK
543.00
70.00
14.8%
548.00
484.00
99.1%
5.5%
Optimal Payments PLC
OPAY
LN
$1,618.32
GBP
237.50
-31.00
-11.5%
287.25
219.00
82.7%
4.9%
Net Entertainment NE AB
NET'B
ST
$1,573.04
SEK
390.00
71.00
22.3%
390.00
311.50
100.0%
4.8%
Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment PLC
BPTY
LN
$1,326.29
GBP
103.10
13.70
15.3%
108.70
96.45
94.8%
4.0%
Intertain Group
IT
TSX
$1,047.66
CAD
18.46
0.26
1.4%
19.94
16.56
92.6%
3.2%
International Game Technology
IGT
NYSE
$3,574.73
USD
18.00
-0.28
-1.5%
18.84
17.23
95.5%
2.9%
888 Holdings PLC
888
LN
$878.48
GBP
158.00
-6.25
-3.8%
170.00
149.25
92.9%
2.7%
Safecharge International
SCH
Churchill Downs Inc.
CHDN
LN
$628.01
GBP
266.50
-13.50
-4.8%
294.50
265.75
90.5%
1.9%
NASDAQ
$2,263.03
USD
128.72
6.63
5.4%
129.95
121.26
99.1%
Global Cash Access Holdings Inc.
1.8%
GCA
NYSE
$495.46
USD
7.53
0.03
0.4%
8.49
7.42
88.7%
1.5%
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