{"id":2136661,"date":"2025-11-05T11:25:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T11:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2136661"},"modified":"2025-11-05T11:25:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T11:25:27","slug":"bear-of-the-day-flutter-entertainment-flut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/bear-of-the-day-flutter-entertainment-flut\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear of the Day: Flutter Entertainment (FLUT)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FC_The_Bull_Bear_v20.9_251104_v01\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5_PBQe4YVx8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Flutter Entertainment Company Overview<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell) company <strong>Flutter Entertainment (<\/strong><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasdaq.com\/market-activity\/stocks\/flut\">FLUT<\/a><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>)<\/strong> is an Irish-American sports betting, gambling, and online gaming company. Flutter Entertainment is the world\u2019s largest sports betting company and owns and operates well-known gambling brands like FanDuel, Betfair, Paddy Power, PokerStars, Sky Betting &amp; Gaming, and Sportsbet. The company\u2019s business is organized into four segments: United States, Australia, UK &amp; Ireland, and International.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Flutter Expenses Soar Amid Regulatory Crackdown<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Amid the recent worldwide explosion of online sports gambling, gambling addiction is becoming rampant. Total sports wagers skyrocketed from $4.9 billion in 2017 to $121.1 billion in 2023, with 94% of bets placed online. Although this may seem like a bullish trend on the surface for Flutter\u2019s business, it is not without its downside. According to a 2025 UC San Diego study, gambling addiction search queries have spiked 23% in the US since the landmark Supreme Court sports betting decision in 2018.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">As a result, global regulators are cracking down on gambling, increasing regulatory red tape, and making compliance far more expensive. Since 2021, Flutter\u2019s annual expenses have soared from $8.75 billion to over $13 billion.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><br \/><span style=\"width:100%; display: inline-block; font-size: 8pt;\">Image Source: Zacks Investment Research<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Flutter: All-In-One Competition Poses a Significant Threat<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">One of the most celebrated sales pitches of all time occurred when then-<strong>Apple (<\/strong><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasdaq.com\/market-activity\/stocks\/aapl\">AAPL<\/a><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>)<\/strong> CEO Steve Jobs first unveiled the iPhone, which would eventually become the company \u2013 and the world\u2019s \u2013 most impactful product. In a clever unveiling, Jobs began by telling the audience that \u201cToday, Apple is going to reinvent the phone.\u201d Next, in a lengthy and repetitive build-up, Jobs displayed a widescreen iPod with a touch screen, a new mobile phone, and an internet communications device. Finally, Jobs spilled the beans, saying, \u201cAre you getting it? These are not three separate devices!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Although the financial services industry is very different from the smartphone market, financial companies are following the same playbook. For instance, <strong>Robinhood (<\/strong><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasdaq.com\/market-activity\/stocks\/hood\">HOOD<\/a><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>)<\/strong> has evolved into a full-service financial firm, offering its users equity and options trading, savings, credit, crypto and access to sports prediction markets. Meanwhile, <strong>Intercontinental Exchange (<\/strong><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasdaq.com\/market-activity\/stocks\/ice\">ICE<\/a><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>), <\/strong>an energy, commodity, and data provider (among other offerings), recently made a bold $2 billion bet in Polymarket, allowing the company to enter the growing prediction market business. The rise of these integrated financial platforms poses a significant threat to Flutter as consumers opt for all-in-one apps rather than several siloed apps.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Analysts are Bearish on FLUT<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Finally, according to Zacks Consensus Estimates, FLUT\u2019s year-over-year EPS growth is likely to be negative over the next two quarters.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Zacks Investment Research\" src=\"https:\/\/staticx-tuner.zacks.com\/images\/articles\/charts\/69\/130354.jpg?v=959050688\"\/><br \/><span style=\"width:100%; display: inline-block; font-size: 8pt;\">Image Source: Zacks Investment Research<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Bottom line<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Flutter, the world\u2019s largest sports betting company, is facing significant headwinds, including rising expenses and competition from integrated financial platforms.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>\n\tZacks Names #1 Semiconductor Stock<\/h2>\n<p>\n\tThis under-the-radar company specializes in semiconductor products that titans like NVIDIA don&#8217;t build. 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(HOOD) : Free Stock Analysis Report<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zacks.com\/registration\/pfp?ALERT=NASDAQ_ZER_A388&amp;d_alert=rd_final_rank&amp;t=FLUT&amp;ADID=SYND_NASDAQ_TCK_BEAROFDAY_2784149_FLUT&amp;cid=CS-NASDAQ-FT-bear_of_the_day-2784149\">Flutter Entertainment PLC (FLUT) : Free Stock Analysis Report<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zacks.com\/commentary\/2784149\/bear-of-the-day-flutter-entertainment-flut?cid=CS-NASDAQ-FT-bear_of_the_day-2784149\">This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research (zacks.com).<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zacks.com\/\">Zacks Investment Research<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body__disclaimer\">The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nasdaq.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flutter Entertainment Company Overview Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell) company Flutter Entertainment (FLUT) is an Irish-American sports betting, gambling, and online gaming company. Flutter Entertainment is the world\u2019s largest sports betting company and owns and operates well-known gambling brands like FanDuel, Betfair, Paddy Power, PokerStars, Sky Betting &amp; Gaming, and Sportsbet. 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