Insider buying last 90 days
$422Kin 1 open-market purchase
| Filed | Insider | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19 | SHANKS EARL C director | Purchase | $422K |
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
Sep 28 close
Gaming and Leisure Properties has drawn attention this week from two opposing narratives. One line of coverage frames the stock as cheap after its recent slide, pointing to a 9% one-month decline and 13% three-month decline as a test of the bull case, while a separate valuation-focused piece flagged a 15.8% return over 5 years alongside recent dips. Against that, JPMorgan downgraded the stock from Overweight to Neutral, citing concerns about lease coverage and growth prospects following a recent acquisition, even while acknowledging the underlying quality of the business. GLPI also scheduled its third-quarter earnings release.
The stock closed at $38.63, down 0.4%, sitting below both its 50-day average of $42.54 and its 200-day average of $45.23, with the 50-day itself below the 200-day. The GekkoIndex reads 71.1, placing it in the Buying zone, while price sits 44.6% below the Gekko Fair Value of $69.68.
Over the next 20 trading days, the main marker is the earnings release after close on 29 October, 30 days out, with a call the following day. In the last 90 days there has been 1 open-market insider purchase, alongside institutional filings adding shares. Analyst views remain split, with 5 buy, 7 hold and 1 sell among 13 firms, and a consensus target of $52.39. Seasonality over 5 years averaged +1.2% across the next 20 sessions, rising in 2 of them.
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Gaming and Leisure Properties scores 4 supportive, 1 mixed and 1 headwind across the 6 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
4 supportive1 mixed1 headwind
Below 50 and 200-day
Close $38.63 is below the 50-day ($42.54) and 200-day ($45.23) averages, and the 50-day is below the 200-day.
See the chart71.1, Buying
Reading 71.1 is in the Buying zone.
See the GekkoIndex44.6% below
Price is 44.6% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair valueLeans bullish
Last 90 days: 1 open-market insider purchase.
See smart moneyReports in 30 days
Next report Oct 29, 2026, 30 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings+1.2% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +1.2% over 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
See seasonalityA description of current data, not a recommendation. How this page works
Gaming and Leisure Properties closed at $38.63 on Sep 28, 2026, −16.2% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $38.32 to $49.95.
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Gaming and Leisure Properties buys, funds, and holds real estate that it rents out to companies running casinos and other gaming venues. Its main business is being a landlord for gambling-related properties rather than operating any casinos itself, and its arrangements are structured as long-term leases with its tenants.
Under these lease agreements, the tenants take on responsibility for the everyday costs of running the properties, including upkeep, insurance, taxes, and utilities, while Gaming and Leisure Properties retains ownership of the underlying real estate. This structure means the company earns rental income from gaming operators rather than gaming revenue directly, positioning it as a property owner within the casino industry supply chain.
The company was incorporated in 2013 in Pennsylvania, USA. Its shares trade under the ticker GLPI.
Gaming and Leisure Properties’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 71.1, in the Buying zone, down 1.5 points over five sessions.
Down 1.5 points over five sessions.
Reading for Sep 28, 2026
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying (current zone) | 28 | +2.9% | +4.4% | ||
| Accumulation | 217 | −0.1% | +0.7% | ||
| Neutral | 365 | −0.3% | −0.8% | ||
| Distribution | 15 | −0.5% | −4.0% | ||
| Selling | 0 | Not available | |||
Average GLPI share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Buying readings averaged +3.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Buying zone: Smart money likely accumulating heavily. About the five zones →
Gaming and Leisure Properties trades 44.6% below Gekko Fair Value of $69.68, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Gaming and Leisure Properties shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$69.68
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 29, 2026
44.6% Undervalued
Insiders filed 1 open-market purchase in Gaming and Leisure Properties worth $422K, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
$422Kin 1 open-market purchase
| Filed | Insider | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19 | SHANKS EARL C director | Purchase | $422K |
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
No trades in GLPI were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
Gaming and Leisure Properties has been buying back its own shares.
From company filings.
Gaming and Leisure Properties reports on Oct 29, 2026, after the close (30 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 5 of its last 8 reports.
Oct 29, 2026
Expected after the close, 30 days away
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $1.03 est $1.00 | $430.5M est $428.5M | −2.7% |
| Apr 23, 2026 | $0.79 est $0.77 | $420.0M est $413.0M | +2.6% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | $0.94 est $0.74 | $407.0M est $405.2M | +1.2% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $0.86 est $0.77 | $397.6M est $406.4M | +2.3% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | $0.54 est $0.78 | $394.9M est $397.0M | −1.0% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | $0.58 est $0.77 | $395.2M est $396.5M | −3.7% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | $0.79 est $0.72 | $389.6M est $391.5M | +0.3% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | $0.67 est $0.74 | — | −2.3% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Gaming and Leisure Properties is $52.39, +35.6% from the last close, from 13 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 13 firms.
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24 | J.P. Morgan | $46 | +19.1% |
| Sep 24 | Scotiabank | $43 | +11.3% |
| Sep 21 | Morgan Stanley | $50 | +29.4% |
| Sep 21 | UBS | $60 | +55.3% |
| Sep 17 | Morgan Stanley | $50 | +29.4% |
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 29, Gaming and Leisure Properties averaged +1.2% across the last 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +1.6% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +1.5% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +1.2% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +1.2% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +2.7% | 2 of 5 |
For scale, GLPI’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 3.2%.
Gaming and Leisure Properties’s market cap is $10.94B, with a P/E ratio of 11.3 and revenue of $1.66B over the last twelve months.
Coverage of Gaming and Leisure Properties this week reads positive: 6 positive, 1 neutral and 1 negative headlines.
Gaming and Leisure Properties’s market cap is $10.94B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $38.63, with 290.9M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 11.3.
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Gaming and Leisure Properties is $52.39, +35.6% from the last close. Of the 13 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 5 rate it a buy, 7 a hold and 1 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
On Gekko’s estimate Gaming and Leisure Properties is undervalued: the Sep 28, 2026 close of $38.63 is 44.6% below Gekko Fair Value of $69.68. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
Gaming and Leisure Properties is expected to report on Oct 29, 2026, after the market closes (30 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.80 per share on revenue of $436.3M. Gaming and Leisure Properties beat the earnings estimate in 5 of its last 8 reports, moving 2% on average across the report.
Gaming and Leisure Properties’s 52-week high is $49.95 and its 52-week low is $38.32; it closed at $38.63 on Sep 28, 2026, −16.2% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $55.13 on Mar 6, 2023.
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