CHDN
Churchill Downs Incorporated
CHDN has the edge over LCID overall, supported by lower modeled downside and stronger valuation.
LCID
Lucid Group, Inc.
LCID's outlook is improving, though it still trails on the overall score.
CHDN Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Strong | |
| Healthy | |
| Weak |
CHDN's profitability and cash flow are currently healthy, and its revenue is stable, but its balance sheet is weak.
LCID Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Weak | |
| Weak | |
| Unavailable |
LCID's revenue is currently healthy, but its profitability and cash flow are weak. There isn't enough data to rate its balance sheet.
CHDN PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 14x | $99.62 | — |
| Current | 15x | $99.62 | — |
| Cheap | 17x | $107 | +7.6% |
| Fair | 22x | $143 | +44% |
| Expensive | 33x | $216 | +117% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
CHDN's PE is in its cheap range at 15x, but its recent earnings include one-off gains. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 14x next year's earnings.
LCID PE Valuation
LCID has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
CHDN Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Improving | |
| Growth | |
| Stable | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect CHDN's earnings to grow and its profitability to improve, with its revenue holding steady.
LCID Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Strong growth | |
| -- | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect LCID's losses to shrink, with revenue growing. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
CHDN Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $7.24 | +12% |
| Q3 2026 | $6.47 | +18% |
| Q2 2026 | $5.86 | +0.7% |
| Q1 2026 | $5.43 | -3.4% |
| Q4 2025 | $5.29 | -6.9% |
| Q3 2025 | $5.50 | -0.5% |
| Q2 2025 | $5.82 | +6.6% |
| Q1 2025 | $5.62 | +24% |
| Q4 2024 | $5.68 | +3.5% |
CHDN has the edge over LCID on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
LCID Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$13.08 | -$2.57 |
| Q2 2026 | -$13.65 | -$2.35 |
| Q1 2026 | -$13.15 | -$1.25 |
| Q4 2025 | -$12.09 | +$0.41 |
| Q3 2025 | -$10.51 | +$2.49 |
| Q2 2025 | -$11.30 | +$0.40 |
| Q1 2025 | -$11.90 | +$0.40 |
| Q4 2024 | -$12.50 | +$1.10 |
LCID is still losing money, but less than at its worst: $13.08 per share over the past year, against $16.50 at its worst in mid-2023.
CHDN Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $696M | +1.9% |
| Q2 2026 | $980M | +4.9% |
| Q1 2026 | $663M | +3.2% |
| Q4 2025 | $665.9M | +6.7% |
| Q3 2025 | $683M | +8.7% |
| Q2 2025 | $934.4M | +4.9% |
| Q1 2025 | $642.6M | +8.7% |
| Q4 2024 | $624.2M | +11% |
CHDN's revenue has grown year over year for 16 quarters in a row: $696M last quarter, up 1.9% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 21% | +6.2 points |
| Q2 2026 | 36% | +1.4 points |
| Q1 2026 | 22% | +0.6 points |
| Q4 2025 | 19% | -1.8 points |
| Q3 2025 | 14% | -5.7 points |
| Q2 2025 | 35% | -2 points |
| Q1 2025 | 21% | -0.4 points |
| Q4 2024 | 20% | +1.4 points |
CHDN has the edge over LCID on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
LCID Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $350.3M | +4.1% |
| Q2 2026 | $405.3M | +56% |
| Q1 2026 | $282.5M | +20% |
| Q4 2025 | $522.7M | +123% |
| Q3 2025 | $336.6M | +68% |
| Q2 2025 | $259.4M | +29% |
| Q1 2025 | $235M | +36% |
| Q4 2024 | $234.5M | +49% |
LCID has the edge over CHDN on sales, with stronger typical year-over-year growth.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -245% | +35 points |
| Q2 2026 | -267% | +43 points |
| Q1 2026 | -350% | -56 points |
| Q4 2025 | -204% | +109 points |
| Q3 2025 | -280% | +105 points |
| Q2 2025 | -310% | +83 points |
| Q1 2025 | -294% | +128 points |
| Q4 2024 | -313% | +156 points |
LCID's operating margin was −245% last quarter, up 35 points from the same quarter a year ago, near the top of its range since 2020.
CHDN Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $129M | -22% |
| Q2 2026 | $198M | -10% |
| Q1 2026 | $276M | +18% |
| Q4 2025 | $78.7M | -19% |
| Q3 2025 | $166.3M | +7.7% |
| Q2 2025 | $220.7M | +13% |
| Q1 2025 | $233.9M | -3.5% |
| Q4 2024 | $96.8M | +19% |
CHDN has the edge over LCID on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
LCID Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$1B | -$84.2M |
| Q2 2026 | -$1.5B | -$463.2M |
| Q1 2026 | -$1.4B | -$849M |
| Q4 2025 | -$1.2B | -$417.1M |
| Q3 2025 | -$955.5M | -$333M |
| Q2 2025 | -$1B | -$271.6M |
| Q1 2025 | -$589.9M | +$125.1M |
| Q4 2024 | -$824.8M | -$77.6M |
LCID has burned cash in almost every quarter: −$5.2B over the past year, against −$3.4B the year before.
CHDN Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | 0% | -- |
| 1 year | -1.4% | -1M shares |
| 3 years | -9.2% | -7.1M shares |
| 5 years | -11% | -8.4M shares |
| Available history | -14% | -11.2M shares |
CHDN has the edge over LCID on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $44M |
| Q2 2026 | — |
| Q1 2026 | — |
| Q4 2025 | $32M |
| Q3 2025 | $54.9M |
| Q2 2025 | $254.5M |
| Q1 2025 | $86.4M |
| Q4 2024 | $27.3M |
CHDN spent $76M buying back its own shares over the past year, down 82% from the year before.
LCID Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +3.3% | +12.5M shares |
| 1 year | +26% | +82.4M shares |
| 3 years | +73% | +166M shares |
LCID has 395M diluted shares, up 26% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2020 | $2.2M |
| Q1 2020 | — |
CHDN Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 4.6x | High |
| Q2 2026 | 4.8x | High |
| Q1 2026 | 5.1x | High |
| Q4 2025 | 5.4x | High |
| Q3 2025 | 5.4x | High |
| Q2 2025 | 5.2x | High |
| Q1 2025 | 5.1x | High |
| Q4 2024 | 5.2x | High |
CHDN's net debt is about 4.5 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from 5.4 years a year ago.
LCID Net Leverage
LCID's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
CHDN Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 62.8 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 93.4 | Overbought |
CHDN's weekly RSI is 63 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 93 (overbought).
LCID Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 32.9 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 7.1 | Oversold |
LCID's weekly RSI is 33 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 7 (oversold).
CHDN PE vs Consumer Cyclical Sector
| Metric | CHDN | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 15x | 18x | 15% below |
| PE % | 5 | 47 | 42 pts below |
CHDN is trading at 15x earnings, a 15% discount to the Consumer Cyclical sector's median of 18x, though its recent earnings include one-off gains.
LCID PE vs Consumer Cyclical Sector
LCID has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
CHDN Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $86.7 | 15% above |
| 20 week MA | $87.0 | 15% above |
| 50 week MA | $92.0 | 8.3% above |
| 100 week MA | $99.2 | 0.5% above |
| 200 week MA | $114.2 | 13% below |
CHDN has the edge over LCID on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
LCID Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $3.53 | 7.9% below |
| 20 week MA | $4.88 | 33% below |
| 50 week MA | $7.33 | 56% below |
| 100 week MA | $15.4 | 79% below |
| 200 week MA | $31.9 | 90% below |
LCID is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 90% below its 200-week average.
CHDN Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $68.1 | $103.5 | +52% |
| 2021 | $103.5 | $118.2 | +14% |
| 2022 | $118.2 | $105.5 | -11% |
| 2023 | $105.5 | $134.9 | +28% |
| 2024 | $134.9 | $132.6 | -1.7% |
| 2025 | $132.6 | $114.5 | -14% |
| 2026 YTD | $114.5 | $99.6 | -13% |
CHDN has the edge over LCID on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
LCID Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $98.9 | $100.4 | +1.5% |
| 2021 | $100.4 | $376.4 | +275% |
| 2022 | $376.4 | $67.0 | -82% |
| 2023 | $67.0 | $42.1 | -37% |
| 2024 | $42.1 | $32.0 | -24% |
| 2025 | $32.0 | $11.4 | -64% |
| 2026 YTD | $11.4 | $3.25 | -72% |
LCID has finished four years in a row lower, and it's down 72% so far in 2026.