MGM Resorts' hidden Osaka casino license and Dubai optionality make it worth over $100 per share — more than triple the current price — and Barry Diller's $48 bid undervalues the company.
Aaron Cowen pitches MGM Resorts, arguing its hidden assets — a casino license in Osaka, Japan opening by 2030, and a Dubai property built with 300,000 sq ft reserved for potential future gambling — make the stock worth over $100, far above Barry Diller's $48 bid. He advises shareholders not to tender their shares.
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Aaron Cowen: So when you take the biggest assets, which we think are worth about 60, when you take Japan, which we think is worth about 50 bucks. If Dubai happens, that's worth another 40 or $50. So we think the stock is a triple. Remember, Barry's bidding for the company, okay? He is not a strategic buyer. He is a financial buyer and he's doing it to get rich. So therefore, I think this company is now in play. I don't know how it's all going to play out, but if you own shares, don't tender them. And the risk reward is incredible right now, because I'm telling you, I think the stock could be easily worth over 100, could be worth 150.