PENN Entertainment, Inc. (PENN)
Regional casino operator, 23,441, 18% union. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 26, 2026. Ranked 52 of the 85 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
17%
End of 2028
23%
Employees, annual report
23,441
Leading staffing pattern
Traveler Accommodation
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now17%
- End of 202722%
- End of 202823%
- End of 203023%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 78%
- Becomes checking a model's work 15%
- Handed over with lighter checks 6%
A casino operator whose filing states its total and its union count, and nothing by segment, so the casino hotels lead with the online business by description.
The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.
What follows from the reading
Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 17% now, 22% at the end of 2027, 23% at the end of 2028, 23% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 23% desk work, 18% people work and 59% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 78% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 15% becomes checking a model's work and 6% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
23,441 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). The filing states no count by country; its casinos are in the United States and its interactive business operates in Canada too.
The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we had approximately 23,441 full-time and part-time employees.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Traveler Accommodation | 85% | By description (c): the filing's regional casino properties, most with hotels, restaurants and gaming floors, are casino hotels, which NAICS counts as traveler accommodation, read at 85% since no count by property is stated. |
| Gambling Industries | 15% | By description (c): the Interactive segment, online sports betting and casino games (19% of segment revenue), is read at gambling industries at 15%, since the filing counts no segment staff. |
What the filing says about the workforce: About 23,441 full-time and part-time employees as of December 31, 2025; 35 collective bargaining agreements cover about 4,286 active union employees, 15 of them expiring in 2026.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Traveler Accommodation, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (HLT, 182,000 employees)16% now, 22% by 2028
- Marriott (MAR, 148,000 employees)18% now, 24% by 2028
- MGM Resorts International (MGM, 78,000 employees)16% now, 22% by 2028
- Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (CZR, 50,000 employees)17% now, 23% by 2028
- Hyatt Hotels Corporation (H, 50,000 employees)16% now, 22% by 2028
- Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS, 41,500 employees)16% now, 22% by 2028
- Wynn Resorts, Limited (WYNN, 28,500 employees)16% now, 22% by 2028
- Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. (HGV, 22,300 employees)22% now, 31% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
15 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI 15 times, as a technology it has begun to use, as a competitive risk in its interactive business, and as a factor in cybersecurity.
- “We have begun using artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science and similar technologies in our business, and challenges with properly managing such technologies could result in reputational harm, competitive harm, and legal liability, and adversely affect our results of operations.”
- “If our offerings are not competitive, including as a result of our competitors adopting or developing new technologies, such as using artificial intelligence to enhance their product offerings and marketing efforts, or innovative products more quickly or successfully than us, our Interactive segment's business, financial condition, and results of operations could suffer.”
- “Moreover, the rapid evolution and increased use of artificial intelligence technologies amplify these cybersecurity risks.”
- “This could harm our business and reputation, disrupt our relationships with partners and diminish our competitive position. 28 Table of Contents We have begun using artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science and similar technologies in our business, and challenges with properly managing such technologies could result in reputational harm, competitive harm, and legal liability, and...”
- “We have begun using artificial intelligence (including generative artificial intelligence), machine learning, data science and similar technologies (collectively, "artificial intelligence") in our technology and infrastructure, which may become more prominent in and important to our operations over time.”
Its annual reports, year by year
Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector
- Fiscal 20210median 0
- Fiscal 20220median 0
- Fiscal 20230median 1
- Fiscal 20240median 4
- Fiscal 202515median 10
Headcount by filing year
As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.
| Period | Employees | Filed | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 23,441 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 23,118 | 2025-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 23,333 | 2024-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 21,875 | 2023-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 21,973 | 2022-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 18,321 | 2021-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 28,300 | 2020-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 25,750 | 2019-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 18,754 | 2018-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 18,808 | 2017-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 18,204 | 2016-03-15 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 16,650 | 2015-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 17,397 | 2014-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 20,003 | 2013-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 16,740 | 2012-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-31 | 15,636 | 2011-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2009-12-31 | 14,772 | 2010-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2008-12-31 | 14,693 | 2009-03-02 | 10-K |
| 2007-12-31 | 15,289 | 2008-02-29 | 10-K |
| 2006-12-31 | 14,874 | 2007-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2005-12-31 | 13,910 | 2006-03-15 | 10-K |
| 2004-12-31 | 12,126 | 2005-03-30 | 10-K |
| 2003-12-31 | 12,919 | 2004-03-15 | 10-K |
| 2002-12-31 | 13,608 | 2003-03-27 | 10-K |
| 2001-12-31 | 5,174 | 2002-03-29 | 10-K |
| 2000-12-31 | 4,310 | 2001-03-28 | 10-K |
| 1999-12-31 | 1,870 | 2000-03-20 | 10-K |
| 1998-12-31 | 1,654 | 1999-03-31 | 10-K |
| 1997-12-31 | 1,629 | 1998-03-27 | 10-K |
| 1996-12-31 | 1,183 | 1997-03-28 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- Pattern shares rest on descriptions (c); the filing counts no segment staff.
- No U.S. share is stated.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000921738-26-000008, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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Questions about this company
- How much of PENN Entertainment, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 17% now and 23% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce PENN Entertainment, Inc.'s own annual report describes and BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. It is an estimate with a stated method. It is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings, and it says nothing about what the company will do.
- How many people does PENN Entertainment, Inc. employ?
- 23,441 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states.
- What kinds of work make up PENN Entertainment, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 2 industry staffing patterns, the largest Traveler Accommodation; by those patterns the work is about 23% desk work, 18% people work and 59% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does PENN Entertainment, Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 15 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 0, 0 and 15 sentences, year by year. They are counted and quoted on this page, never judged: a count says how much a filing talks about AI, not what the company does with it.
- How is this estimated?
- Claude Fable 5.1 read the annual report under the Index's written rubric (version 1) on October 19, 2026: the stated headcount, the share in the U.S. when stated, and the workforce as a blend of industry staffing patterns. The estimates are the site's industry estimates weighted by those shares, from O*NET tasks with estimated lengths and METR's measurements of how long a task AI models can finish. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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