MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) has made a lot of transformative moves in 2017. It opened MGM National Harbor near Washington D.C., started paying a dividend for the first time, and announced a $1 billion share-buyback program.
All of this adds up to a huge turnaround for a company that almost went bankrupt in 2009 during the depths of the recession. And a couple of its recent moves were about as shrewd as they come in the gaming industry.