The AGEM Index – a monthly stock performance guide comprising 12 global gaming suppliers – fell by 0.1% month-on-month or 1.11 points to 1,741.18 points in May, with Aristocrat and Konami seeing the largest negative contributions.
The index was however 40.9% or 505.56 points higher compared with the same month in 2024 with eight of the 12 AGEM Index companies reporting year-on-year stock price increases.
The Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM), which compiles the index, said the largest negative contributor to the index in March was Aristocrat, which saw its stock price fall by 6,6% month-on-month – resulting in a 41.03-point loss to the index.
Konami also booked a 3.4% stock price decline, leading to a 10.95-point drop for the index.
The largest positive contributor to the index was Agilysys with 42.5% increase in stock price resulting in a 35.11-point gain to the AGEM Index. The growth of Agilysys’s stock price was fueled by a record setting fiscal year 2025 where net revenue grew by 16.1% to US$275.6 million, AGEM said.