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Operates theme and water parks in the US, including SeaWorld, Busch Gardens and Sesame Place brands.
Operates theme and water parks in the US, including SeaWorld, Busch Gardens and Sesame Place brands.
Takes in money from tickets and annual passes and from in-park spending on food, drinks and merchandise, so attendance and spending per guest drive results. Its parks are mainly in Florida, Texas, California, Virginia and Pennsylvania, hence tied to regional tourism and weather. It was renamed from SeaWorld Entertainment in 2024.
Moat: narrow (brand, installed base). Recognized park brands and fixed infrastructure, but exposed to travel spending and weather.
Headquarters: Orlando, Florida, United States · Founded: 1964 · Employees: 3,300
Size United Parks & Resorts (PRKS) is a United States Communication Services company (Movies/Entertainment) with a market value of $1.81B, the 1865th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $39.99 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 2.0%, against +15.2% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 3.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.5%); the operating margin is 20.7% (peer median 8.6%).
Valuation It trades at 11.4× forward earnings against a peer median of 28.6× (2nd cheapest of 14).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 0% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +31%, so the hurdle is -31 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 7.4 points above its cost of capital (7.8% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 11.3% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 3 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.65B | $1.66B | $1.73B | $1.73B | $1.73B |
| Revenue growth | — | -4% | 0% | 0% | — |
| Gross profit | $574M | $607M | $690M | $701M | $715M |
| EBITDA | $521M | $545M | $636M | $643M | $686M |
| Net income | $134M | $168M | $227M | $234M | $291M |
| Free cash flow | $165M | $163M | $232M | $200M | $364M |
| Capital expenditure | $245M | $217M | $248M | $305M | $201M |
| Total debt | $2.41B | $2.35B | $2.37B | $2.23B | $2.23B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Parks & Resorts PRKS | $1.81B | +2% | -4% | 21% | 11.4× | 0.2% |
| Six Flags Entertainment FUN | $1.02B | -55% | -3% | 11% | n/a | 5.4% |
| Walt Disney Company (The) DIS | $202B | +9% | +5% | 15% | 15.4× | 14.2% |
| Comcast CMCSA | $86.6B | -3% | 0% | 15% | 7.2× | -6.4% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | PRKS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +24.6% | +9.4% | 5th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +2.0% | +15.2% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -20.0% | -15.6% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -3.5% | +2.5% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 20.7% | 8.6% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 11.4× | 28.6× | 2nd cheapest of 14 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 0.2% | 5.5% | 4th least demanding of 14 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +30.9% | +18.3% | 2nd highest of 14 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -30.8 pp | -14.5 pp | 3rd least demanding of 14 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +7.4 pp | -3.1 pp | 2nd highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.1× | 10.2× | 3rd cheapest of 11 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.6× | 2.1× | 3rd most indebted of 11 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Parks & Resorts PRKS | United States | $1.81B | +2% | -4% | 21% | 11.4× | 0.2% | +30.9% |
| EVT EVT.AX | Australia | $1.78B | +39% | +7% | 9% | 35.0× | 21.0% | +18.0% |
| Damai Entertainment 1060.HK | Hong Kong | $1.74B | -25% | +22% | 6% | 13.9× | -9.1% | +22.0% |
| Shenzhen Overseas Chinese Town 000069.SZ | China | $2.00B | -25% | -22% | -32% | n/a | 1.1% | -17.4% |
| PVR Inox PVRINOX.NS | India | $1.63B | +47% | +14% | 16% | 28.7× | 15.7% | +88.3% |
| Hengdian Entertainment 603103.SS | China | $1.62B | -18% | -27% | -10% | n/a | 36.1% | +18.3% |
| Songcheng Performance Development 300144.SZ | China | $2.17B | -29% | -15% | 37% | 20.8× | 5.6% | +20.1% |
| ROUND ONE 4680.T | Japan | $2.22B | +42% | +21% | 15% | 16.3× | 4.3% | +25.5% |
| Tabcorp TAH.AX | Australia | $1.45B | +28% | 0% | 9% | 28.6× | 5.5% | +0.1% |
| Cultural Investment 600715.SS | China | $1.43B | +15% | -27% | -44% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Prime Focus PFOCUS.NS | India | $2.36B | -7% | +29% | 16% | n/a | 26.0% | +12.6% |
| Beijing Jetsen Technology 300182.SZ | China | $2.36B | +6% | -23% | 9% | 37.1× | n/a | n/a |
| MSG Rangers MSGR | United States | $2.37B | +1,624% | +2% | -9% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai Film 601595.SS | China | $2.40B | +47% | -18% | -2% | 264.9× | 57.0% | +24.4% |
| Heiwa 6412.T | Japan | $1.32B | +16% | +47% | 16% | 10.2× | 4.1% | +19.1% |
| SM ENTERTAINMENT 041510.KS | South Korea | $1.31B | -19% | +10% | 14% | 15.5× | -9.1% | +15.2% |
| China Star Entertainment 0326.HK | Hong Kong | $2.54B | -10% | -69% | -157% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Saregama India SAREGAMA.NS | India | $1.26B | +77% | -3% | 28% | 46.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Toei 9605.T | Japan | $2.77B | +5% | +3% | 20% | 23.5× | -3.3% | +11.5% |
| Zhejiang Huace Film & TV 300133.SZ | China | $2.79B | +15% | +44% | 8% | 50.4× | n/a | n/a |
| AMC Entertainment AMC | United States | $2.80B | +109% | +6% | 5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |