United Parks & Resorts Inc. PRKS R2K

Consumer Cyclical · Leisure · United States

https://www.unitedparks.com

United Parks & Resorts Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a theme park and entertainment company in the United States. The company owns and licenses a portfolio of theme parks, such as a marine-life theme park in San Diego, Orlando, and San Antonio under the SeaWorld brand; family-oriented destination theme parks in Tampa Bay and Williamsburg under the Busch Gardens brand; and South Seas-themed tropical setting water parks in Orlando and San Antonio under the Aquatica brand. It also engages in the operation of reservations only and all-inclusive marine life theme park under the Discovery Cove brand; Sesame Street theme parks in Philadelphia and San Diego under the Sesame Place brand; Water Country USA, a family water park; and Adventure Island, a park which features water rides, dining, and other attractions. The company was formerly known as SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. and changed its name to United Parks & Resorts Inc. in February 2024. United Parks & Resorts Inc. was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.

Market & Price

Market Cap

$1.89B

Current Price

$40.13

High / Low (52W)

$55.21 / $29.73

Beta

1.14

Valuation

Stock P/E

15.09

Industry PE

22.37

Forward P/E

9.07

PEG Ratio

Book Value

$-8.53

Price to Book

-4.70

P/S

1.14

EV/EBITDA

7.96

Dividend Yield

Profitability & Returns

ROCE

16.16%

ROE

ROA

8.71%

Profit Margin

9.10%

Op Margin

-2.78%

EPS (Latest Qtr)

$-0.69

EPS (TTM)

$2.66

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Debt/Equity

Quick Ratio

0.26

Current Ratio

0.53

Debt

$2.39B

Total Assets

$2.62B

Current Assets

$282.79M

Working Capital

$-101.94M

Ownership

Promoter Holding

2.09%

Chg in Prom Hold

FII / Inst Holding

141.13%

Chg in FII Hold

-0.00%

Financial Snapshot

Enterprise Value

$4.25B

Total Revenue (TTM)

$1.65B

EBITDA

$533.73M

Free Cash Flow

$102.61M

Operating Cash Flow

$421.17M

Shares Outstanding

47.14M

Gross Margin

46.95%

Payout Ratio

0.00%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y

-1.34%

Profit 5Y

-16.69%

Revenue (YoY)

-3.00%

Earnings (YoY)

PROS

Generates positive free cash flow.

CONS

Revenue declined at -1.3% CAGR over 5 years.
Earnings shrank at -16.7% CAGR over 5 years.
Trading 27.3% below its 52-week high.
In a downtrend (50-DMA below 200-DMA).

* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.

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Fundamental Growth

Period: Metric:

Figures from the latest reported periods. CAGR is computed across the displayed window (quarterly CAGR is annualised assuming 4 quarters per year).

Peer comparison

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1	PRKS United Parks & Resorts Inc. R2K	40.13	15.09	$1.89B	-	16.16%	-	-1.34%	-16.69%
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Quarterly Results

Figures in USD.

Metric	Jun 2015	Sep 2015	Dec 2015	Mar 2016	Jun 2016	Sep 2016	Dec 2016	Mar 2017	Jun 2017	Sep 2017	Dec 2017	Mar 2018	Jun 2018	Sep 2018	Dec 2018	Mar 2019	Jun 2019	Sep 2019	Dec 2019	Mar 2020	Jun 2020	Sep 2020	Mar 2021	Jun 2021	Sep 2021	Mar 2022	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026
Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	186.36M	373.75M	437.71M	265.50M	217.17M	391.92M	483.18M	280.03M	220.57M	405.99M	473.67M	298.01M	153.56M	18.03M	106.12M	171.92M	439.78M	521.21M	270.69M	504.82M	565.21M	293.35M	496.03M	548.25M	297.42M	497.59M	545.90M	-	286.95M	490.21M	511.85M	373.55M	278.29M
Cost of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22.96M	37.17M	39.93M	27.50M	21.65M
Gross Profit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	263.99M	453.04M	471.92M	346.05M	256.65M
Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	247.10M	312.17M	319.75M	289.08M	264.38M
Operating Income	45.75M	170.86M	-6.97M	-119.57M	38.05M	152.64M	-11.54M	-76.73M	-222.56M	108.82M	-10.89M	-66.15M	55.21M	151.73M	10.87M	-31.30M	96.26M	153.53M	-5.29M	-57.57M	-101.23M	-59.49M	-18.90M	167.37M	198.19M	10.03M	178.01M	217.62M	11.77M	155.44M	203.27M	22.14M	164.38M	201.01M	-	16.89M	140.87M	152.17M	56.97M	-7.73M
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	58.61M	183.22M	196.56M	96.76M	36.81M
Interest Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	34.11M	33.95M	33.52M	32.57M	31.73M
Pretax Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-17.20M	106.30M	118.34M	19.09M	-39.99M
Tax Provision	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-1.06M	26.19M	29.02M	4.04M	-5.93M
Net Income	5.81M	97.95M	-11.03M	-84.05M	17.77M	65.66M	-11.90M	-61.13M	-175.85M	55.03M	-20.44M	-62.84M	22.70M	95.99M	-11.05M	-37.02M	52.65M	98.03M	-24.18M	-56.52M	-131.03M	-79.24M	-44.88M	127.76M	102.10M	-8.99M	116.61M	134.56M	-16.47M	87.06M	123.56M	-11.20M	91.12M	119.68M	-	-16.13M	80.11M	89.33M	15.05M	-34.07M
Diluted EPS	0.07	1.14	-0.13	-1.00	0.21	0.77	-0.14	-0.72	-2.05	0.64	-0.24	-0.73	0.26	1.10	-0.13	-0.44	0.64	1.24	-0.31	-0.72	-1.68	-1.01	-0.57	1.59	1.28	-0.12	1.62	1.99	-0.26	1.35	1.92	-0.17	1.46	2.08	-	-0.29	1.45	1.61	0.28	-0.69

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	1.34B	1.26B	1.37B	1.40B	431.78M	-	1.73B	1.73B	1.73B	1.66B
Cost of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	135.22M	131.70M	131.41M	127.56M
Gross Profit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.60B	1.59B	1.59B	1.53B
Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.09B	1.13B	1.13B	1.17B
Operating Income	144.32M	222.72M	197.87M	160.60M	159.44M	59.59M	-201.36M	151.67M	213.20M	-241.66M	-	507.64M	460.57M	463.87M	366.90M
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	660.19M	613.98M	622.73M	535.15M
Interest Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	117.50M	146.67M	167.76M	134.14M
Pretax Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	390.07M	313.11M	291.53M	226.54M
Tax Provision	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	98.88M	78.91M	64.03M	58.18M
Net Income	19.11M	74.22M	51.92M	49.92M	49.13M	-12.53M	-202.39M	44.79M	89.48M	-312.32M	-	291.19M	234.20M	227.50M	168.35M
Diluted EPS	0.23	0.89	0.59	0.57	0.57	-0.15	-2.36	0.52	1.10	-3.99	-	4.14	3.63	3.79	3.06

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:	-1.34%
1 Year:	-3.00%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:	-16.69%
1 Year:	-

Stock Price Performance

1 Year:	-10.40%
6 Months:	+13.97%
3 Months:	+15.35%
1 Month:	+23.06%

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2010	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Total Assets	-	-	2.52B	2.58B	2.42B	2.39B	2.38B	2.09B	2.12B	2.30B	2.57B	-	2.33B	2.63B	2.57B	2.62B
Current Assets	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	233.70M	390.18M	270.43M	282.79M
Cash & Equivalents	123.70M	66.66M	45.67M	116.84M	43.91M	18.97M	68.96M	33.18M	34.07M	39.95M	433.91M	-	79.20M	246.92M	115.89M	99.76M
Inventory	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55.19M	49.24M	45.85M	51.63M
Receivables	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	71.05M	73.84M	79.44M	77.29M
Total Liabilities	-	-	2.07B	1.93B	1.84B	1.88B	1.92B	1.80B	1.85B	2.09B	2.67B	-	2.76B	2.83B	3.04B	3.05B
Current Liabilities	-	-	246.28M	252.69M	221.09M	229.31M	263.61M	253.47M	310.67M	402.66M	317.12M	-	409.21M	410.92M	412.87M	384.73M
Long Term Debt	-	-	1.80B	1.63B	1.57B	1.55B	1.53B	1.50B	1.49B	1.48B	2.18B	-	2.10B	2.09B	2.23B	2.22B
Total Debt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.23B	2.22B	2.36B	2.35B
Total Equity	949.79M	868.14M	442.30M	648.03M	579.53M	504.12M	461.21M	287.47M	265.19M	210.89M	-105.80M	-	-437.66M	-208.22M	-461.54M	-435.81M
Shares Outstanding	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	96.29M	96.66M	97.08M	97.33M

Cash Flows (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Operating Cash Flow	-	-	-	-	-	280.41M	192.46M	293.94M	348.42M	-120.73M	-	564.59M	504.92M	480.14M	380.08M
Investing Cash Flow	-	-	-	-	-	-160.52M	-170.87M	-180.03M	-195.19M	-109.17M	-	-200.71M	-305.61M	-248.50M	-217.49M
Financing Cash Flow	-	-	-	-	-	-70.14M	-56.97M	-112.90M	-147.31M	624.20M	-	-726.05M	-34.71M	-362.66M	-178.73M
Capital Expenditure	-225.32M	-191.75M	-166.26M	-154.64M	-157.30M	-160.52M	-172.52M	-179.77M	-195.22M	-109.17M	-	-200.71M	-304.84M	-248.43M	-217.49M
Free Cash Flow	-	-	-	-	-	119.89M	19.94M	114.17M	153.20M	-229.90M	-	363.88M	200.08M	231.71M	162.60M
Net Change in Cash	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-362.17M	164.60M	-131.03M	-16.13M
Share Buybacks	-	-	44.16M	60.06M	50.65M	-	-	98.03M	150.00M	12.41M	215.75M	693.62M	17.86M	482.92M	160.41M
Dividends Paid	-	-	17.68M	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Ratios (Annual)

Figures in %.

Metric	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Gross Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	92.2%	92.4%	92.4%	92.3%
Operating Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	4.4%	-15.9%	11.1%	15.2%	-56.0%	-	29.3%	26.7%	26.9%	22.1%
Net Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-0.9%	-16.0%	3.3%	6.4%	-72.3%	-	16.8%	13.6%	13.2%	10.1%
ROE %	2.2%	16.8%	8.0%	8.6%	9.7%	-2.7%	-70.4%	16.9%	42.4%	295.2%	-	-66.5%	-112.5%	-49.3%	-38.6%
ROCE %	-	9.8%	8.5%	7.3%	7.4%	2.8%	-11.0%	8.4%	11.2%	-10.7%	-	26.5%	20.8%	21.5%	16.4%

Shareholding Pattern

Insiders

2.09%

Institutions

141.13%

Public Float

144.14%

Top Institutional Holders

#	Holder	% Held	Shares	Value
1	Hill Path Capital, LP	57.72%	27.21M	$1.09B
2	Nomura Holdings Inc.	9.50%	4.48M	$179.61M
3	Blackrock Inc.	8.69%	4.10M	$164.41M
4	River Road Asset Management, LLC	4.41%	2.08M	$83.48M
5	Goldentree Asset Management LP	4.37%	2.06M	$82.73M
6	Voss Capital, LP	3.64%	1.72M	$68.82M
7	Long Pond Capital, LP	3.57%	1.68M	$67.45M
8	Hawk Ridge Capital Management, LP	3.32%	1.56M	$62.78M
9	Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC	2.86%	1.35M	$54.08M
10	Vanguard Capital Management LLC	2.36%	1.11M	$44.66M

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