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United Parks & Resorts Inc. (PRKS)

Consumer Cyclical | Leisure | Orlando, United States | NYSE
36.07 USD +0.13 (0.362%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 36.79 +0.72 (1.996%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 6:40 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 1:18 p.m. EDT

PRKS is a short-term bearish play with elevated put activity and mixed fundamentals, but long-term risks from negative revenue growth and high leverage outweigh short-term volatility.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.077364
AutoARIMA0.080297
AutoETS0.081609
MSTL0.084295

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 49%
H-stat 4.46
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.402
Excess Kurtosis -0.96
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Ex Dividend Date 2016-09-26
Last Dividend Date 2016-09-26
Revenue per Share 30.469
Market Cap 1,967,640,576
Trailing P/E 11.79
Forward P/E 8.17
Beta 1.19
Profit Margins 10.13%
Previous Name SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc.
Website https://www.unitedparks.com

As of April 18, 2026, 1:18 p.m. EDT: Puts show elevated IV (2.23) and OI around ATM strike 35.0, with new flow on deep OTM puts (e.g., 22.5). Calls have mixed positioning: higher OI on 35.0 (ATM) and 40.0 (OTM), but overall put dominance suggests speculative bearishness. Unusual put flow on deep discounts indicates potential short-term downside pressure.


Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2016-09-27 0.10 0.728863
2016-06-16 0.21 1.359762
2016-03-10 0.21 1.233821
2016-01-13 0.21 1.190522
2015-09-25 0.21 1.215340
2015-06-18 0.21 1.114256
2015-03-11 0.21 1.217641
2015-01-09 0.21 1.347100
2014-09-25 0.21 1.165141
2014-06-18 0.21 0.774380
2014-03-18 0.20 0.696516
2013-12-18 0.20 0.754008
2013-09-18 0.20 0.720861
2013-06-18 0.20 0.597749
Additional Data
exDividendDate 2016-09-27
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.1
lastDividendDate 2016-09-27

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.16310906
Address1 6,240 Sea Harbor Drive
All Time High 76.57
All Time Low 6.75
Ask 36.48
Ask Size 200
Audit Risk 5
Average Analyst Rating 2.5 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 993,370
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,128,267
Average Volume 1,128,267
Average Volume10Days 993,370
Beta 1.185
Bid 35.75
Bid Size 500
Board Risk 3
Book Value -8.53
City Orlando
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,735,603,200
Compensation Risk 5
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 36.07
Current Ratio 0.735
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 38.0
Day Low 36.03
Display Name United Parks & Resorts
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,772,114,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,772,114,400
Earnings Growth -0.441
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.46
Earnings Timestamp 1,772,112,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,778,502,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,778,502,600
Ebitda 554,972,992
Ebitda Margins 0.33381
Enterprise To Ebitda 7.222
Enterprise To Revenue 2.411
Enterprise Value 4,008,054,272
Eps Current Year 4.07376
Eps Forward 4.41438
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 3.06
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,474,934,400
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 34.1182
Fifty Day Average Change 1.9518013
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.057207044
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -16.310905
Fifty Two Week High 56.95
Fifty Two Week High Change -20.880001
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.3666374
Fifty Two Week Low 28.77
Fifty Two Week Low Change 7.299999
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.2537365
Fifty Two Week Range 28.77 - 56.95
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,366,378,200,000
Float Shares 18,178,453
Forward Eps 4.41438
Forward P E 8.171022
Free Cashflow 79,401,376
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 3,300
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.4775
Gross Profits 793,873,024
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.02158
Held Percent Institutions 1.3868899
Implied Shares Outstanding 54,550,611
Industry Leisure
Industry Disp Leisure
Industry Key leisure
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,474,934,400
Last Dividend Value 0.1
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary 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.
Long Name United Parks & Resorts Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 1,967,640,576
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_864032
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Name Change Date 2,026-04-19
Net Income To Common 168,352,992
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 1,753,950,388
Number Of Analyst Opinions 11
Open 36.48
Operating Cashflow 380,084,992
Operating Margins 0.2023
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.0
Phone 407 226 5011
Post Market Change 0.7200012
Post Market Change Percent 1.996122
Post Market Price 36.79
Post Market Time 1,776,465,641
Prev Name SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc.
Previous Close 35.94
Price Eps Current Year 8.854228
Price Hint 2
Price To Book -4.228605
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.1835012
Profit Margins 0.10126001
Quick Ratio 0.46
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.45455
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.130001
Regular Market Change Percent 0.361717
Regular Market Day High 38.0
Regular Market Day Low 36.03
Regular Market Day Range 36.03 - 38.0
Regular Market Open 36.48
Regular Market Previous Close 35.94
Regular Market Price 36.07
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,003
Regular Market Volume 1,066,937
Return On Assets 0.09285
Revenue Growth -0.028
Revenue Per Share 30.469
Sand P52 Week Change 0.38150132
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Sector Disp Consumer Cyclical
Sector Key consumer-cyclical
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 48,626,293
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.1592
Shares Short 7,742,305
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 6,222,787
Short Name United Parks & Resorts Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.3705
Short Ratio 8.54
Source Interval 15
State FL
Symbol PRKS
Target High Price 54.0
Target Low Price 27.0
Target Mean Price 41.90909
Target Median Price 38.0
Total Cash 99,762,000
Total Cash Per Share 2.052
Total Debt 2,353,865,984
Total Revenue 1,662,558,976
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps 3.06
Trailing P E 11.787581
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 41.99945
Two Hundred Day Average Change -5.929451
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.14117925
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,066,937
Website https://www.unitedparks.com
Zip 32,821