Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Leisure
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation FUN
$11.60 +6.62% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.19B
Weak trendExpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to 11.1% from 3.6% a year earlier.
- Over the past year the stock returned -48.9%, behind the S&P 500 by 63.9 percentage points.
- The stock is 57% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 6%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 8%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 2%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 44%
- Gross marginTop 48%
- Operating marginTop 31%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 2%
- Interest coverBottom 20%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 1%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 18%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 4%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 25%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 16%
- 6-month returnBottom 10%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 10%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 11%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 48%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 28%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 11%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 14%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 12%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 20%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 11.2% | -14.1% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 58.8% | 36.3% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 3.6% | 11.1% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -6.2% | 5.5% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -14.1% | 11.2% | ↓ | Bottom 6% |
| Gross margin | 36.3% | 58.8% | ↓ | Top 48% |
| Operating margin | 11.1% | 3.6% | ↑ | Top 31% |
| Net margin | -64.4% | -14.1% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 5.5% | -6.2% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 4.8% | — | Bottom 44% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 19.5% | — | Top 8% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -29.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +31.0 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 0.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.00%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +25.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 28, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -2.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $21.57
- Target vs current price
- +85.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 30
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 63%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +441.8% | -16.0% | -12.3% | -17.5% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +2.2% | +15.6% | -1.9% | +7.7% | -10.5% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | -193.5% | +8.4% | +4.8% | +8.4% | +23.8% |
| Nov 7, 2025 | +425.4% | -2.0% | -18.1% | -15.0% | +1.0% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +25.3% | -20.8% | -16.6% | -22.9% | -22.7% |
| May 8, 2025 | +3.9% | -4.6% | +2.2% | -9.0% | -15.2% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | -58.8% | -5.7% | -10.8% | -18.8% | -24.6% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | -62.5% | +7.3% | +7.6% | +13.6% | +3.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $1.99 | $0.37 | +441.8% | $864.9M |
| May 7, 2026 | -$2.65 | -$2.71 | +2.2% | $225.6M |
| Feb 19, 2026 | -$0.91 | -$0.31 | -193.5% | $650.1M |
| Nov 7, 2025 | $11.77 | $2.24 | +425.4% | $1.32B |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.99 | $0.79 | +25.3% | $930.4M |
| May 8, 2025 | -$2.20 | -$2.29 | +3.9% | $202.1M |
| Feb 27, 2025 | $0.14 | $0.34 | -58.8% | $687.3M |
| Nov 6, 2024 | $1.11 | $2.96 | -62.5% | $1.35B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 2.28× | — | — | Bottom 25% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 12.66% | — | — | Top 18% |
| Earnings yield | -149.66% | — | — | Bottom 1% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 8.3× – 27.7× since Jun 26, 2022. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -15.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -22.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -33.8%
- RSI (14)
- 35.3
- Relative volume
- 1.28×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 67.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 84th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.50
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.40
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -56.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -81.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2022 | Sep 30, 2026 | -82.6% | 1161 days | Not yet recovered |
| Mar 15, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 | -23.0% | 87 days | 137 days (Feb 1, 2022) |
| Sep 28, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -13.3% | 22 days | 6 days (Nov 5, 2020) |
| Nov 9, 2020 | Nov 12, 2020 | -10.2% | 3 days | 4 days (Nov 18, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.19B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$17.36
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.72B
- 52-week range
- $10.45 – $27.37
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.34B | $1.82B | $1.80B | $2.71B | $3.10B |
| Gross profit | $1.23B | $1.65B | $778.7M | $2.48B | $623.9M |
| Operating income | $148.3M | $519.9M | $306.2M | $310.5M | $278.0M |
| Net income | -$48.5M | $307.7M | $124.6M | -$231.2M | -$1.60B |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.86 | $5.45 | $2.42 | -$2.30 | -$15.90 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.35B | $687.3M | $202.1M | $930.4M | $1.32B | $650.1M | $225.6M | $527.4M |
| Net income | $135.5M | -$264.2M | -$219.7M | -$99.6M | -$1.19B | -$92.4M | -$268.6M | -$202.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.10 | -$2.63 | -$2.20 | -$0.99 | -$11.80 | -$0.91 | -$2.65 | -$2.00 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $201.2M | $407.7M | $325.7M | $373.4M | $327.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$59.2M | -$183.4M | -$220.4M | -$320.8M | -$479.7M |
| Free cash flow | $142.0M | $224.3M | $105.3M | $52.6M | -$152.2M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | -$33.5M | -$61.1M | -$30.8M | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | -$184.6M | -$77.3M | $0 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $134.5M
- Total assets
- $7.44B
- Total liabilities
- $7.32B
- Total debt
- $5.16B
- Net debt
- $5.02B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $114.7M
As of Jun 28, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2024 | $0.30 | Jul 1, 2024 |
| Mar 5, 2024 | $0.30 | Mar 20, 2024 |
| Dec 5, 2023 | $0.30 | Dec 20, 2023 |
| Sep 5, 2023 | $0.30 | Sep 20, 2023 |
| Jun 6, 2023 | $0.30 | Jun 21, 2023 |
| Mar 6, 2023 | $0.30 | Mar 21, 2023 |
| Nov 30, 2022 | $0.30 | Dec 15, 2022 |
| Aug 30, 2022 | $0.30 | Sep 15, 2022 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 21,388,056
- Days to cover
- 9.85
- Change vs previous report
- +9.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jun 27, 2013
- 2-for-1
- Jun 28, 2011
- 2-for-1
- Nov 18, 1997
- 2-for-1