Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Leisure
United Parks & Resorts Inc. PRKS
$32.46 +4.11% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.53B
High qualityInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count fell 12.4% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- Net debt is 4.8× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $2.49, down 33.4% year over 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 20%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 27%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 43%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 33%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 49%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 23%
- Gross marginTop 7%
- Operating marginTop 7%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 12%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 17%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 29%
- Interest coverBottom 39%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 19%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 9%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 18%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 24%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 42%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 23%
- 6-month returnBottom 43%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 16%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 28%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 47%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 12%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 13%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 44%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 34%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 37%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 43%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 35%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 29%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -3.6% | -3.5% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -29.3% | -33.4% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 80.5% | 65.2% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 25.5% | 22.1% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 14.7% | 16.1% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -3.5% | -3.6% | ↑ | Bottom 20% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -33.4% | -29.3% | ↓ | Bottom 27% |
| Gross margin | 65.2% | 80.5% | ↓ | Top 7% |
| Operating margin | 22.1% | 25.5% | ↓ | Top 7% |
| Net margin | 8.1% | 12.4% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 16.1% | 14.7% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 12.5% | — | Top 23% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -1.3% | — | Bottom 33% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -10.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +10.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 4.84×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 2.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 24.30%
- Shareholder yield
- 24.30%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -12.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -9.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 0 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -44.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -2.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $46.63
- Target vs current price
- +43.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 23
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 48%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | -19.8% | +1.5% | -3.3% | -12.1% | — |
| May 11, 2026 | -91.7% | -6.9% | -7.9% | +7.2% | +17.4% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | -39.1% | +6.6% | +1.2% | -7.6% | +7.0% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -28.1% | -24.0% | -27.3% | -22.0% | -24.4% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -17.6% | +7.6% | +14.3% | +17.7% | +2.8% |
| May 12, 2025 | -26.1% | +4.6% | +4.3% | -9.2% | -2.2% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | -15.9% | -3.2% | -11.4% | -11.3% | -17.0% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -6.3% | -3.2% | +3.2% | +5.0% | -7.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $1.34 | $1.67 | -19.8% | $483.3M |
| May 11, 2026 | -$0.69 | -$0.36 | -91.7% | $278.3M |
| Feb 26, 2026 | $0.28 | $0.46 | -39.1% | $373.5M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $1.61 | $2.24 | -28.1% | $511.9M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $1.45 | $1.76 | -17.6% | $490.2M |
| May 12, 2025 | -$0.29 | -$0.23 | -26.1% | $286.9M |
| Feb 26, 2025 | $0.53 | $0.63 | -15.9% | $384.4M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $2.08 | $2.22 | -6.3% | $545.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 13.0× | 13.5× | 40th | Top 19% |
| P/E (forward) | 11.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.9× | — | — | Top 18% |
| EV / Sales | 2.38× | — | — | Bottom 24% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 17.34% | — | — | Top 9% |
| Earnings yield | 7.67% | — | — | Top 19% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 10.3× – 32.2× since Sep 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -38.9%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -33.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +39.0%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
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)
- -10.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -19.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -15.7%
- RSI (14)
- 31.1
- Relative volume
- 0.90×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 36.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 37th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.19
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.44
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -41.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -50.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2022 | Mar 27, 2026 | -60.1% | 1000 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jun 7, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 | -25.1% | 29 days | 48 days (Sep 24, 2021) |
| Feb 25, 2022 | Mar 7, 2022 | -19.6% | 6 days | 13 days (Mar 24, 2022) |
| Jan 7, 2021 | Jan 27, 2021 | -17.6% | 13 days | 6 days (Feb 4, 2021) |
| Nov 5, 2021 | Jan 27, 2022 | -17.1% | 56 days | 13 days (Feb 15, 2022) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.53B
- P/E (TTM)
- 13.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $2.49
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.65B
- 52-week range
- $28.77 – $55.71
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.50B | $1.73B | $1.73B | $1.73B | $1.66B |
| Gross profit | $1.39B | $1.60B | $1.59B | $1.59B | $606.5M |
| Operating income | $432.0M | $507.5M | $459.8M | $463.3M | $370.2M |
| Net income | $256.5M | $291.2M | $234.2M | $227.5M | $168.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.22 | $4.14 | $3.63 | $3.79 | $3.06 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $545.9M | $384.4M | $286.9M | $490.2M | $511.9M | $373.5M | $278.3M | $483.3M |
| Net income | $119.7M | $27.9M | -$16.1M | $80.1M | $89.3M | $15.1M | -$34.1M | $63.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.08 | $0.50 | -$0.29 | $1.45 | $1.61 | $0.28 | -$0.69 | $1.29 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $503.0M | $564.6M | $504.9M | $480.1M | $380.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$128.9M | -$200.7M | -$304.8M | -$248.4M | -$117.0M |
| Free cash flow | $374.2M | $363.9M | $200.1M | $231.7M | $263.1M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$215.7M | -$693.6M | -$17.9M | -$482.9M | -$16.8M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $19.1M
- Total assets
- $2.64B
- Total liabilities
- $3.26B
- Total debt
- $2.41B
- Net debt
- $2.39B
- Shareholders’ equity
- -$617.0M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2016 | $0.10 | — |
| Jun 16, 2016 | $0.21 | — |
| Mar 10, 2016 | $0.21 | — |
| Jan 13, 2016 | $0.21 | — |
| Sep 25, 2015 | $0.21 | — |
| Jun 18, 2015 | $0.21 | — |
| Mar 11, 2015 | $0.21 | — |
| Jan 9, 2015 | $0.21 | — |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 5,734,461
- Days to cover
- 8.83
- Change vs previous report
- -5.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.