PRKS
United Parks & Resorts Inc.
PRKS's fundamentals are mixed, but it looks expensive: trading at 15x earnings, in line with its usual 14x. Analysts expect earnings to hold roughly steady, though they disagree widely on how much.
PRKS Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Stable | |
| Weak |
PRKS's profitability is currently healthy, and its revenue and cash flow are stable, but its balance sheet is weak.
PRKS PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 11x | $40.16 | — |
| Cheap | 12x | $32.45 | -19% |
| Fair | 14x | $37.08 | -7.7% |
| Current | 15x | $40.16 | — |
| Expensive | 18x | $47.84 | +19% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
PRKS's PE is in its expensive range at 15x. On analysts' estimates for next year's earnings, today's price would be 11x, in its cheap range.
PRKS Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Weakening | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect PRKS's profitability to weaken, with its earnings and revenue holding steady. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
PRKS Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $3.65 | +36% |
| Q3 2026 | $2.68 | -16% |
| Q2 2026 | $2.55 | -30% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.66 | -28% |
| Q4 2025 | $3.06 | -19% |
| Q3 2025 | $3.19 | -20% |
| Q2 2025 | $3.66 | -4.4% |
| Q1 2025 | $3.67 | -1.3% |
| Q4 2024 | $3.79 | +4.4% |
PRKS's earnings per share have fallen from their peak: $2.68 over the past year, against $4.41 in late 2022.
PRKS Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $506.5M | -1.1% |
| Q2 2026 | $483.3M | -1.4% |
| Q1 2026 | $278.3M | -3% |
| Q4 2025 | $373.5M | -2.8% |
| Q3 2025 | $511.9M | -6.2% |
| Q2 2025 | $490.2M | -1.5% |
| Q1 2025 | $286.9M | -3.5% |
| Q4 2024 | $384.4M | -1.2% |
PRKS's revenue grew through 2022 and has held roughly level since: $506M last quarter, down 1.1% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 28% | -1.9 points |
| Q2 2026 | 24% | -4.4 points |
| Q1 2026 | -3% | -8.9 points |
| Q4 2025 | 15% | -4.6 points |
| Q3 2025 | 30% | -7.2 points |
| Q2 2025 | 29% | -4.4 points |
| Q1 2025 | 5.9% | -1.6 points |
| Q4 2024 | 20% | -3.2 points |
PRKS's operating margin was 28% last quarter, down 1.9 points from the same quarter a year ago.
PRKS Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $23.5M | -38% |
| Q2 2026 | $101.5M | -21% |
| Q1 2026 | -$2.8M | +$28.4M |
| Q4 2025 | $28.1M | -67% |
| Q3 2025 | $38M | -44% |
| Q2 2025 | $127.6M | +36% |
| Q1 2025 | -$31.2M | -$15.3M |
| Q4 2024 | $86.2M | +141% |
PRKS still generates free cash flow, though less than at its 2021 peak: $150M over the past year.
PRKS Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -2.5% | -1.2M shares |
| 1 year | -17% | -9.5M shares |
| 3 years | -29% | -18.4M shares |
| 5 years | -43% | -34M shares |
| Available history | -43% | -35.1M shares |
PRKS has 46M diluted shares, down 17% from a year ago, with $364M in buybacks over the past year.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | — |
| Q2 2026 | $126.4M |
| Q1 2026 | $93.8M |
| Q4 2025 | $144.1M |
| Q3 2025 | $7.1M |
| Q2 2025 | $4.6M |
| Q1 2025 | $4.6M |
| Q4 2024 | $37.7M |
PRKS spent $364M buying back its own shares over the past year, about seven times what it spent the year before.
PRKS Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 4.6x | High |
| Q2 2026 | 4.5x | High |
| Q1 2026 | 4.3x | High |
| Q4 2025 | 4.0x | Elevated |
| Q3 2025 | 3.7x | Elevated |
| Q2 2025 | 3.4x | Elevated |
| Q1 2025 | 3.5x | Elevated |
| Q4 2024 | 3.4x | Elevated |
PRKS's net debt is about 4.6 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from 3.7 years a year ago.
PRKS Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 54.3 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 39.7 | Neutral |
PRKS's weekly RSI is 54 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 40 (neutral).
PRKS PE vs Consumer Cyclical Sector
| Metric | PRKS | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 15x | 18x | 17% below |
| PE % | 73 | 47 | 26 pts above |
PRKS is trading at 15x earnings, a 17% discount to the Consumer Cyclical sector's median of 18x.
PRKS Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $34.0 | 18% above |
| 20 week MA | $39.5 | 1.6% above |
| 50 week MA | $37.9 | 5.9% above |
| 100 week MA | $43.1 | 6.8% below |
| 200 week MA | $48.1 | 16% below |
PRKS has bounced recently, but its long-term trend is still down: it's above its 8-, 20- and 50-week averages, but 16% below its 200-week average.
PRKS Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $32.2 | $30.6 | -5.2% |
| 2021 | $30.6 | $66.9 | +119% |
| 2022 | $66.9 | $54.3 | -19% |
| 2023 | $54.3 | $52.8 | -2.7% |
| 2024 | $52.8 | $55.4 | +4.9% |
| 2025 | $55.4 | $36.0 | -35% |
| 2026 YTD | $36.0 | $40.2 | +12% |
PRKS has finished lower in four of the last six years. It's up 12% so far in 2026.