Parks! America

PRKA

Leisure · Consumer Cyclical

Price

$39.00

+0.00 (+0.00%)

Market Cap

$29.3M

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count falling — buybacks

−99.0% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 75.1M (2021) → 756K (2025)

Parks! America owns and operates drive-through safari parks in the United States. Visitors stay in their cars and drive through large open spaces where animals like giraffes, zebras, and bison roam freely. The company owns parks in Georgia and Missouri, and its customers are families looking for affordable outdoor entertainment.

The company earns money through admission tickets, animal feeding experiences, and on-site retail and food sales. It is a small business with a market cap under $100 million and competes in the regional family attractions space. Its main competitive advantage is the low-cost, drive-through format, which requires less staffing than traditional zoos or theme parks. The key risk is that attendance is highly seasonal and weather-dependent, and the company has limited ability to grow without acquiring or building new park locations, which requires significant capital.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+14.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

>+1,000% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.5%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$3M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Parks! America is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 15%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

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Quality

Gross Margin

0.0%

Thin — 0.0% gross margin

Operating Margin

-0.0%

Losing money on operations — -0.0%

ROCE

-0.0%

Weak — -0.0% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+8.8%

Steady sales growth (8.8% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

192%

Turns 192% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

15.3%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (15.3%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.03

Conservative — low debt load (0.03)

Interest Cover

5.28x

Adequate interest coverage (5.3x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

19.1x

Fair value — P/E 19.1

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward

N/A

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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