United Parks & Resorts

PRKS

Leisure · Consumer Cyclical

Price

$45.11

-1.97 (-4.18%)

Market Cap

$2.13B

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count falling — buybacks

−30.9% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 79.6M (2021) → 55.0M (2025)

United Parks & Resorts runs a collection of theme parks and marine-life attractions across the United States. Its parks include SeaWorld, Busch Gardens, Aquatica, and Discovery Cove, and they serve families and tourists looking for rides, animal exhibits, and live shows. The company is one of the larger regional theme park operators in the country, competing with giants like Disney and Six Flags.

The company makes money primarily through ticket sales, hotel stays, food, merchandise, and annual pass memberships sold directly to guests. It operates roughly a dozen parks in states like Florida, Texas, California, and Virginia, generating around $1.5 billion in annual revenue. Its parks have a loyal local pass-holder base, which provides some steady income, but the business is sensitive to economic downturns since families tend to cut discretionary spending like vacation trips when money gets tight. Attendance growth and the ability to raise ticket prices without losing visitors are the key factors that will shape its financial performance going forward.

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-3.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-137.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

2.8%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~3 years

$29M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

$29M cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue declining

United Parks & Resorts's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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Quality

Gross Margin

14.5%

Thin — 14.5% gross margin

Operating Margin

-2.8%

Losing money on operations — -2.8%

ROCE

-0.5%

Weak — -0.5% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY

-3.6%

Shrinking sales (-3.6% YoY)

EPS YoY

-29.1%

Earnings shrinking (-29.1% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency

0/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

280%

Turns 280% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

11.5%

Modest free cash flow (11.5%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity

N/A

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Data not available

Interest Cover

2.60x

Tight — interest eats into profit (2.6x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

16.8x

Fair value — P/E 16.8

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

P/E vs Forward

+3.0

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (16.8 → 13.8)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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