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Company Overview We are a leading theme park and entertainment company providing experiences that matter and inspiring guests to protect animals and the wild wonders of our world. We own or license a portfolio of recognized brands including SeaWorld, Busch Gardens, Aquatica, Discovery Cove and Sesame Place.
$44.86
$0.25 (-0.55%)
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21.98% operating margin is above average. ROIC at 13.01%.
Revenue declined 3.6% YoY. Margins deteriorated 4.9pp alongside, both lines moving the wrong way.
Free cash flow declined 30% versus the prior year, cash generation momentum has weakened. ROIC dropped from 17.38% to 13.01%, capital efficiency is deteriorating.
16.9x earnings, 11.6x FCF. Valuation is in a reasonable range. The main question is whether the business can re-accelerate or if current trajectory is already priced in.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$1.65B
▼ -3.6% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
$150M
▼ -26.0% YoY
Op. Margin
20.56%
▼ -4.9pp YoY
ROIC
12.14%
▼ -4.4pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
$191M
▼ -29.8% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
$421M
▼ -20.8% YoY
Net Debt
$2.36B
Cash & Equiv.
$29M
5Y CAGR: +30.9%
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At a P/E of 16.9 and a price-to-free-cash-flow of 11.6, United Parks & Resorts (PRKS) trades above a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about $19.23 per share, so at $44.86 the stock looks overvalued (57.1% above estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, United Parks & Resorts scores 39/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a lower-quality business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about $19.23 per share for PRKS, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around $14.43. At today's $44.86, that puts the stock about 57.1% above estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.
United Parks & Resorts scores 39 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 8 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a lower-quality business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 20.6% operating margin and a 12.1% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. PRKS currently trades above its estimated intrinsic value and scores 39/100 on quality (lower-quality). A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.