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United Parks & Resorts Inc. PRKS

15 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only
$1.7B
▼ 3.6% YoY
$168.4M
▼ 26.0% YoY
$162.6M
▼ 29.8% YoY

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In brief

What this company does

United Parks & Resorts Inc. generates revenue primarily from selling admission to its theme parks and from purchases of food, merchandise and other items within its theme parks. Over its more than 65-year history, the company has developed a portfolio of 13 theme parks grouped in key markets across the United States and in the United Arab Emirates. As of December 31, 2025, it employed approximately 3,300 full-time employees and approximately 12,900 part-time and seasonal employees. It owns or licenses a portfolio of brands including SeaWorld, Busch Gardens, Aquatica, Discovery Cove and Sesame Place. It has expanded across five states on approximately 2,000 acres of owned land and 190 acres of leased property in San Diego. The company's history began in 1959 with the opening of its first Busch Gardens theme park in Tampa, Florida. SeaWorld San Diego, the original SeaWorld theme park, was founded in 1964 by four graduates of the University of California, Los Angeles.

Written from the business description in United Parks & Resorts Inc.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 3 March 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth

USD 1.7B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 15-year series below
Revenue $B Net income $B
FY2025 · Revenue 1.7 · Net income 0.2
1.0B2.0B-0.1B-0.3B
201120142017202020232025
Compound annual growth
−1.3%
+30.9%
+1.9%
−16.7%
+13.1%
−9.6%
+18.3%
+6.8%
−11.4%
−38.7%
+75.8%
+2.6%
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs

Revenue compounded at +30.9% a year over the five years to FY2025.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability

10 cents
of every revenue dollar became profit
Operating margin Net margin
FY2025 · Operating 22.0% · Net 10.1%
10%20%-20%-40%-60%
201120182025
ROE
FY2019 · ROE 37.6%
10%20%30%-20%-40%
201120182025
Three returns, three denominators.
Return on equityNot applicable: equity was zero or negative in this period, so return on equity has no meaning.
Gross margin·
Operating margin22.0%
Net margin10.1%
EBITDAUSD 533.4M

Return on equity has no reading this year — return on capital employed, just below, still does: 17%.

Cash & shareholders

USD 159.3M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Free cash flow $M
FY2025 · FCF 162.6
150M300M-100M-200M
201120182025
Net buybacks $M Dividends $M
FY2025 · Dividends · · Net buybacks 159.3
250.0M500.0MDividendsNet buybacks
20112013201520172019202120232025
Dividends paid·
Net buybacksUSD 159.3M
Share of profit94.6%
Consecutive raises·

USD 159.3M in buybacks — 95% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.

Total assetsUSD 2.6B
EquityUSD -435.8M
CashUSD 99.8M
Gross debtUSD 2.2B
Net debtUSD 2.1B
Current ratio0.74×

Equity was zero or negative — liabilities equaled or exceeded assets. No ratio is shown.

The 15-year record

15 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
row low → row highnegative—not applicable◌not available in our data
PRKS, 15-year financial record
Metric 202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014201320122011
Revenue $B1.71.71.71.71.50.41.41.41.31.31.41.41.51.41.3
Operating income $B0.40.50.50.50.4−0.20.20.2−0.20.10.20.20.20.20.1
EBITDA $B0.50.60.60.70.6−0.10.40.3−0.00.30.30.30.40.40.4
Income tax $B0.10.10.10.1−0.0−0.00.00.0−0.10.00.00.00.00.00.0
Net income $B0.20.20.20.30.3−0.30.10.0−0.2−0.00.00.00.10.10.0
Free cash flow $B0.20.20.20.40.4−0.20.20.10.00.10.10.10.10.10.0
EPS, diluted $3.063.793.634.143.22−3.991.100.52−2.36−0.150.570.570.590.890.23
Dividend / sh $◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌0.730.840.620.606.071.34
Payout %———————1−1−52114714470678559
ROE %——————37.616.2−54.1−2.69.18.19.511.32.2
Shares out B◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌0.08◌

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Provenance

Company facts, as filed

How we verify · 0 failures in 58 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 15 of the 15 fiscal years we could check. 10 checks were skipped: the balance sheet is not tagged before 2012. Four checks were skipped: EPS is not tagged before 2011.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidityCurrency consistency0 failures
ActivityServices-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation
Listed onNYSE
Incorporated inDelaware
Fiscal year endsDecember 31
Data on record since2011

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