NYSE:SEASSeaWorld Entertainment Stock Price, Forecast & News

SeaWorld Entertainment's stock was trading at $15.89 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, SEAS shares have increased by 13.7% and is now trading at $18.06. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for SeaWorld Entertainment in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for SeaWorld Entertainment.

SeaWorld Entertainment is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for SeaWorld Entertainment.

SeaWorld Entertainment Inc (NYSE:SEAS) posted its earnings results on Friday, May, 8th. The company reported ($0.72) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.63) by $0.09. The business had revenue of $153.60 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $152.91 million. SeaWorld Entertainment had a return on equity of 58.02% and a net margin of 5.26%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 30.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned ($0.44) earnings per share. View SeaWorld Entertainment's earnings history.

SeaWorld Entertainment issued an update on its first quarter 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Tuesday, April, 21st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $150-155 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $186.03 million.

9 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for SeaWorld Entertainment's stock. Their forecasts range from $9.00 to $24.00. On average, they expect SeaWorld Entertainment's stock price to reach $17.67 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.2%. View analysts' price targets for SeaWorld Entertainment.

News stories about SEAS stock have been trending extremely negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. SeaWorld Entertainment earned a media sentiment score of -4.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutSeaWorld Entertainment.

SeaWorld Entertainment saw a increase in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 7,700,000 shares, an increase of 44.7% from the April 15th total of 5,320,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,250,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.4 days. Currently, 10.0% of the shares of the company are sold short. View SeaWorld Entertainment's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other SeaWorld Entertainment investors own include Walt Disney (DIS), Six Flags Entertainment (SIX), Carnival (CCL), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Activision Blizzard (ATVI), Bank of America (BAC), Netflix (NFLX), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Micron Technology (MU) and Roku (ROKU).

SeaWorld Entertainment trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SEAS."

SeaWorld Entertainment's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Cannell Peter B & Co. Inc. (2.62%), Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. (2.05%), Simcoe Capital Management LLC (1.52%), Mic Capital Partners Public US IM LLC (1.51%), Fiera Capital Corp (1.34%) and Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc. (1.30%). Company insiders that own SeaWorld Entertainment stock include Alliance Group Ltd Pacific, Christopher Dold, George Anthony Taylor, Jack Roddy and Marc Swanson. View institutional ownership trends for SeaWorld Entertainment.

SEAS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Simcoe Capital Management LLC, Wexford Capital LP, Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust, Shellback Capital LP, Emerald Advisers LLC, Morgan Stanley, Federated Hermes Inc., and Engine Capital Management LP. Company insiders that have sold SeaWorld Entertainment company stock in the last year include George Anthony Taylor, and Marc Swanson. View insider buying and selling activity for SeaWorld Entertainment.

SEAS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cannell Peter B & Co. Inc., Mic Capital Partners Public US IM LLC, Pin Oak Investment Advisors Inc., Invesco Ltd., Two Sigma Advisers LP, Voloridge Investment Management LLC, FDx Advisors Inc., and FDx Advisors Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for SeaWorld Entertainment.

Shares of SEAS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of SEAS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $18.06.

SeaWorld Entertainment has a market capitalization of $1.41 billion and generates $1.40 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $89.48 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.58 on an earnings per share basis. SeaWorld Entertainment employs 15,300 workers across the globe.

The official website for SeaWorld Entertainment is www.seaworldentertainment.com.

SeaWorld Entertainment's mailing address is 6240 SEA HARBOR DRIVE, ORLANDO FL, 32821. The company can be reached via phone at 407-226-5011 or via email at [email protected]