NYSE:SIX - Six Flags Stock Price, Price Target & More

Six Flags trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SIX."

Six Flags declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 4th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 31st will be given a dividend of $0.78 per share on Monday, June 11th. This represents a $3.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.33%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 30th. View Six Flags' Dividend History.

Six Flags declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Thursday, April 6th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 9.2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Six Flags (NYSE:SIX) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 24th. The company reported ($0.74) earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.79) by $0.05. The firm earned $128.96 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $118.75 million. Six Flags had a negative return on equity of 31.58% and a net margin of 19.38%. The firm's revenue was up 29.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted ($0.63) earnings per share. View Six Flags' Earnings History.

Six Flags is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Six Flags.

11 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Six Flags' stock. Their forecasts range from $58.00 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate Six Flags' share price to reach $69.70 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Six Flags.

Six Flags saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 13,425,915 shares, an increase of 41.8% from the May 15th total of 9,471,127 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,178,330 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 11.4 days. Currently, 17.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

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News coverage about SIX stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Six Flags earned a daily sentiment score of 0.03 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the company an impact score of 44.92 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Six Flags' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.75%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.14%), CI Investments Inc. (2.14%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.67%), Cardinal Capital Management LLC CT (1.06%) and Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (0.93%). Company insiders that own Six Flags stock include Brett Petit, Catherine Aslin, James Reid-Anderson, John M Duffey, Jon L Luther, Lance C Balk, Mario L Centola, Marshall Barber, Usman Nabi and Walter Hawrylak. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Six Flags.

SIX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Boston Partners, GW&K Investment Management LLC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, UBS Group AG and Nuveen Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Six Flags company stock in the last year include Catherine Aslin, James Reid-Anderson, Lance C Balk and Marshall Barber. View Insider Buying and Selling for Six Flags.

SIX stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd., Millennium Management LLC, Carillon Tower Advisers Inc., SkyBridge Capital II LLC, Cardinal Capital Management LLC CT, Hourglass Capital LLC and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA. Company insiders that have bought Six Flags stock in the last two years include John M Duffey and Jon L Luther. View Insider Buying and Selling for Six Flags.

Shares of SIX 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SIX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $71.98.

Six Flags has a market capitalization of $6.05 billion and generates $1.36 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $273.81 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.13 on an earnings per share basis. Six Flags employs 2,000 workers across the globe.

Six Flags' mailing address is 924 AVENUE J EAST, GRAND PRAIRIE TX, 75050. The company can be reached via phone at 972-595-5000 or via email at [email protected]