NYSE:SIX - Six Flags Entertainment Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

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

Six Flags Entertainment declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 4th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.78 per share on Monday, June 11th. This represents a $3.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.64%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 30th. View Six Flags Entertainment's Dividend History.

Six Flags Entertainment announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, April 6th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 9.2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Six Flags Entertainment Corp (NYSE:SIX) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 25th. The company reported $0.88 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.93 by $0.05. The business earned $445.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $438.80 million. Six Flags Entertainment had a net margin of 20.65% and a negative return on equity of 33.82%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 5.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.59 earnings per share. View Six Flags Entertainment's Earnings History.

Six Flags Entertainment is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Six Flags Entertainment.

10 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Six Flags Entertainment's stock. Their predictions range from $58.00 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate Six Flags Entertainment's stock price to reach $70.4444 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Six Flags Entertainment.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Six Flags Entertainment in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Six Flags Entertainment.

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Press coverage about SIX stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Six Flags Entertainment earned a news impact score of 0.24 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company an impact score of 48.16 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for Six Flags Entertainment.

Six Flags Entertainment's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.94%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (4.07%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.14%), Bessemer Group Inc. (2.14%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.06%) and Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.95%). Company insiders that own Six Flags Entertainment stock include Brett Petit, Catherine Aslin, James Reid-Anderson, John M Duffey, Jon L Luther, Lance C Balk, Mario L Centola, Marshall Barber, Richard Roedel, Usman Nabi and Walter Hawrylak. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Six Flags Entertainment.

SIX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Three Peaks Capital Management LLC, Corbyn Investment Management Inc. MD, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Bank of America Corp DE, California Public Employees Retirement System, First Trust Advisors LP, Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. and Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan. Company insiders that have sold Six Flags Entertainment 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 Entertainment.

SIX stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, FMR LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., SG Capital Management LLC, Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Boston Partners and Bank of Montreal Can. Company insiders that have bought Six Flags Entertainment stock in the last two years include John M Duffey, Jon L Luther and Richard Roedel. View Insider Buying and Selling for Six Flags Entertainment.

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 $67.19.

Six Flags Entertainment has a market capitalization of $5.56 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 Entertainment employs 2,000 workers across the globe.

Six Flags Entertainment's 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]