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

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. Investors 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 yield of 4.61%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 30th. View Six Flags Entertainment's Dividend History.

Six Flags Entertainment declared that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Thursday, April 6th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 9.2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Six Flags Entertainment Corp (NYSE:SIX) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 24th. The company reported ($0.74) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.79) by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $128.96 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $118.75 million. Six Flags Entertainment had a net margin of 19.38% and a negative return on equity of 31.58%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 29.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned ($0.63) earnings per share. View Six Flags Entertainment's Earnings History.

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

12 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Six Flags Entertainment's shares. Their forecasts range from $58.00 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate Six Flags Entertainment's share price to reach $69.10 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Six Flags Entertainment.

12 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 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

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News coverage about SIX stock has been trending somewhat negative this week, according to Accern Sentiment. Accern ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Six Flags Entertainment earned a news impact score of -0.02 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company an impact score of 47.17 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

Six Flags Entertainment's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY (1.09%), SG Capital Management LLC (0.51%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.46%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.31%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.25%) and Investment House LLC (0.14%). 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, 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 Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan and Whittier Trust Co.. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, SG Capital Management LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Scout Investments Inc., Retirement Systems of Alabama, Ledyard National Bank, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and MHI Funds LLC. Company insiders that have bought Six Flags Entertainment stock in the last two years include John M Duffey and Jon L Luther. 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 $67.64.

Six Flags Entertainment has a market capitalization of $5.93 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]