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 announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 4th. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.29%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 30th. View Six Flags' Dividend History.

Six Flags declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback 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 stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Six Flags (NYSE:SIX) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 24th. The company reported ($0.74) EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.79) by $0.05. The company earned $128.96 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $118.75 million. Six Flags 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 last year, the firm posted ($0.63) EPS. 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 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Six Flags' stock. Their predictions range from $58.00 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate Six Flags' share price to reach $69.70 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Six Flags.

Six Flags saw a increase in short interest in the month of 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 trading volume of 1,178,330 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 11.4 days. Approximately 17.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Six Flags' Current Options Chain.

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Media stories about SIX stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern. Accern scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Six Flags earned a coverage optimism score of 0.11 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the company an impact score of 48.19 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

Six Flags' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 bought 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 $72.70.

Six Flags has a market capitalization of $6.08 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]