Six Flags Entertainment Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:SIX)

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, August 23rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 5th will be given a dividend of $0.82 per share on Monday, September 16th. This represents a $3.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.40%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 4th. View Six Flags Entertainment's Dividend History.

Six Flags Entertainment Corp (NYSE:SIX) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The company reported $2.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.30 by $0.19. The company earned $621.18 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $643.90 million. Six Flags Entertainment had a net margin of 18.35% and a negative return on equity of 41.03%. Six Flags Entertainment's quarterly revenue was up .2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $2.16 earnings per share. View Six Flags Entertainment's Earnings History.

9 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Six Flags Entertainment's shares. Their forecasts range from $54.00 to $70.00. On average, they anticipate Six Flags Entertainment's stock price to reach $62.78 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 22.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Six Flags Entertainment.

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

Media stories about SIX stock have been trending negative recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Six Flags Entertainment earned a media sentiment score of -2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Six Flags Entertainment.

Six Flags Entertainment saw a decline in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 4,670,000 shares, a decline of 5.3% from the August 15th total of 4,930,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,190,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.9 days. Currently, 5.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Six Flags Entertainment's Current Options Chain.

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Six Flags Entertainment's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. (0.39%), Gradient Investments LLC (0.20%), CWM LLC (0.12%), Gilman Hill Asset Management LLC (0.10%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.08%) and Guild Investment Management Inc. (0.06%). Company insiders that own Six Flags Entertainment stock include Brett Petit, Catherine Aslin, James Reid-Anderson, Kurt Matthew Cellar, Lance C Balk, Marshall Barber, Richard Roedel, Usman Nabi and Wilson Taylor Brooks. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Six Flags Entertainment.

SIX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc., Gradient Investments LLC, Brookstone Capital Management, Gilman Hill Asset Management LLC, NEXT Financial Group Inc and Pacer Advisors Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Six Flags Entertainment company stock in the last year include Brett Petit, Marshall Barber and Wilson Taylor Brooks. View Insider Buying and Selling for Six Flags Entertainment.

SIX stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Guild Investment Management Inc., Three Peaks Capital Management LLC, CWM LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Oakbrook Investments LLC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Park Avenue Securities LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have bought Six Flags Entertainment stock in the last two years include Kurt Matthew Cellar, Richard Roedel and Usman Nabi. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SIX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $51.23.

Six Flags Entertainment has a market capitalization of $4.32 billion and generates $1.46 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $275.99 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.23 on an earnings per share basis. Six Flags Entertainment employs 2,400 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Six Flags Entertainment.

The official website for Six Flags Entertainment is http://www.sixflags.com/.

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]