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. Shareholders 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 yield of 4.29%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 30th. View Six Flags' Dividend History.

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

Six Flags (NYSE:SIX) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 24th. The company reported ($0.74) earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.79) by $0.05. The business had revenue of $128.96 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $118.75 million. Six Flags had a net margin of 19.38% and a negative return on equity of 31.58%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 29.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Six Flags' stock. Their forecasts range from $58.00 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate Six Flags' stock price to reach $69.70 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Six Flags.

Six Flags saw a increase in short interest during 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 daily volume of 1,178,330 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 11.4 days. Currently, 17.2% of the company's stock are sold short. View Six Flags' Current Options Chain.

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Media headlines about SIX stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news 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 earned a news impact score of 0.20 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the company an impact score of 45.42 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 number 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 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]