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

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

Six Flags Entertainment announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 15th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 29th will be given a dividend of $0.82 per share on Monday, December 10th. This represents a $3.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.29%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 28th. This is an increase from Six Flags Entertainment's previous quarterly dividend of $0.78. View Six Flags Entertainment's Dividend History.

Six Flags Entertainment announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program 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 reacquire up to 9.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Six Flags Entertainment Corp (NYSE:SIX) released its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The company reported $2.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.32 by $0.16. The firm earned $619.82 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $633.03 million. Six Flags Entertainment had a net margin of 20.30% and a negative return on equity of 35.16%. View Six Flags Entertainment's Earnings History.

Six Flags Entertainment is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 19th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Six Flags Entertainment.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Six Flags Entertainment's stock. Their predictions range from $54.00 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate Six Flags Entertainment's share price to reach $68.1250 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.9% 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 3 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Six Flags Entertainment.

News headlines about SIX stock have been trending negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Six Flags Entertainment earned a daily sentiment score of -2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

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Six Flags Entertainment's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Scout Investments Inc. (0.41%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.24%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Chesley Taft & Associates LLC (0.02%) and Banced Corp (0.01%). Company insiders that own Six Flags Entertainment stock include Brett Petit, Catherine Aslin, James Reid-Anderson, Jon L Luther, 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 Scout Investments Inc., Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and First Hawaiian Bank. Company insiders that have sold Six Flags Entertainment company stock in the last year include Catherine Aslin, James Reid-Anderson, Lance C Balk, Marshall Barber and Wilson Taylor Brooks. View Insider Buying and Selling for Six Flags Entertainment.

SIX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Chesley Taft & Associates LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Banced Corp. Company insiders that have bought Six Flags Entertainment stock in the last two years include 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 $61.97.

Six Flags Entertainment has a market capitalization of $5.23 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.

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]