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 declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 16th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.78 per share on Monday, September 10th. This represents a $3.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.67%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 29th. View Six Flags Entertainment's Dividend History.

Six Flags Entertainment declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, April 6th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 9.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Six Flags Entertainment Corp (NYSE:SIX) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 25th. The company reported $0.88 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.93 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $445.40 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $438.80 million. Six Flags Entertainment had a net margin of 20.65% and a negative return on equity of 33.82%. The firm's revenue was up 5.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.59 earnings per share. View Six Flags Entertainment's Earnings History.

Six Flags Entertainment is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Six Flags Entertainment.

10 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Six Flags Entertainment's stock. Their forecasts range from $58.00 to $80.00. On average, they expect Six Flags Entertainment's stock price to reach $70.4444 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Six Flags Entertainment.

10 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 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Six Flags Entertainment.

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Media coverage about SIX stock has trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Six Flags Entertainment earned a coverage optimism score of 0.16 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the company an impact score of 43.91 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for Six Flags Entertainment.

Six Flags Entertainment's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.94%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (4.07%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.14%), Bessemer Group Inc. (2.14%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.06%) and Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.95%). 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, Richard Roedel, 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 Three Peaks Capital Management LLC, Corbyn Investment Management Inc. MD, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Bank of America Corp DE, California Public Employees Retirement System, First Trust Advisors LP, Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. and WINTON GROUP Ltd. 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, FMR LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., SG Capital Management LLC, Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Boston Partners and Bank of Montreal Can. Company insiders that have bought Six Flags Entertainment stock in the last two years include John M Duffey, 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 $66.85.

Six Flags Entertainment has a market capitalization of $5.56 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]