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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.47%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 28th. This is a boost from Six Flags Entertainment's previous quarterly dividend of $0.78. View Six Flags Entertainment's Dividend History.

Six Flags Entertainment declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Thursday, April 6th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 9.2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Six Flags Entertainment Corp (NYSE:SIX) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The company reported $2.16 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.32 by $0.16. The business earned $619.82 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $633.03 million. Six Flags Entertainment had a negative return on equity of 35.16% and a net margin of 20.30%. 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.

8 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Six Flags Entertainment's stock. Their forecasts range from $54.00 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate Six Flags Entertainment's stock price to reach $67.8571 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Six Flags Entertainment.

8 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 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Six Flags Entertainment.

News articles about SIX stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Six Flags Entertainment earned a daily sentiment score of -1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

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Six Flags Entertainment's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.49%), Capital Research Global Investors (6.13%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (5.86%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (4.03%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.20%) and Capital World Investors (2.84%). 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 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 Capital Research Global Investors, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, BlackRock Inc., SG Capital Management LLC, Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd., Baird Financial Group Inc. and FIL Ltd. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital World Investors, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, William Blair Investment Management LLC, Deutsche Bank AG, Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd., Blair William & Co. IL, Rice Hall James & Associates LLC and First Trust Advisors LP. 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 $59.99.

Six Flags Entertainment has a market capitalization of $4.80 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]