NYSE:SIX - Six Flags Entertainment Stock Price, Price Target & More

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, May 4th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.78 per share on Monday, June 11th. This represents a $3.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.47%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 30th. View Six Flags Entertainment's Dividend History.

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

Six Flags Entertainment Corp (NYSE:SIX) released its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 24th. The company reported ($0.74) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.79) by $0.05. The company had revenue of $128.96 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $118.75 million. Six Flags Entertainment had a net margin of 19.38% and a negative return on equity of 31.58%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 29.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted ($0.63) earnings per share. View Six Flags Entertainment's Earnings History.

Six Flags Entertainment is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Six Flags Entertainment.

12 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Six Flags Entertainment's stock. Their predictions range from $58.00 to $80.00. On average, they expect Six Flags Entertainment's stock price to reach $69.70 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.2%. View Analyst Ratings for Six Flags Entertainment.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Six Flags Entertainment in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

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

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News stories about SIX stock have trended somewhat negative recently, Accern reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Six Flags Entertainment earned a media sentiment score of -0.03 on Accern's scale. They also gave news headlines about the company an impact score of 41.57 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

Six Flags Entertainment's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include SG Capital Management LLC (0.51%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.46%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.31%), Investment House LLC (0.14%), Ledyard National Bank (0.08%) and Mckinley Capital Management LLC Delaware (0.03%). 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, Usman Nabi and Walter Hawrylak. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Six Flags Entertainment.

SIX stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including SG Capital Management LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Scout Investments Inc., Ledyard National Bank, Mckinley Capital Management LLC Delaware, Chesley Taft & Associates LLC, Banced Corp and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have bought Six Flags Entertainment stock in the last two years include John M Duffey and Jon L Luther. 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 $69.81.

Six Flags Entertainment has a market capitalization of $5.81 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]