Forensic Analysis · Amusement & Recreation · as of Nov 8, 2026

United Parks & Resorts Inc. (PRKS)

A forensic read on United Parks & Resorts Inc. built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

B · Sound & dependable

Forensic grade

Clean

Earnings quality

Forensic signals

-3.6%

Revenue growth

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United Parks & Resorts Inc. earns a B (Sound & dependable) forensic quality grade. 2 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.

What the filings flag

12.9%

FY2025

Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is 12.9% in the latest fiscal year and slipping across FY2023–FY2025 from 17.4%. After-tax operating profit was $344M in FY2023 and $272M in FY2025, with operating income at 26.6% of revenue in FY2023, 26.9% in FY2024 and 22.0% in FY2025. The capital base behind it went from $2.0B in FY2023 to $2.1B in FY2025 (+6%), while the revenue it carried went from $1.7B to $1.7B.

99% of FCF

FY2025

Shareholder returns. Returned $160M to shareholders (buybacks + dividends) in FY2025 — 99% of free cash flow. Right at the limit of what free cash flow covers — little room before it's funded by debt or the balance sheet. That ratio has been CLIMBING toward the limit — 9% of free cash flow two years back — not just sitting there. Counting the $17M of stock-based comp paid out in shares on top of that, the combined claim on free cash flow is 109%.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$1.66B

Revenue Growth YoY-3.6%

Revenue CAGR (2yr)-1.9%

Net Margin10.1%

Free Cash Flow$162.6M

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