FUN Consumer Cyclical

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation

$7.46-3.49%

Price as of close on Nov 3, 2026 · Financials updated Oct 8, 2026

Basics

Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Industry: Leisure
Country: United States
Market cap: 763.3M USD
Enterprise value: 5.7B USD
Full-time employees: 4,225

Overall health

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers
Drawback: its shares are priced higher than most peers relative to what it earnspriced higher than peers for its earnings
Drawback: higher risk than most peers: less short-term liquidity (current ratio 0.42 vs a peer median of 1.48) and more debt relative to equity (43.47× vs a peer median of 0.46×)higher risk: less liquidity (current ratio 0.42 vs peers 1.48) and more debt vs equity (43.47× vs peers 0.46×)
About average: growth

Ranks #1,418 of 1,502 consumer cyclical companies (bottom 6%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Much more borrowing than peers. Debt is 43.5× equity vs a peer median of 0.5×.Debt is 43.5× equity vs peers 0.5×.
Debt is 43.5× shareholders' equity, against a peer median of 0.5×, among the highest 10% of its peer group.Debt is 43.5× shareholders' equity, vs peers 0.5×, among the highest 10% of its peer group.
Operating margin at a 4-year low. -44% in 2025, the weakest of the last 4 years.
Six Flags Entertainment's operating margin fell to -44% in 2025, its lowest in the 4 years of filings we have.
Investment surge. Capital spending 15% of revenue, up from 10% in 2022.
Six Flags Entertainment is spending 15% of revenue on facilities and equipment, up from 10% in 2022. That weighs on free cash flow today; whether it pays off depends on the returns those investments earn.
Valuation signals disagree. Cheaper than 89% of peers on free cash flow, but only 0% on earnings.
Relative to its free cash flow, Six Flags Entertainment looks cheaper than 89% of peers; relative to its earnings, cheaper than only 0%. The valuation score blends the two, so look at which measure fits this business best.

StockQuotient Score

19/ 100

Oct 5 19 → Nov 4 19

Valuation

Is the price right?

22/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major changeValuation also moves with the share price every day.

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Earnings yield
▼ EBITDA yield

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Sector-normalized EBITDA, earnings, and free cash flow yields.

Earnings yield-222.9%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price30% base weight · Z-score -1.34Sector median: 0.0439 · MAD: 0.0329

EBITDA yield-15.8%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price50% base weight · Z-score -1.90Sector median: 0.0877 · MAD: 0.0461

Free cash flow yield19.7%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026 · operating cash flow − capital spendingReported value20% base weight · Z-score 2.48Sector median: 0.0614 · MAD: 0.0545

Other data (not scored)

Book yield15.0%

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.5650 · MAD: 0.3500

Growth

Is it growing?

49/100

Moderate

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: ▼ Weaker

12-month revenue fell 2.1%

Why

Mixed versus peers:

▲ 3-yr revenue
▼ EPS growth
▼ Revenue growth

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Revenue and earnings-per-share growth over one year, and revenue growth over three years.

Earnings per share growthUnavailable

The loss per share widened33% base weight · Z-score -1.22Sector median: 0.0420 · MAD: 0.2537

3-year revenue growth19.5%

Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC figure unavailable or out of date · 3 fiscal years to Dec 2025Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 2.40Sector median: 0.0425 · MAD: 0.0636

Revenue growth-3.5%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.10Sector median: 0.0373 · MAD: 0.0653

Profitability

Does it earn well?

0/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Operating margin
▼ ROA
▼ ROIC

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Return on invested capital, operating margin, and return on assets.

Operating margin-44.2%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -4.25Sector median: 0.0638 · MAD: 0.0461

Return on assets-22.9%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -3.27Sector median: 0.0331 · MAD: 0.0254

Return on invested capital-21.5%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -3.50Sector median: 0.0733 · MAD: 0.0600

Other data (not scored)

Gross margin91.4%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentileInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.3025 · MAD: 0.1399

Return on equity-1482.9%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentileInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0746 · MAD: 0.0674

Risk

Debt, liquidity, price swings

Higher

Higher relative risk

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Current ratio
▼ Debt / equity

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Relative to sector peers: 0 = lower relative risk · 1 = moderate · 2 = higher. Based on leverage, beta and liquidity.

Beta0.45

Yahoo Finance · 5-year monthly beta vs the marketReported value33% base weight · Z-score 0.63Sector median: 0.6345 · MAD: 0.2980

Current ratio0.42×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetOutlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -1.78Sector median: 1.4800 · MAD: 0.5570

Debt / equity43.47×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetOutlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -9.02Sector median: 0.4646 · MAD: 0.3556

Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.

Questions investors ask about Six Flags Entertainment

Is Six Flags Entertainment getting weaker?: Its latest SEC filing (Aug 6, 2026) got weaker in some ways: 12-month revenue fell 2.1%. Its overall score is unchanged at 19/100 since Oct 28, 2026.
How is Six Flags Entertainment valued vs its peers?: Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 22/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Free cash flow yield 19.7% vs a peer median of 6.1% (stronger than 89% of peers).Free cash flow yield 19.7% vs peers 6.1% (stronger than 89% of peers). Earnings yield -222.9% vs a peer median of 4.4% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings yield -222.9% vs peers 4.4% (weaker than 100% of peers).
Is Six Flags Entertainment growing?: At about the same pace as its peers. Growth scores 49/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. 3-year revenue growth 19.5% vs a peer median of 4.3% (stronger than 88% of peers).3-year revenue growth 19.5% vs peers 4.3% (stronger than 88% of peers). Revenue growth -3.5% vs a peer median of 3.7% (weaker than 77% of peers).Revenue growth -3.5% vs peers 3.7% (weaker than 77% of peers).
How profitable is Six Flags Entertainment?: Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 0/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Operating margin -44.2% vs a peer median of 6.4% (weaker than 100% of peers).Operating margin -44.2% vs peers 6.4% (weaker than 100% of peers).
How risky is Six Flags Entertainment?: Higher risk relative to 1,612 consumer cyclical peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Beta 0.45 vs a peer median of 0.63 (stronger than 67% of peers).Beta 0.45 vs peers 0.63 (stronger than 67% of peers). Current ratio 0.42× vs a peer median of 1.48× (weaker than 100% of peers).Current ratio 0.42× vs peers 1.48× (weaker than 100% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Latest filing: what changed

Quarter ended Jun 28, 2026 · filed Aug 6, 2026 · compared with the quarter ended Mar 29, 2026

Got weaker

12-month revenue fell 2.1%

Worth watching: Six Flags Entertainment is in the bottom fifth of its sector on profitability. From 2021 to 2025, 63% of companies in that position posted a loss over the following year, against 4% for the top fifth.

	Previous quarter	Latest quarter	Change
Revenue (12 months)	3.1B USD	3.1B USD	−2.1%
Net income (12 months)	−1.6B USD	−1.7B USD	+6.4%
Operating margin	-43.7%	-44.2%	−0.5 pts
Free cash flow (12 months)	28.6M USD	150.1M USD	+424.1%
Debt	5.4B USD	5.0B USD	−6.9%
Cash	116.5M USD	134.5M USD	+15.5%
Shares outstanding	102.2M	102.3M	+0.1%

From the company’s own SEC filings, as filed. Twelve-month figures roll forward one quarter at a time.

Industry valuation context

Sector: Consumer Cyclical · 182 companies

Valuations in Consumer Cyclical are within their usual range since 2016.

36% of months since 2016 were valued lower than now.
15% of companies are in the most expensive fifth of their own price-to-sales history.
Over 24 months, company values +0% and earnings +10% (medians): prices and earnings moved broadly together.
Median price-to-sales is −55% vs the whole market, against a usual −41%.

2016Shaded: most expensive fifth of its range2026

Shown for Consumer Cyclical: too few Leisure companies have a long enough history of their own.

Financials

Fiscal years from SEC annual filings · change vs the prior year

Key ratios	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	Change
Gross margin	91.0%	91.1%	91.4%	91.3%	▼ 0.1 pts
Operating margin	28.6%	17.0%	11.5%	-44.4%	▼ 56 pts
Net margin	16.9%	6.9%	-8.5%	-51.6%	▼ 43 pts
Return on assets (ROA)	—	5.6%	-2.5%	-20.5%	▼ 18 pts
Return on equity (ROE)	—	—	-11.3%	-290.9%	▼ 280 pts
Free cash flow margin	12.3%	5.9%	1.9%	-4.9%	▼ 6.9 pts
Current ratio	—	0.52×	0.43×	0.69×	▲ 60%
Quick ratio	—	0.42×	0.35×	0.59×	▲ 66%
Debt to equity	—	—	2.42×	9.42×	▲ 290%

FUN price history

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Bringing the fundamentals into focus…

Overall health

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers

Drawback: its shares are priced higher than most peers relative to what it earnspriced higher than peers for its earnings

Drawback: higher risk than most peers: less short-term liquidity (current ratio 0.42 vs a peer median of 1.48) and more debt relative to equity (43.47× vs a peer median of 0.46×)higher risk: less liquidity (current ratio 0.42 vs peers 1.48) and more debt vs equity (43.47× vs peers 0.46×)

About average: growth

Ranks #1,418 of 1,502 consumer cyclical companies (bottom 6%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Much more borrowing than peers. Debt is 43.5× equity vs a peer median of 0.5×.Debt is 43.5× equity vs peers 0.5×.

Debt is 43.5× shareholders' equity, against a peer median of 0.5×, among the highest 10% of its peer group.Debt is 43.5× shareholders' equity, vs peers 0.5×, among the highest 10% of its peer group.

Operating margin at a 4-year low. -44% in 2025, the weakest of the last 4 years.

Six Flags Entertainment's operating margin fell to -44% in 2025, its lowest in the 4 years of filings we have.

Investment surge. Capital spending 15% of revenue, up from 10% in 2022.

Six Flags Entertainment is spending 15% of revenue on facilities and equipment, up from 10% in 2022. That weighs on free cash flow today; whether it pays off depends on the returns those investments earn.

Valuation signals disagree. Cheaper than 89% of peers on free cash flow, but only 0% on earnings.

Relative to its free cash flow, Six Flags Entertainment looks cheaper than 89% of peers; relative to its earnings, cheaper than only 0%. The valuation score blends the two, so look at which measure fits this business best.

Questions investors ask about Six Flags Entertainment

Is Six Flags Entertainment getting weaker?

Its latest SEC filing (Aug 6, 2026) got weaker in some ways: 12-month revenue fell 2.1%. Its overall score is unchanged at 19/100 since Oct 28, 2026.

How is Six Flags Entertainment valued vs its peers?

Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 22/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Free cash flow yield 19.7% vs a peer median of 6.1% (stronger than 89% of peers).Free cash flow yield 19.7% vs peers 6.1% (stronger than 89% of peers). Earnings yield -222.9% vs a peer median of 4.4% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings yield -222.9% vs peers 4.4% (weaker than 100% of peers).

Is Six Flags Entertainment growing?

At about the same pace as its peers. Growth scores 49/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. 3-year revenue growth 19.5% vs a peer median of 4.3% (stronger than 88% of peers).3-year revenue growth 19.5% vs peers 4.3% (stronger than 88% of peers). Revenue growth -3.5% vs a peer median of 3.7% (weaker than 77% of peers).Revenue growth -3.5% vs peers 3.7% (weaker than 77% of peers).

How profitable is Six Flags Entertainment?

Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 0/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Operating margin -44.2% vs a peer median of 6.4% (weaker than 100% of peers).Operating margin -44.2% vs peers 6.4% (weaker than 100% of peers).

How risky is Six Flags Entertainment?

Higher risk relative to 1,612 consumer cyclical peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Beta 0.45 vs a peer median of 0.63 (stronger than 67% of peers).Beta 0.45 vs peers 0.63 (stronger than 67% of peers). Current ratio 0.42× vs a peer median of 1.48× (weaker than 100% of peers).Current ratio 0.42× vs peers 1.48× (weaker than 100% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Previous quarter

Latest quarter

Change

Revenue (12 months)

3.1B USD

3.1B USD

−2.1%

Net income (12 months)

−1.6B USD

−1.7B USD

+6.4%

Operating margin

-43.7%

-44.2%

−0.5 pts

Free cash flow (12 months)

28.6M USD

150.1M USD

+424.1%

Debt

5.4B USD

5.0B USD

−6.9%

Cash

116.5M USD

134.5M USD

+15.5%

Shares outstanding

102.2M

102.3M

+0.1%

Key ratios

FY 2022

FY 2023

FY 2024

FY 2025

Change

Gross margin

91.0%

91.1%

91.4%

91.3%

▼ 0.1 pts

Operating margin

28.6%

17.0%

11.5%

-44.4%

▼ 56 pts

Net margin

16.9%

6.9%

-8.5%

-51.6%

▼ 43 pts

Return on assets (ROA)

—

5.6%

-2.5%

-20.5%

▼ 18 pts

Return on equity (ROE)

—

-11.3%

-290.9%

▼ 280 pts

Free cash flow margin

12.3%

5.9%

1.9%

-4.9%

▼ 6.9 pts

Current ratio

—

0.52×

0.43×

0.69×

▲ 60%

Quick ratio

—

0.42×

0.35×

0.59×

▲ 66%

Debt to equity

—

2.42×

9.42×

▲ 290%