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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · United Parks & Resorts (PRKS)

United Parks & Resorts Q4 net income falls 30.3% to $27.9 million

Mixed Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

United Parks & Resorts reported fourth-quarter 2024 revenue of $384.4 million, down 1.2%, and net income of $27.9 million, down 30.3% from a year earlier. For fiscal 2024, revenue was $1,725.3 million (down 0.1%) and net income was $227.5 million (down 2.9%), while diluted earnings per share rose 4.4% to $3.79, helped by share repurchases of 9.4 million shares at a cost of about $482.9 million.

Key points

  • Q4 2024 attendance was 4.9 million guests, down about 79,000 from Q4 2023; the company estimates worse weather cost about 167,000 guests in the quarter.
  • Q4 2024 diluted EPS was $0.50, down from $0.62; Adjusted EBITDA was $144.5 million, down 4.0%.
  • Fiscal 2024 diluted EPS was $3.79, up from $3.63; Adjusted EBITDA was $700.2 million, down 1.9%.
  • In December 2024 the company refinanced about $1.5 billion in Term Loans, which it says will save about $8 million in annual interest.

The filing

CompanyUnited Parks & Resorts (PRKS)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECFeb 26, 2025, 6:37 AM ET
Accession number0000950170-25-027323

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:54 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on February 26, 2025.

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