---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-039328"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PRKS"
cik: "0001564902"
company_name: "United Parks & Resorts Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T01:53:53.581605+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SeaWorld Q2 net income down 25% to $87.1M; revenue falls 1.7% to $496M

## Summary
- Attendance 6.1M guests, down ~0.1M YoY; total revenue $496.0M (-1.7%).
- Net income $87.1M (-25.3%); Adjusted EBITDA $224.2M (-4.4%).
- Record total revenue per capita $80.80 (+0.3%); in-park per capita record $36.84.
- SeaWorld Abu Dhabi opened; group booking revenue trends up significantly vs 2019.
- During Q2, repurchased 235K shares for $13.9M; $42.4M remaining under buyback.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-039328
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PRKS
- cik: 0001564902
- company_name: United Parks & Resorts Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564902/000095017023039328/0000950170-23-039328-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564902/000095017023039328/seas-20230808.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-039328.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  United Parks & Resorts Inc. reported second quarter ended June 30, 2023 results: revenue $496.0 million, net income $87.1 million.
  - Period: second quarter ended June 30, 2023
  - Revenue: $496.0 million
  - Net income: $87.1 million
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Total revenue was $496.0 million, a decrease of $8.8 million or 1.7% from the second quarter of 2022. • Net income was $87.1 million, a decrease of $29.6 million or 25.3% from the second quarter of 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564902/000095017023039328/0000950170-23-039328-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.