---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-267995"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PRKS"
cik: "0001564902"
company_name: "United Parks & Resorts Inc."
filed_at: "2025-11-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T23:41:05.391446+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# United Parks Q3 revenue down 6.2%, net income falls 25.4% as attendance declines

## Summary
- Q3 attendance 6.8M guests (-3.4% YoY); revenue $511.9M (-6.2%); net income $89.3M (-25.4%).
- Adjusted EBITDA fell 16.3% to $216.3M; total revenue per capita decreased 2.9% to $75.39.
- Admission per capita down 6.3%; in-park per capita up 1.1% to $35.82 — record for nine months.
- International visitation declined ~90K guests; CEO cites poor weather and calendar shift as headwinds.
- Company repurchased 635K shares for $32.2M; forward bookings for Discovery Cove and group up >20% for 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-267995
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PRKS
- cik: 0001564902
- company_name: United Parks & Resorts Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-11-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564902/000119312525267995/0001193125-25-267995-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564902/000119312525267995/prks-20251106.htm

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