---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-22-023079"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PRKA"
cik: "0001297937"
company_name: "PARKS AMERICA, INC"
filed_at: "2022-08-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T23:22:46.937601+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Parks! America Q3 net sales down 5.4%, net income falls to $718K from $1.27M

## Summary
- Q3 net sales $3.64M, down $229,775 YoY; attendance-based net sales decreased 5.4%.
- Net income $718,712 ($0.01/share) vs $1.27M ($0.02/share) YoY; decline due to lower sales, higher expenses, legal settlement.
- YTD comparable 39-week attendance-based net sales down 7.4% vs 2021 but up 50.4% vs pre-COVID 2019.
- Record YTD per capita $37.52, up $5.61 vs 2019; record FY capital investment ~$1.75M planned.
- Giraffe Exhibit at Georgia Park delayed until spring 2023; debt-to-equity 0.37, working capital $4.38M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-22-023079
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PRKA
- cik: 0001297937
- company_name: PARKS AMERICA, INC
- filed_at: 2022-08-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297937/000149315222023079/0001493152-22-023079-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297937/000149315222023079/form8-k.htm

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