---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-22-037124"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PRKS"
cik: "0001564902"
company_name: "United Parks & Resorts Inc."
filed_at: "2022-11-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T01:14:14.869591+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SeaWorld reports record Q3 2022 revenue $565M, net income $134.6M, ups buyback

## Summary
- Record Q3 revenue $565.2M (+8.4% YoY); net income $134.6M (+31.8% YoY); Adjusted EBITDA $274.2M (+3.4% YoY).
- Attendance 7.3M guests, +1.5% YoY; total revenue per capita record $77.05 (+6.8% YoY).
- Repurchased ~3.6M shares ($183.9M) Aug–Oct 2022; year-to-date 12.3M shares ($683.9M), ~16% of shares outstanding.
- Record in-park per capita $34.30 (+10.4% YoY); admission per capita $42.75 (+4.1% YoY).
- Sixth consecutive quarter of record financial results; company says operating environment still not normalized.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-22-037124
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PRKS
- cik: 0001564902
- company_name: United Parks & Resorts Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-11-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564902/000156459022037124/0001564590-22-037124-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564902/000156459022037124/seas-8k_20221109.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-037124.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  United Parks & Resorts Inc. reported the first nine months of fiscal year 2022 results: revenue $1,340.7 million, net income $242.2 million.
  - Period: the first nine months of fiscal year 2022
  - Revenue: $1,340.7 million
  - Net income: $242.2 million
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Total revenue was a record of $1,340.7 million
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564902/000156459022037124/0001564590-22-037124-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  United Parks & Resorts Inc. reported the third quarter ended September 30, 2022 results: revenue $565.2 million, net income $134.6 million.
  - Period: the third quarter ended September 30, 2022
  - Revenue: $565.2 million
  - Net income: $134.6 million
  - Result: reported results
  source text: • Total revenue was a record of $565.2 million, an increase of $44.0 million or 8.4% from the third quarter of 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564902/000156459022037124/0001564590-22-037124-index.htm

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