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Six Flags Entertainment (Six Flags Entertainment) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 5.25% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Six Flags Entertainment's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $5,085 Mil. Six Flags Entertainment's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $267 Mil. Six Flags Entertainment's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.25%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Six Flags Entertainment's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

SIX' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -6.04   Med: 5.21   Max: 11.13
Current: 5.97

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Six Flags Entertainment was 11.13%. The lowest was -6.04%. And the median was 5.21%.

SIX's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
62.02% of 853 companies
in the Travel & Leisure industry
Industry Median: 4.18 vs SIX: 5.97

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Six Flags Entertainment's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Six Flags Entertainment Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Six Flags Entertainment's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
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Six Flags Entertainment Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.41 -6.04 5.57 6.78 5.25

Six Flags Entertainment Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.78 6.26 5.89 6.28 5.25

Competitive Comparison

For the Leisure subindustry, Six Flags Entertainment's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Six Flags Entertainment Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Travel & Leisure industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Six Flags Entertainment's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Six Flags Entertainment's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Six Flags Entertainment Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Six Flags Entertainments Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=267.046/5084.57092
=5.25 %

Six Flags Entertainment's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $267 Mil.



Six Flags Entertainment  (NYSE:SIX) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Six Flags Entertainment (Six Flags Entertainment) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1000 Ballpark Way, Suite 400, Arlington, TX, USA, 76011
Six Flags Entertainment Corp owns and operate regional theme parks and water parks. The company operates around 27 theme parks and waterparks, 24 are located in the United States, two are located in Mexico and one is located in Montreal, Canada. The parks generally offer various rides, water attractions, themed areas, concerts, restaurants, game venues, and merchandise outlets.
Executives
Derek Sample officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O SIX FLAGS ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, 1000 BALLPARK WAY, SUITE 400, ARLINGTON TX 76011
Aimee Williams-ramey officer: CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER C/O SIX FLAGS ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, SUITE 400, ARLINGTON TX 76011
Gary Mick officer: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER C/O SIX FLAGS ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, 1000 BALLPARK WAY, SUITE 400, ARLINGTON TX 76011
Marilyn G Spiegel director ONE CAESARS PALACE DRIVE, C/O CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT, LAS VEGAS NV 89109
Rehan Jaffer 10 percent owner C/O H PARTNERS MANAGEMENT, LLC, 888 SEVENTH AVENUE, 29TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Arik W Ruchim director 600 CORPORATION DRIVE, PENDLETON IN 46064
Chieh E. Huang director C/O GIDDY INC., 451 BROADWAY, 2ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10013
Stephen Purtell officer: Interim CFO C/O SIX FLAGS ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, 1000 BALLPARK WAY, SUITE 400, ARLINGTON TX 76011
Justin Hunt officer: Principal Accounting Officer C/O SIX FLAGS ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, 1000 BALLPARK WAY, SUITE 400, ARLINGTON TX 76011
Selim A Bassoul director C/O MIDDLEBY CORP, 1400 TOASTMASTER DRIVE, ELGIN IL 8477413300
Wilson Taylor Brooks officer: VP, Chief Accounting Officer 2020 RAISINTREE DRIVE, FORT WORTH TX 76244
Mike Spanos director PEPSICO, INC., 700 ANDERSON HILL ROAD, PURCHASE NY 10577
Denise M. Clark director C/O AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS INC, 11500 ASH STREET, LEAWOOD KS 66211
Kurt Matthew Cellar director 71 ROTON AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06853
Nancy A Krejsa director 292 SOUTH OLD CREEK ROAD, VERNON HILLS IL 60061