UNITED PARKS & RESORTS INC PRKS
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 81282V100 · ISIN US81282V1008
Family entertainment, amusement park and attraction company headquartered in Orlando, Florida
- SectorConsumer discretionary
- IndustryServices-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation
- HeadquartersOrlando, FL
- Founded1960
- Websiteunitedparks.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($16.9m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 63.9m as of 2023-11-03, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $52.83. Options: 14 managers hold calls ($57.9m notional), 10 hold puts ($17.6m).
Trends to Q4 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 231 |
| Q4 2022 | 234 |
| Q1 2023 | 233 |
| Q2 2023 | 223 |
| Q3 2023 | 218 |
| Q4 2023 | 205 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 103 | 130 |
| Q1 2023 | 110 | 111 |
| Q2 2023 | 112 | 112 |
| Q3 2023 | 100 | 127 |
| Q4 2023 | 86 | 115 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | $24.1m | $12.1m | 0.50 |
| Q2 2023 | $13.7m | $14.3m | 1.04 |
| Q3 2023 | $12.7m | $12.9m | 1.02 |
| Q4 2023 | $57.9m | $17.6m | 0.30 |
Biggest buyers
| Candlestick Capital Management LP | New | +935.6k |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ | Added | +500.0k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +394.5k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | New | +350.8k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +266.7k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +236.4k |
| BWCP, LP | New | +213.1k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +211.5k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +179.6k |
| CIBC WORLD MARKETS CORP | Added | +175.0k |
Biggest sellers
| BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC | Reduced | -423.3k |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP | Reduced | -324.9k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC | Reduced | -322.1k |
| Q Global Advisors, LLC | Reduced | -230.0k |
| Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd. | Reduced | -227.8k |
| Lodge Hill Capital, LLC | Reduced | -220.0k |
| HG Vora Capital Management, LLC | Reduced | -200.0k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Reduced | -194.4k |
| Man Group plc | Sold out | -136.3k |
| OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/ | Sold out | -119.3k |
Biggest calls
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | New | $30.8m583.2k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $5.5m103.7k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $4.5m84.5k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | New | $4.1m77.9k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $3.7m70.5k shares |
| GTS SECURITIES LLC | Added | $2.4m45.5k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | New | $2.4m45.0k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $1.2m23.6k shares |
| WATER ISLAND CAPITAL LLC | New | $924.5k17.5k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $808.3k15.3k shares |
Biggest puts
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | New | $10.6m200.0k shares |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | New | $4.1m77.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $887.5k16.8k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $760.8k14.4k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $660.4k12.5k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Reduced | $227.2k4.3k shares |
| TWO SIGMA SECURITIES, LLC | Reduced | $200.8k3.8k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $121.0k2.3k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $100.4k1.9k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| Hill Path Capital LP 13D · may seek influence +2.3 pts · filed 2026-08-11 | 60.2% |
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution new · filed 2025-10-17 | 7.4% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27), GOLDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT LP (4.6%, 2026-02-17)
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2022 | 1 | $146.6k | 4 | $5.5m | — |
| Q2 2022 | 1 | $140.4k | 2 | $1.9m | — |
| Q3 2022 | 2 | $2.5m | 3 | $3.5m | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $195.0k | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 5 | $3.4m | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 5 | $3.0m | $460.5k |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 3 | $2.6m | $444.0k |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $310.7k | $264.0k |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-15 | Miller Kyle Robert Officer | Sold plan | $54.0k1.0k shares |
| 2023-12-13 | Miller Kyle Robert Officer | Sold plan | $210.0k4.0k shares |
| 2023-11-16 | Boyle Shekufeh Chief Accounting Officer | Sold | $46.6k968 shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q4 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Hill Path Capital LP 66.69% of their portfolio | 27.2m $1.4bn | Unchanged |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC 2.14% of their portfolio | 4.5m $238.5m | Unchanged |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.8m $202.6m | Reduced -52.3k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.9m $152.4m | Added +179.6k |
| BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC 0.52% of their portfolio | 2.8m $147.9m | Reduced -423.3k |
| Simcoe Capital Management, LLC 16.81% of their portfolio | 2.2m $116.5m | Added +155.2k |
| Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd. 4.23% of their portfolio | 1.4m $74.2m | Reduced -227.8k |
| HG Vora Capital Management, LLC 3.52% of their portfolio | 1.3m $68.7m | Reduced -200.0k |
| GOLDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT LP 6.87% of their portfolio | 1.3m $66.2m | Reduced -91.9k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.1m $60.7m | Added +24.0k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 944.3k $49.9m | Added +394.5k |
| Candlestick Capital Management LP 1.59% of their portfolio | 935.6k $49.4m | New |
| CIBC WORLD MARKETS CORP 0.25% of their portfolio | 857.0k $45.3m | Added +175.0k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 830.7k $43.9m | Added +1.0k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 757.6k $40.0m | Added +31.9k |
| Engine Capital Management, LP 6.44% of their portfolio | 739.5k $39.1m | Unchanged |
| PINNACLE ASSOCIATES LTD 0.63% of their portfolio | 713.2k $37.7m | Reduced -2.9k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 711.0k $37.6m | Reduced -13.4k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.04% of their portfolio | 707.5k $37.4m | Reduced -66.8k |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP 0.31% of their portfolio | 675.1k $35.7m | Reduced -324.9k |
| EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.18% of their portfolio | 643.3k $34.0m | Added +30.8k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 595.1k $31.4m | Added +266.7k |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ 0.06% of their portfolio | 580.0k $30.7m | Added +500.0k |
| DEROY & DEVEREAUX PRIVATE INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 1.94% of their portfolio | 550.1k $29.1m | Reduced -11.6k |
| Q Global Advisors, LLC 22.02% of their portfolio | 550.0k $29.1m | Reduced -230.0k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 533.6k $28.2m | Added +16.8k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 512.3k $27.1m | Added +156.6k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 500.4k $26.4m | Added +211.5k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.04% of their portfolio | 424.2k $22.4m | Reduced -85.8k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 406.5k $21.5m | Added +11.6k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.04% of their portfolio | 389.6k $20.7m | Reduced -10.1k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 388.0k $20.5m | Added +14.0k |
| NORGES BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 382.2k $20.2m | Reduced -31.1k |
| Penn Capital Management Company, LLC 1.83% of their portfolio | 377.1k $20.0m | Added +24.8k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 350.8k $18.5m | New |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 348.0k $18.4m | Reduced -5.1k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 327.7k $17.3m | Reduced -194.4k |
| Perpetual Ltd 0.17% of their portfolio | 319.3k $16.9m | Added +27.7k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.08% of their portfolio | 304.6k $16.1m | Reduced -2.5k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 283.3k $15.0m | Reduced -3.6k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.04% of their portfolio | 271.7k $14.4m | Reduced -19.7k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 245.8k $13.0m | Added +236.4k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.02% of their portfolio | 238.2k $12.6m | Added +9.4k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 228.9k $12.1m | Reduced -2.5k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 216.2k $11.4m | Reduced -74.0k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 214.9k $11.4m | Added +42.5k |
| BWCP, LP 3.72% of their portfolio | 213.1k $11.3m | New |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 179.6k $9.5m | Reduced -1.1k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 158.2k $8.4m | Reduced -1.8k |
| EMERALD ADVISERS, LLC 0.31% of their portfolio | 139.3k $7.4m | Reduced -55.9k |
| Lionstone Capital Management LLC 2.02% of their portfolio | 138.4k $7.3m | Unchanged |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 131.6k $7.0m | Reduced -19.7k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 120.8k $6.4m | Added +78.7k |
| Man Group plc 0.02% of their portfolio | 116.4k $6.1m | New |
| Lodge Hill Capital, LLC 2.59% of their portfolio | 111.3k $5.9m | Reduced -220.0k |
| BRANT POINT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 1.27% of their portfolio | 100.7k $5.3m | Reduced -553 |
| Sonic GP LLC 6.07% of their portfolio | 100.0k $5.3m | Reduced -50.0k |
| EMERALD MUTUAL FUND ADVISERS TRUST 0.26% of their portfolio | 91.7k $4.8m | Reduced -43.3k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.01% of their portfolio | 90.3k $4.8m | Reduced -4.4k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 83.1k $4.4m | Reduced -15.5k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 81.6k $4.3m | Added +27.5k |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 76.5k $4.0m | Added +75.2k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 76.2k $4.0m | Added +22.0k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 75.7k $4.0m | Reduced -8.6k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 73.7k $3.9m | Reduced -15 |
| GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 73.1k $3.9m | Reduced -41.1k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 72.4k $3.8m | Added +3.6k |
| Fiera Capital Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 64.3k $3.4m | Unchanged |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 64.2k $3.4m | New |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 61.9k $3.3m | Reduced -2.2k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 60.4k $3.2m | Added +1.8k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 59.3k $3.1m | Added +25.0k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 58.7k $3.1m | Reduced -19.2k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 57.8k $3.1m | Reduced -1.2k |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 55.3k $2.9m | Added +600 |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 52.4k $2.8m | Reduced -4.1k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.01% of their portfolio | 51.0k $2.7m | Reduced -6.6k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 50.6k $2.7m | Reduced -1.6k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.01% of their portfolio | 49.4k $2.6m | Added +8.5k |
| Diametric Capital, LP 1.53% of their portfolio | 47.6k $2.5m | Added +37.6k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 47.4k $2.5m | Reduced -5.8k |
| CastleKnight Management LP 0.40% of their portfolio | 46.8k $2.5m | Unchanged |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 46.4k $2.5m | Reduced -8.2k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 42.9k $2.3m | Unchanged |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 42.8k $2.3m | Reduced -33.0k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 40.2k $2.1m | Reduced -1.7k |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd 0.04% of their portfolio | 38.8k $2.0m | New |
| PDT Partners, LLC 0.23% of their portfolio | 38.6k $2.0m | Reduced -6.3k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 36.8k $1.9m | Added +507 |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 35.5k $1.9m | Added +585 |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 35.2k $1.9m | Reduced -2.6k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 34.4k $1.8m | Reduced -1.6k |
| DUALITY ADVISERS, LP 0.17% of their portfolio | 31.2k $1.7m | Added +10.9k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 29.0k $1.5m | Reduced -78 |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.0k $1.4m | Added +5.3k |
| CAPTRUST FINANCIAL ADVISORS 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.5k $1.4m | Reduced -3.4k |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 26.2k $1.4m | Added +14.7k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.6k $1.4m | Added +6.7k |
| OCCUDO QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIES LP 0.16% of their portfolio | 21.9k $1.2m | Added +14.9k |
| Brevan Howard Capital Management LP 0.12% of their portfolio | 21.7k $1.1m | Added +6.4k |