Is PRKS a high-quality business?

AlphaMadera's AlphaQuality grade scores United Parks & Resorts Inc. on six pillars — profitability, capital efficiency, balance-sheet strength, growth durability, cash generation, and shareholder yield. The composite letter grade reflects how PRKS compares to a Buffett-style quality bar.

What is United Parks & Resorts Inc.'s AlphaQuality grade?

AlphaQuality assigns a letter grade (A through F) to PRKS based on a six-pillar quantitative model. The live page shows the composite grade plus each pillar's individual score with the underlying metrics.

What makes PRKS a quality stock?

AlphaQuality looks at return on capital, free-cash-flow margins, debt-to-equity, revenue stability, dividend and buyback policy, and operating-margin trend. Stocks scoring well across all six pillars earn higher grades — the methodology favors compounders over cyclicals.

PRKS - United Parks & Resorts Inc.

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Platform & Compounding FCF

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

C 53.1 / 100 composite

Composite Grade

Composite of six pillars weighted for platform & compounding fcf businesses. Purely quantitative — no stock price or analyst input.

Profitability

Weight: 25%

C+ 61.8

5yr Avg ROIC 16.8% 84/100
Operating Margin Trend -1.54 pp/yr 9/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

D+ 41.5

5yr Avg ROE 0.0% 10/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR -8.8% 100/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 25%

D- 32.6

5yr Revenue CAGR 2.5% 41/100
5yr EPS CAGR -1.3% 17/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 2/5 40/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 20%

A 90.5

5yr FCF Margin 17.3% 86/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 1.23x 96/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 10%

D 33.1

Net Debt / EBITDA 4.14x 28/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 2.76x 41/100
Altman Z-Score 1.71 33/100

Stability

Weight: 5%

D 36.4

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.61 22/100
Piotroski F-Score 5 56/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 3/5 40/100

1 of 1 gurus held; 1 trimmed; 2 full exits.

Holders: 1
Avg Δ position: -45.1%
New buys: 0
Full exits: 2

Cooperman sold -100%
Dalio sold -100%
Greenblatt decreased -45%

How this is calculated

AlphaQuality grades six pillars from 0-100 and weights each by archetype:

Profitability (25%) — 5yr Avg ROIC, Operating Margin Trend
Capital Efficiency (15%) — 5yr Avg ROE, 5yr Share-Count CAGR
Growth Quality (25%) — 5yr Revenue CAGR, 5yr EPS CAGR, Revenue-Growth Years (5)
Cash Generation (20%) — 5yr FCF Margin, 5yr FCF/NI Conversion
Balance Sheet (10%) — Net Debt / EBITDA, Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int), Altman Z-Score
Stability (5%) — EPS Volatility (σ/μ), Piotroski F-Score, Negative-Revenue Years (5)

We deliberately ignore stock price, analyst targets, and consensus ratings so the grade is suitable for backtesting forward returns. A minimum of 5 fiscal years of audited statements is required; distressed and highly leveraged infrastructure businesses are declared ungradable rather than forced into a numeric score.