United Parks & Resorts Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a theme park and entertainment company in the United States. It operates and licenses SeaWorld theme parks in Orlando, Florida; San Antonio, Texas; Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; and San Diego, California, as well as Busch Gardens theme parks in Tampa, Florida, and Williamsburg, Virginia. The company also operates …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Margins Consistently Above PeersGross margin at 92.3% (top 0%) and operating margin at 22.0% (top 7%) indicate strong pricing power.
Margins Stable Across CyclesOperating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.85), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
Key risks
Liquidity ConcernsLiquidity is concerning (score 0.22), raising questions about short-term obligations.
Revenue Volatility Signals Weak StickinessRevenue volatility is high (stability score 0.19), suggesting weak customer stickiness.
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United Parks & Resorts Inc. ranks #3 of 30
scored companies in Leisure by moat score — the top 10%.
The widest moat in the group is Planet Fitness, Inc. (PLNT)
at 76/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near PRKS in Leisure
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 92
· 15% of the moat score
A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.
Customer Stickiness
Score 56
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 71
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 48
· 17% of the moat score
Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.
Scale & Market Position
Score 73
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
United Parks & Resorts Inc. (PRKS) scores 72 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #3 of 30 scored companies in Leisure, the top 10%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 29 companies in Leisure. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (92/100) and its weakest is Resilience (48/100).
How does United Parks & Resorts Inc. compare with other Leisure companies?
United Parks & Resorts Inc. ranks #3 of 30 scored companies in Leisure by moat score. The widest moat in Leisure is Planet Fitness, Inc. (PLNT) at 76/100. The companies ranked closest are YETI Holdings, Inc. (YETI) at 73 just above it and Acushnet Holdings Corp. (GOLF) at 72 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 29 companies in Leisure. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is United Parks & Resorts Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?
Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.
Which competitive defenses are measured for United Parks & Resorts Inc.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and PRKS scores: Pricing Power (92), Cost Advantage (92), Customer Stickiness (56), Capital Efficiency (71), Resilience (48), Scale & Market Position (73). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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