What Makes United Parks & Resorts (PRKS) a Deep Value Stock?

Voss Capital, LLC, an investment management company, released its third-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. Voss Capital’s funds, Voss Value Fund, LP, and the Voss Value Offshore Fund, Ltd returned +5.0% and +4.9% to investors net of fees and expenses respectively, in the third quarter compared to a +12.4% return for the Russell 2000 Index, +12.6% return for the Russell 2000 Value Index, and +8.3% return for the S&P 500 Index. The Voss Value Master Fund’s total gross exposure stood at 205.4% and the net long exposure was 95.8% as of September 30, 2025. The weight of the fund’s top 10 longs was 77.8% and the top 10 shorts were -43.5%. In addition, you can check the fund’s top 5 holdings to determine its best picks for 2025.

In its third-quarter 2025 investor letter, Voss Capital highlighted stocks such as United Parks & Resorts Inc. (NYSE:PRKS). United Parks & Resorts Inc. (NYSE:PRKS) is a U.S.-based theme park and entertainment company. The one-month return of United Parks & Resorts Inc. (NYSE:PRKS) was -23.17%, and its shares lost 40.28% of their value over the last 52 weeks. On December 01, 2025, United Parks & Resorts Inc. (NYSE:PRKS) stock closed at $35.34 per share, with a market capitalization of $1.945 billion.

Voss Capital stated the following regarding United Parks & Resorts Inc. (NYSE:PRKS) in its third quarter 2025 investor letter:

“United Parks & Resorts Inc. (NYSE:PRKS) is a deep value stock rightfully doing time in the “penalty box.” Holding the stock has cost us dearly recently with a quick ~45% drop post Q3 earnings. While attendance growth was resilient and positive in Q2 in the face of Universal Studio’s Epic Universe opening, the market yawned and looked past that. Fast forward to Q3 and -3.4% attendance growth and -6.3% Admissions Per Cap (ticket prices) satiated the bear case.

The competitive environment has intensified significantly. With Disney aggressively discounting in Orlando to counter Universal’s newly opened Epic Universe, and Six Flags pressuring some of the regional markets, PRKS has been pressured to lower prices to protect volume. Negative operating leverage is biting—revenue is down 3.9% YTD while Adjusted EBITDA has fallen 11.8%…” (Click here to read the full text)

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United Parks & Resorts Inc. (NYSE:PRKS) is not on our list of 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 37 hedge fund portfolios held United Parks & Resorts Inc. (NYSE:PRKS) at the end of the third quarter, which was 34 in the previous quarter. United Parks & Resorts Inc. (NYSE:PRKS) reported total revenue of $511.9 million, in the third quarter of 2025, a decrease of $34.1 million compared to Q2 2024. While we acknowledge the risk and potential of United Parks & Resorts Inc. (NYSE:PRKS) as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than United Parks & Resorts Inc. (NYSE:PRKS) and that has 10,000% upside potential, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.

In another article, we covered United Parks & Resorts Inc. (NYSE:PRKS) and shared Voss Capital’s views on the company in the previous quarter. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q3 2025 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.

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