United Parks & Resorts Inc.

DB:W2L Stock Report

Market Cap: €2.9b

United Parks & Resorts Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

United Parks & Resorts' CEO is Marc Swanson, appointed in Apr 2020, has a tenure of 4.67 years. total yearly compensation is $1.11M, comprised of 40.7% salary and 59.3% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.31% of the company’s shares, worth €8.97M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 1.9 years and 6.3 years respectively.

Key information

Marc Swanson

Chief executive officer

US$1.1m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage40.7%
CEO tenure4.7yrs
CEO ownership0.3%
Management average tenure1.9yrs
Board average tenure6.3yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Marc Swanson's remuneration changed compared to United Parks & Resorts's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Sep 30 2024n/an/a

US$240m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

US$244m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

US$239m

Dec 31 2023US$1mUS$450k

US$234m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

US$243m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

US$254m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

US$284m

Dec 31 2022US$1mUS$450k

US$291m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

US$314m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

US$281m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

US$292m

Dec 31 2021US$2mUS$433k

US$257m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

US$139m

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

-US$42m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

-US$301m

Dec 31 2020US$2mUS$357k

-US$312m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

-US$291m

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

-US$114m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

US$70m

Dec 31 2019US$3mUS$365k

US$89m

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

US$103m

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

US$101m

Mar 31 2019n/an/a

US$71m

Dec 31 2018US$1mUS$350k

US$45m

Sep 30 2018n/an/a

US$35m

Jun 30 2018n/an/a

-US$6m

Mar 31 2018n/an/a

-US$204m

Dec 31 2017US$1mUS$309k

-US$202m

Compensation vs Market: Marc's total compensation ($USD1.11M) is below average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD1.93M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Marc's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

Marc Swanson (53 yo)

4.7yrs

Tenure

US$1,106,531

Compensation

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Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Marc Swanson
Chief Executive Officer4.7yrsUS$1.11m0.31%
€ 9.0m
Kyle Miller
Co-Chief Parks Operation Officer1.9yrsUS$963.03k0.065%
€ 1.9m
James Forrester
Executive Officerless than a yearUS$823.60k0.020%
€ 595.3k
Byron Surrett
Chief Parks Operations Officer – Non-Florida Parks1.9yrsUS$948.35k0.033%
€ 964.2k
James Mikolaichik
CFO & Treasurerless than a yearno data0.062%
€ 1.8m
William Myers
Chief Accounting Officerless than a yearno datano data
Matthew Stroud
Vice President of Investor Relationsno datano datano data
George Taylor
Chief Legal Officer14.9yrsUS$627.52k0.16%
€ 4.6m
Marisa Thalberg
Chief Marketing & Communications Officer1.7yrsno datano data
Michael Rady
Chief Human Resources Officerless than a yearno datano data
Christopher Dold
Chief Zoological Officer8.7yrsUS$520.90k0.057%
€ 1.7m
Mike Denninger
Senior Vice President of Attractions6.8yrsno datano data

1.9yrs

Average Tenure

54.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: W2L's management team is not considered experienced ( 1.9 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Thomas Moloney
Independent Director9.9yrsUS$374.16k0.063%
€ 1.9m
Ronald Bension
Independent Director8.7yrsUS$368.28k0.035%
€ 1.0m
Nathaniel Lipman
Independent Directorless than a yearno datano data
Kimberly Schaefer
Independent Director4yrsUS$390.41k0.00021%
€ 6.2k
William Gray
Independent Director10yrsUS$439.65k0.064%
€ 1.9m
Scott Ross
Independent Non-Executive Chairman7.1yrsUS$554.91k0.089%
€ 2.6m
James Chambers
Independent Director5.5yrsUS$398.45k0.036%
€ 1.1m
Yoshikazu Maruyama
Independent Director7.5yrsUS$393.29k0.0018%
€ 53.4k
Neha Narang
Independent Director5.1yrsUS$346.02k0.0098%
€ 286.9k
Timothy Hartnett
Lead Independent Director4yrsUS$804.64k0.020%
€ 582.1k

6.3yrs

Average Tenure

57.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: W2L's board of directors are considered experienced (6.3 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/27 17:52
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/27 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
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Market Prices30 years
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Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

United Parks & Resorts Inc. is covered by 24 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Felicia Kantor HendrixBarclays
Bryan GoldbergBofA Global Research
Eric WoldB. Riley Securities, Inc.