July 6, 2026
— Jeff Ward, Lehigh Valley News Briefs
Shares of Six Flags, owner of Dorney Park, dipped below $20 today.
The shares (NYSE:FUN) finished Monday at $19.55, down $1.44. In the past 52 weeks, the shares have traded as low as $12.51 and as high as $33.50. They have been falling for a couple years as the 2024 combination of Six Flags and Cedar Fair has not worked out, with the amusement-park company plagued by debt and at times bad weather.
Six Flags owns Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom in South Whitehall Township and Great Adventure in New Jersey. Its portfolio includes 20 amusement parks, 14 water parks and nine resorts in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, and an amusement park in Saudi Arabia, according to the company website.
Six Flags has made lots of management and board changes under Chief Executive John Reilly, who took over last year. So far, Wall Street isn’t impressed with the Charlotte, North Carolina-based company. I see no specific recent news to account for the recent decline. As noted, the price is down but within the 52-week range.
Perhaps Six Flags will come out with some good news Aug. 6, when it reports second-quarter financial results. Investors will be looking to hear about attendance, but also for how billions of dollars in debt is being handled.
Disclosure: I own shares in Six Flags, and right now, that is no FUN.
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