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Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (PLAY)

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Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (PLAY) reported revenue of $544 million for Q2 FY2026, the quarter ended 4 August 2026, down 2.4% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was -$12 million, and diluted earnings per share $-0.36. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-Q it filed with the SEC on 14 September 2026.

Revenue$544 milliondown 2.4%
Net income-$12 million
Diluted EPS$-0.36
QuarterQ2 FY2026ended 4 August 2026

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) in brief

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) reported revenue of $2.1 billion for fiscal 2025, the year ended 3 February 2026, down 1.4% on the year before.
Read moreNet loss was $49 million and the diluted loss per share $1.40. Revenue was $2.1 billion in fiscal 2024, $2.2 billion in fiscal 2023, $2.0 billion in fiscal 2022 and $1.3 billion in fiscal 2021. Net income in the same years was $58 million, $127 million, $137 million and $109 million. Over the twelve months to 4 August 2026, Dave & Buster's Entertainment reported revenue of $2.1 billion and net loss of $89 million. Revenue grew 36.9% a year, compounded, over the five years to fiscal 2025. Dave & Buster's Entertainment had 35 million shares outstanding at the latest filed count. At 4 August 2026 it carried $1.5 billion of debt and $16 million of cash. At the close of 30 October 2026 the market cap of Dave & Buster's Entertainment was $273 million.

Ratios

From the filings

ROE-100.8%
ROCE2.2%
Operating margin1.7%
Net margin-4.3%
FCF margin-0.8%
Interest cover0.24
Debt to equity17.45
Cash conversionn/a
Share count, last 12 months0.5%
Sales CAGR, 3 years2.3%
Profit CAGR, 3 yearsn/a
EPS, TTM-$2.57

At the close of 30 October 2026

Price$7.83
Market cap$273 million
Stock P/En/a
Price to book3.11
EV / EBITDA5.40
Dividend yieldn/a
Market cap / sales0.13
52-week high$21.17
52-week low$6.39
Price, 1 year-47.9%
Price CAGR, 3 years-39.2%
Price CAGR, 5 years-26.7%
Worked from the filed figures; hover a name for the formula.
Read moreThe priced ones use the latest price, the last regular-hours trade on IEX. Debt to equity here stands on long-term debt as Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. files it, with lease liabilities counted separately and never inside it. Nothing here is a valuation or a view.
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Daily prices to 30 October 2026, adjusted for splits; from 28 September 2026 each day's price is the last regular-hours trade on IEX.
Read moreData provided for free by IEX. By accessing or using IEX Historical Data, you agree to the IEX Historical Data Terms of Use. Day by day for the last three years; before that one point a week, carrying the week's last close and its average daily volume, so a volume bar means the same thing across the whole series; the bars sit under the price on their own scale, on the right. The moving averages need consecutive days and are drawn from the daily part. P/E is the close over the trailing four quarters' EPS as filed at each filing date, on the current share count; the dashed line is the median over the range shown. Sales and margin are quarterly revenue and the operating margin from the tables above. EV/EBITDA, price to book and market cap to sales use the latest filed balance sheet and share count at each date. Before the quarters on file begin, P/E, price to book and market cap to sales stand on each annual report from the day it was filed. Drawn in your browser; the range and overlay you pick are remembered here only.

The public record on PLAY

Dividends$0.62 a share in FY2020
Filings15 in twelve months: 8 current reports (8-K), about 4 results of operations; 3 officer or director change; 1 other events; 1 shareholder vote; 1 regulation FD disclosure
Planned insider sales2 Form 144 notices in twelve months, $501,560; latest 17 April 2026
Options tapeput/call 0.34 by open interest at the 30 October 2026 close; the straddle prices a 16.3% move to 20 November 2026
13F holders169 funds reported a position for the quarter to 30 June 2026; largest Hill Path Capital LP
Insider trading1 sale and 5 purchases on Form 4 in twelve months
Congress0 House trades disclosed in six months
Short interest10.6 million shares short, 5.83 days to cover at 15 October 2026
Documentsthe 10-K, the 10-Qs, the proxy and 4 earnings press releases, each linked

Quarterly results, the last 20 quarters

Q3 FY2021Q4 FY2021 *Q1 FY2022 †Q2 FY2022Q3 FY2022 †Q4 FY2022 *Q1 FY2023 †Q2 FY2023 †Q3 FY2023 †Q4 FY2023 *Q1 FY2024Q2 FY2024Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2024 *Q1 FY2025Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025 *Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026
Revenue318343451468481564597542467599588557453534568557448530559544
Cost of revenue52.654.970.075.576.387.194.387.176.490.387.381.867.877.582.176.463.578.379.883.2
Gross profit265288381393405477503455390509501475385457486481385451479461
Gross margin83%84%84%84%84%85%84%84%84%85%85%85%85%86%86%86%86%85%86%85%
Operating income24.546.598.756.530.177.212177.118.689.585.584.56.344.163.253.0-16.2-13.946.919.4
Operating margin8%14%22%12%6%14%20%14%4%15%15%15%1%8%11%10%-4%-3%8%4%
Interest expense13.411.911.417.128.430.530.732.928.934.933.133.932.935.436.838.740.238.336.938.0
Pre-tax income8.231.887.337.91.746.790.733.0-10.349.752.450.6-41.88.726.414.3-56.4-52.210.0-18.6
Tax rate-29%19%23%23%-12%16%23%22%n/a27%21%20%n/a-7%18%20%n/an/a43%n/a
Net income10.625.667.029.11.939.170.125.9-5.236.141.440.3-32.79.321.711.4-42.1-39.75.7-12.5
Net margin3%7%15%6%0%7%12%5%-1%6%7%7%-7%2%4%2%-9%-7%1%-2%
Diluted EPS$0.21$0.53$1.35$0.59$0.04$0.80$1.45$0.60-$0.12$0.88$0.99$0.99-$0.84$0.24$0.62$0.32-$1.22-$1.15$0.16-$0.36
Operating cash flow0.484.614984.567.914492.410470.897.2109102-7.210995.834.058.010311446.8
Capital expenditure25.628.640.059.964.170.251.282.673.812311311613117015589.278.669.010584.7
Free cash flow-25.256.010924.63.873.341.221.2-3.0-25.4-4.2-14.3-138-61.0-58.8-55.2-20.634.08.5-37.9
Buybacks0.0n/a0.025.00.00.012773.11000.09.850.228.083.923.90.00.00.00.00.0
Dividends paid0.00.00.00.00.00.0n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Shares outstanding48m48m49m48m48m48m45m43m40m40m40m39m38m36m35m35m35m35m35m35m
Filing10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.
Read more* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS, and its diluted share count where shown, are from the company's results press release for that quarter, checked against the company's filed figures or a second data source. A quarter marked † is shown as the company last restated it in a later filing, so it compares with the quarters around it on one basis; rest on a figure for the one first filed. EPS is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

Income statement (profit and loss), 14 fiscal years and the trailing twelve months

FY2012FY2013FY2014 †FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018 †FY2019 †FY2020 †FY2021 †FY2022 †FY2023 †FY2024FY2025TTM
Revenue6086367478671,0051,1401,2651,3554371,3041,9642,2052,1332,1032,081
Cost of revenue11912514616318019722023374.9205323353314300305
Gross profit4895116007048259431,0451,1213621,0991,6411,8521,8181,8021,776
Gross margin80.4%80.3%80.4%81.2%82.1%82.7%82.6%82.8%82.8%84.3%83.5%84.0%85.3%85.7%85.4%
Operating income43.751.073.9110151166161148-25318726330722086.136.2
Operating margin7.2%8.0%9.9%12.7%15.0%14.5%12.7%10.9%-57.9%14.4%13.4%13.9%10.3%4.1%1.7%
Interest expense47.647.834.811.57.08.713.120.936.953.987.4127135154153
Pre-tax income-3.93.211.591.8144156148127-29012817416369.9-67.9-117
Income tax-12.71.13.932.152.735.430.726.9-83.419.036.536.211.6-19.2-28.6
Effective tax raten/a32.8%33.6%35.0%36.7%22.7%20.7%21.1%n/a14.9%21.0%22.2%16.6%n/an/a
Net income8.82.27.659.690.8121117100-20710913712758.3-48.7-88.6
Net margin1.4%0.3%1.0%6.9%9.0%10.6%9.3%7.4%-47.4%8.3%7.0%5.8%2.7%-2.3%-4.3%
Diluted EPS$0.26$0.06$0.21$1.39$2.10$2.84$2.93$2.94-$4.75$2.21$2.79$2.88$1.46-$1.40-$2.57
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
From each year's 10-K, linked; TTM is the last four quarters.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are. † The year as the company last restated it in a later filing; rest on a figure for the one first filed. EPS is as filed.

Revenue by product or service FY2024 to FY2026

FY2024FY2025FY2026Share
of the parts, latest year
Entertainment1,4061,3671,29761.7%
Food and non-alcoholic beverages51750653625.5%
Alcoholic beverages25323524311.6%
Other28.724.326.71.3%
EntertainmentFood and non-alcoholic beveragesAlcoholic beveragesOther
2,205FY20242,133FY20252,103FY2026

$ million; hover a block for its figure and share

From the company's 10-Ks, in its own words (latest 10-K).
Read moreEach year's figures come from the most recent 10-K that includes that year. A year is shown only where the parts add up to the revenue above. Fiscal years are labelled by the year they end in.

Cash flow and capital returned

FY2012FY2013FY2014 †FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018 †FY2019 †FY2020 †FY2021 †FY2022 †FY2023 †FY2024FY2025TTM
Operating cash flow82.811086.7187231265338289-49.2283444364312291322
Capital expenditure78.710613016318122021622883.092.2234330530391338
Free cash flow4.14.0-43.024.150.844.812160.9-13219121034.0-218-101-16.0
Free cash flow margin0.7%0.6%-5.8%2.8%5.0%3.9%9.6%4.5%-30.3%14.6%10.7%1.5%-10.2%-4.8%-0.8%
Cash from investingn/an/an/an/a-159-217-204-227-82.0-91.5-1,052-329-530-387-338
Cash from financingn/an/an/an/a-77.3-49.3-131-58.6118-178763-17918710620.0
Depreciation and amortisation63.566.370.978.788.3103118132139138169208238279296
Share-based compensation1.11.22.24.15.88.97.46.97.012.520.016.04.619.612.1
Buybacksn/an/an/an/a28.81521492970.00.025.030017223.90.0
Dividends paidn/an/an/an/an/an/a11.615.74.90.00.0n/an/an/an/a
Dividend per sharen/an/an/an/an/an/a$0.30$0.62n/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Diluted shares, weighted34m34m37m43m43m43m40m34m44m49m49m44m40m35m35m
Shares outstanding at period endn/a33mn/a42m42m40m38m31m48m48m48m40m36m35m35m
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
Cash paid in the year, from the cash flow statement.
Read moreThe dividend per share is as declared. Diluted shares are the weighted average for the year; a falling count is the buybacks net of issuance. TTM sums the last four quarters; the share counts are the latest quarter's.

Balance sheet at year end

FY2012FY2013FY2014 †FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018 †FY2019 †FY2020 †FY2021 †FY2022 †FY2023 †FY2024FY2025TTM
Funded by
Shareholders' equity14715025934643942238817015327541125114691.287.9
Debtn/a4864303382653673946486104401,2881,3381,5241,5521,534
Operating lease liabilitiesn/an/an/an/an/an/an/a1,2221,2681,2781,5681,5581,5751,5631,539
Finance lease liabilitiesn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a0.032.732.4
Other liabilitiesn/a226262320349408491330322353495607771878927
Total liabilities and equityn/a8629511,0051,0531,1971,2732,3702,3532,3463,7613,7544,0164,1174,121
Owned
Fixed assetsn/a3884365246077268059018157791,1801,3331,6351,7191,740
Goodwill272272273273273273273273273273744742743743743
Intangible assetsn/an/a3.6n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Cash and equivalents36.138.170.925.520.118.821.624.711.925.918237.36.916.616.0
Inventoryn/an/an/a19.521.927.627.334.523.840.345.437.239.839.939.4
Other assetsn/a1631681631311521461,1381,2301,2281,6091,6051,5921,5981,583
Total assetsn/a8629511,0051,0531,1971,2732,3702,3532,3463,7613,7544,0164,1174,121
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
At the fiscal year end; the TTM column is the latest quarter end.
Read moreBoth totals are the company's own. Other liabilities is the filed total less the rows above it: payables, deferred revenue, taxes, borrowings the rows above do not carry and the rest; other assets is the same on the other side. Investments add the current and non-current lines as filed. Debt is the company's own stated total where it files one, otherwise its long-term debt with the current maturities, never parts added together. A row is left blank in a year where the lines shown overlap and the remainder would fall below nil.

Compounded growth

10 years5 years3 yearsTTM
Sales growth, compounded9.3%36.9%2.3%-1.5%
Profit growth, compoundedn/an/an/an/a
Return on equity, average11.4%22.0%12.4%-53.4%
Yearly growth, compounded; TTM is the last four quarters against the four before.
Read moreReturn on equity is net income over shareholders' equity at each year end, averaged over the window (the TTM column is the latest year alone); equity is the parent's shareholders' equity as tagged in the 10-K. Arithmetic on filed numbers, nothing forecast.

Questions

What was Dave & Buster's Entertainment's revenue in fiscal 2025?

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) reported revenue of $2.1 billion for fiscal 2025, the year ended 3 February 2026, down 1.4% on the year before.

How much did Dave & Buster's Entertainment earn in fiscal 2025?

Net loss was $49 million for fiscal 2025, and the diluted loss per share $1.40.

What is Dave & Buster's Entertainment's market cap?

The market cap of Dave & Buster's Entertainment was $273 million at the close of 30 October 2026.

How much debt does Dave & Buster's Entertainment have?

At 4 August 2026 Dave & Buster's Entertainment carried $1.5 billion of debt and $16 million of cash.

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27 companies share its SEC industry code (Retail-Eating Places); the rest are the names nearest in size in its wider industry, Restaurants, Hotels, Motels, one of the Fama-French 48 industries, a published grouping of SEC industry codes.
Read moreBy market capitalisation; a click on a heading sorts by it, largest first, and a second click turns it round. Each figure is the same arithmetic as the ratio box above, on each company's own filings and latest close; a name marked * is a foreign company that files once a year, on its latest fiscal year.

Filings

FilingPeriodFiledWhere
10-Q4 August 202614 September 2026EDGAR
10-Q5 May 202615 June 2026EDGAR
10-K3 February 202631 March 2026EDGAR
10-Q4 November 20259 December 2025EDGAR
10-Q5 August 202515 September 2025EDGAR
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