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Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.

PLAY Communication Services Entertainment

Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $2.1 billion, down 1.40% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
−2.39%
EPS
−209.1%
Free cash flow
+31.3%
Total debt
−3.15%

Quarter to July 2026, against a year earlier

8.10 0.68 −7.74%
Market cap
$283.7M
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
−4.3×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
0.79
Beneish M
−2.09
Dividend safety
n/a
Overview
Financials
Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Bought, $m 0.12
Sold, $m 0.10
Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — 1 — — — — — — — 2 — —
Sell — — — — 1 — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 5.03%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 283.69
Revenue ttm 2,081.00
Net income ttm (88.60)
Free cash flow ttm (16.00)
Net debt Q 1,491.50
Valuation
P/E 0.00
Forward P/E (4.31) (negative: loss-making)
Price / sales 0.14
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 0.00
Price / book 3.21
Financial health
Current ratio Q 0.30 (below 1: weak)
Debt / equity Q 17.15 (above 2: weak)
Interest coverage Q 0.51
Growth
Revenue growth Q −2.39% (below 0%: shrinking)
Operating income growth Q −63.40% (below 0%: shrinking)
EPS, this year −23.61% (below 0%: weak)
EPS, next year A +31.81% (at or above 15%: strong)
Revenue, next year A −0.42% (below 0%: weak)
EPS, past 5 yrs —
EPS, next 5 yrs A +14.97%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 0.9×, against a ten-year median of 1.6×; over the ten years it ranged from 0.8× in 2020 to 6.2× in 2021.
P/S against its own 10 years 1.28%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 6.42%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 3.19%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Yield
—
Annual rate
—
Payout ratio
—
Growth, 2018–25
−100.0%/yr
  1. 0.30 ’18
  2. 0.46 ’19 +53
  3. 0.16 ’20 −65
  4. 0.00 ’21 −100
  5. 0.00 ’22
  6. 0.00 ’23
  7. 0.00 ’24
  8. 0.00 ’25
paid change on the year, % Powerpack

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Cash 37 7 17 16
Receivables 45 29 55 49
Inventory 37 40 40 39
Other — — — —
138 94 124 128
2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Payables 119 134 126 124
ST’ Debt 9 7 7 7
Other — — — —
436 434 435 431

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 9.26% 36.95% 2.30%
Cash Flow 4.52% 0.00% (13.18%)
Earnings 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value (12.49%) (9.86%) (39.43%)

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

Q2 FY26 Estimate 0.19 Actual −0.27

Earnings per share against the consensus, by quarter
Quarter Estimate Reported Result
Q3 FY25 −1.16 −1.14 Beat by 0.02
Q4 FY25 0.39 −0.35 Miss by 0.74
Q1 FY26 0.37 0.22 Miss by 0.15
Q2 FY26 0.19 −0.27 Miss by 0.46
Q3 FY26 −1.46 — Reports 8 December 2026

EPS $

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 0.16 (0.36) — — —
’26 0.62 0.32 (1.22) (1.15) (1.40)
’25 0.99 0.99 (0.84) 0.24 1.46
’24 1.45 0.60 (0.12) 0.88 2.88
’23 1.35 0.59 0.04 0.80 2.79
’22 0.40 1.07 0.21 0.52 2.21
’21 (1.37) (1.24) (1.01) (1.19) (4.75)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 559 544 — — —
’26 568 557 448 530 2,103
’25 588 557 453 535 2,133
’24 597 542 467 599 2,205
’23 451 468 481 564 1,964
’22 265 378 318 343 1,304
’21 160 51 109 117 437
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 114 47 — — —
’26 96 34 58 103 291
’25 109 102 (7) 109 312
’24 92 104 71 97 364
’23 149 85 68 143 444
’22 77 121 0 85 283
’21 17 (30) (18) (17) (49)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 9 (38) — — —
’26 (59) (55) (21) 34 (101)
’25 (4) (14) (138) (61) (217)
’24 42 21 (3) (25) 35
’23 109 25 4 74 212
’22 67 94 (25) 56 192
’21 (38) (39) (27) (28) (132)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to January

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 TTM Jul ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2027e 2028e 2029e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 1,005 1,140 1,265 1,355 437 1,304 1,964 2,205 2,133 2,103 2,081 +8.5% 2,094 2,159 2,201 +1.5%
Gross margin, % 82.06 82.74 82.59 82.78 82.84 84.29 83.55 83.99 85.26 85.72 85.35 +3.7 pt
EBT 144 156 148 127 (290) 128 174 163 70 (68) (117) n/m
EBT margin, % 14.28 13.72 11.69 9.39 (66.53) 9.79 8.84 7.40 3.28 (3.23) (5.63) (17.5) pt
Net income 91 121 117 100 (207) 109 137 127 58 (49) (89) n/m
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 23.96 27.61 32.40 40.50 10.02 27.09 40.51 51.05 54.59 60.65 59.78 +10.9%
Earnings 2.16 2.93 3.00 3.00 (4.75) 2.26 2.83 2.94 1.49 (1.40) (2.57) n/m
Cash flow 5.51 6.41 8.65 8.64 (1.13) 5.88 9.16 8.43 7.99 8.39 9.24 +4.8%
Capex (4.30) (5.33) (5.53) (6.79) (1.90) (1.90) (4.80) (7.62) (13.56) (11.29) (9.70) +11.3%
Free cash flow 1.21 1.09 3.12 1.84 (3.03) 3.98 4.36 0.81 (5.57) (2.90) (0.46) n/m
Book value 10.48 10.22 9.93 5.07 3.52 5.72 8.47 5.81 3.73 2.63 2.53 (14.2%)
Shares, m 42 41 39 33 44 48 48 43 39 35 35 (2.1%)
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 25.10 16.04 17.21 15.25 0.00 15.84 15.32 18.85 18.19 0.00 0.00 14.2
P/S 2.27 1.70 1.59 1.09 3.42 1.32 1.07 1.05 0.49 0.33 0.14 1.4
P/B 5.20 4.60 5.18 8.71 9.73 6.25 5.12 9.21 7.12 7.63 3.21 6.9
EV/Sales 2.52 2.01 1.88 1.55 4.86 1.67 1.60 1.62 1.18 1.05 0.85 2.0
EV/FCF 49.80 51.00 19.56 34.06 (16.10) 11.34 14.90 101.66 (11.57) (21.88) (110.84) 23.3
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 231 265 338 289 (49) 283 444 364 312 291 322 +2.6%
Capex (181) (220) (216) (227) (83) (91) (233) (329) (530) (391) (338) +9.0%
Free cash flow 51 45 122 62 (132) 192 212 35 (217) (101) (16) n/m
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (102) (113) (153) (212) (153) (166) (144) (298) (339) (310) (303) +13.1%
Net debt 244 347 372 623 630 450 1,050 1,256 1,479 1,505 1,492 +22.4%
Shareholders’ equity 439 422 388 170 153 275 411 251 146 91 88 (16.0%)
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 8.83 10.75 9.49 5.50 (8.76) 4.63 4.49 3.38 1.50 (1.20) (2.16) (10.0) pt
ROIC 13.76 13.47 13.24 11.68 (20.15) 16.12 11.24 12.72 8.48 3.37 1.43 (10.4) pt
ROE 23.11 28.09 28.96 35.97 (128.20) 50.71 39.97 38.36 29.37 (41.10) (69.74) (64.2) pt
People
People Employees 13,983 14,840 16,098 15,908 8,547 13,783 22,748 23,258 23,420 23,610 — +6.0%
Revenue/emp, $m 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.05 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 — +2.4%
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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Fiscal years to Jan 2026 · latest quarter Jul 2026 · fundamentals updated 2 Oct 2026

Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. vs peers in Entertainment (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
MCS Marcus Corporation (The) $817.6M 33.7× 33.2× +13.13% (above 0%: growing) +16.42% (above 0%: growing) +50.55% (above 0%: growing) 47.79% 12.74% Compare
RSVR Reservoir Media, Inc. $681.1M 60.2× 76.2× +9.85% (above 0%: growing) +133.33% (above 0%: growing) +19.43% (above 0%: growing) 64.43% 24.57% Compare
ANGX Angel Studios, Inc. $618.2M — (loss-making) — +27.46% (above 0%: growing) n/m +208.11% (above 0%: growing) 53.67% (16.57%) Compare
IQ iQIYI, Inc. Sponsored ADR $478.2M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +1.15% (above 0%: growing) n/m −86.82% (below 0%: shrinking) 16.50% (1.67%) Compare
STRZ Starz Entertainment Corp. $419.7M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +0.47% (above 0%: growing) n/m +141.85% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% (6.58%) Compare
AMCX AMC Global Media Inc. $347.7M — (loss-making) 9.3× −8.75% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −54.81% (below 0%: shrinking) 47.25% 2.90% Compare
PLAY Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. $283.7M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −2.39% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +31.34% (above 0%: growing) 84.71% 3.57%
AENT Alliance Entertainment Holding Corporation $216.7M 16.8× 9.0× +17.72% (above 0%: growing) n/m −185.11% (below 0%: shrinking) 13.06% (1.46%) Compare
HUYA HUYA Inc. Sponsored ADR $159.1M — (loss-making) 22.5× +17.18% (above 0%: growing) n/m −241.96% (below 0%: shrinking) 14.66% (0.40%) Compare
Median of peers $449.0M 33.7× 22.5× +11.49% — −17.69% 47.52% (0.93%)

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Pay and ownership Proxy statement filed 6 May 2026

Ownership

Directors and executive officers, together 1.73%
Hill Path Capital LP150 East 20.47%
Eminence Capital, LP399 Park Avenue, 8.35%
Patient Capital Management, LLCOne South Street, Suite 6.33%
BlackRock, Inc.55 East 5.99%
Ownership is the proxy’s own table: the directors and officers as a group, and every holder of 5% or more. Read the proxy statement

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