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. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue fell 2.39%, EPS fell 209.1%, free cash flow grew 31.3% and total debt fell 3.15%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Insiders bought in the last twelve months.

7.59 0.37 −4.65%
Market cap
$277.3M
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
−24.9×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
0.79
Beneish M
−2.09
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.12
Total sells 0.10
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — 1 — — — — — — — 2 —
Sell — — — — — 1 — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 5.03%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 277.25
Revenue 2,081.00
Net Income (88.60)
Free Cash Flow (16.00)
Net Debt 1,491.50
Current Ratio 0.30 (below 1: weak)
Debt/Equity 17.15 (above 2: weak)
P/E ratio 0.00
Fwd P/E (24.90) (negative: loss-making)
P/S ratio 0.13
P/B ratio 3.01
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth (23.61%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth 31.81% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth (0.42%) (below 0%: weak)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 14.97%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/S against its own 10 years 0.88%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 5.38%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 2.62%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2026 Powerpack
2025 Powerpack
2024 Powerpack
2023 Powerpack
2022 Powerpack
2021 Powerpack
2020 0.16
0.16
2019 0.46
0.15
0.15
0.16
2018 0.30
0.15
0.15
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

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%)

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.

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.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to January

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 45.71 37.85 37.20 4.61 26.80 29.60 31.65 25.00 13.04 6.26

Analyst estimates 2027–2029

Powerpack
High 73.48 67.05 59.60 48.80 51.73 52.54 55.98 69.82 35.53 22.10
People
People Employees 13,983 14,840 16,098 15,908 8,547 13,783 22,748 23,258 23,420 23,610
Revenue/emp, $m 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.05 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 1,005 1,140 1,265 1,355 437 1,304 1,964 2,205 2,133 2,103
Gross margin, % 82.06 82.74 82.59 82.78 82.84 84.29 83.55 83.99 85.26 85.72
EBT 144 156 148 127 (290) 128 174 163 70 (68)
EBT margin, % 14.28 13.72 11.69 9.39 (66.53) 9.79 8.84 7.40 3.28 (3.23)
Net income 91 121 117 100 (207) 109 137 127 58 (49)
Depreciation 88 103 118 132 139 138 169 209 238 279
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
Earnings 2.16 2.93 3.00 3.00 (4.75) 2.26 2.83 2.94 1.49 (1.40)
Cash flow 5.51 6.41 8.65 8.64 (1.13) 5.88 9.16 8.43 7.99 8.39
Capex (4.30) (5.33) (5.53) (6.79) (1.90) (1.90) (4.80) (7.62) (13.56) (11.29)
Free cash flow 1.21 1.09 3.12 1.84 (3.03) 3.98 4.36 0.81 (5.57) (2.90)
Book value 10.48 10.22 9.93 5.07 3.52 5.72 8.47 5.81 3.73 2.63
Shares, m 42 41 39 33 44 48 48 43 39 35
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 25.10 16.04 17.21 15.25 0.00 15.84 15.32 18.85 18.19 0.00
P/S 2.27 1.70 1.59 1.09 3.42 1.32 1.07 1.05 0.49 0.33
P/B 5.20 4.60 5.18 8.71 9.73 6.25 5.12 9.21 7.12 7.63
EV/Sales 2.52 2.01 1.88 1.55 4.86 1.67 1.60 1.62 1.18 1.05
EV/FCF 49.80 51.00 19.56 34.06 (16.10) 11.34 14.90 101.66 (11.57) (21.88)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 231 265 338 289 (49) 283 444 364 312 291
Capex (181) (220) (216) (227) (83) (91) (233) (329) (530) (391)
Free cash flow 51 45 122 62 (132) 192 212 35 (217) (101)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (102) (113) (153) (212) (153) (166) (144) (298) (339) (310)
Total debt 264 366 393 648 642 476 1,231 1,293 1,486 1,522
Net debt 244 347 372 623 630 450 1,050 1,256 1,479 1,505
Shareholders’ equity 439 422 388 170 153 275 411 251 146 91
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 8.83 10.75 9.49 5.50 (8.76) 4.63 4.49 3.38 1.50 (1.20)
ROIC 13.76 13.47 13.24 11.68 (20.15) 16.12 11.24 12.72 8.48 3.37
ROE 23.11 28.09 28.96 35.97 (128.20) 50.71 39.97 38.36 29.37 (41.10)
Negative figures in brackets.

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

Charts ten years each

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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) $863.3M 39.5× 43.0× +12.47% (above 0%: growing) +121.74% (above 0%: growing) +199.31% (above 0%: growing) 45.98% 11.68% Compare
ANGX Angel Studios, Inc. $687.3M — (loss-making) — +27.46% (above 0%: growing) n/m +208.11% (above 0%: growing) 53.67% (16.57%) Compare
RSVR Reservoir Media, Inc. $634.3M 72.6× 82.6× +11.62% (above 0%: growing) n/m −124.94% (below 0%: shrinking) 64.35% 12.97% Compare
IQ iQIYI, Inc. Sponsored ADR $518.1M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +1.15% (above 0%: growing) n/m −86.82% (below 0%: shrinking) 16.50% (1.67%) Compare
AMCX AMC Global Media Inc. $446.3M — (loss-making) 8.0× −8.75% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −54.81% (below 0%: shrinking) 47.25% 2.90% Compare
STRZ Starz Entertainment Corp. $433.8M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −3.69% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −157.09% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% (57.00%) Compare
PLAY Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. $277.3M — (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 $231.5M 17.3× 11.9× +17.72% (above 0%: growing) n/m −185.11% (below 0%: shrinking) 13.06% (1.46%) Compare
HUYA HUYA Inc. Sponsored ADR $180.1M — (loss-making) 23.3× +17.18% (above 0%: growing) n/m −241.96% (below 0%: shrinking) 14.66% (0.40%) Compare
Median of peers $482.2M 39.5× 23.3× +12.05% — −105.88% 46.61% (0.93%)

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

  • Concern: Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $2.1 billion, down 1.40% from fiscal 2025.
  • Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (PLAY) is an Entertainment company in the Communication Services sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, PLAY traded at $7.59, a market capitalization of $277.3 million.
  • Return on equity was −41.1% and debt-to-equity 17.15.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 0.79 (distress zone) for fiscal 2026.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations · fundamentals updated Oct 2, 2026.

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