Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (PLAY) vs Reservoir Media, Inc. (RSVR)

Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. and Reservoir Media, Inc. are both Entertainment companies. Reservoir Media, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $625.7M against $230.6M — 2.7× the size. Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Reservoir Media, Inc. trades at 73.0×. Reservoir Media, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.4% against −1.50%. Reservoir Media, Inc. has the higher net margin (4.87% vs −4.26%) and the higher return on invested capital (2.89% vs 1.43%). Across the 20 metrics below, Reservoir Media, Inc. leads on 13 and Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric PLAY RSVR Entertainment median
P/E n/m 73.00 22.03
P/S 0.11 3.47 1.47
P/B 2.62 1.65 2.00
Price to free cash flow n/m 14.79 16.60
EV/EBITDA 5.19 14.97 9.65
EV/Sales 0.83 5.96 1.76
Earnings yield (38.81%) 1.37% (0.67%)
Free cash flow yield (6.94%) 6.76% 3.26%

Profitability

Metric PLAY RSVR Entertainment median
Gross margin 85.35% 64.67% 45.02%
Operating margin 1.74% 21.20% 2.30%
Net margin (4.26%) 4.87% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (0.77%) 23.44% 1.56%
Return on equity (69.74%) 2.34% 0.00%
Return on assets (2.16%) 0.97% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 1.43% 2.89% 0.00%

Growth

Metric PLAY RSVR Entertainment median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.50%) 11.41% 5.07%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (195.89%) 8.33% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 36.95% 10.25% 10.25%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (6.94%) 0.00%

Health

Metric PLAY RSVR Entertainment median
Debt to equity 17.15 1.22 0.46
Current ratio 0.30 1.31 0.86
Net debt to EBITDA 4.12 6.08 0.72

Dividend

Metric PLAY RSVR Entertainment median
Dividend yield — — 1.16%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric PLAY RSVR Entertainment median
Market cap 230.58m 625.68m 1.87b

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