Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (PLAY) vs Starz Entertainment Corp. (STRZ)

Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. and Starz Entertainment Corp. are both Entertainment companies. Starz Entertainment Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $388.9M against $230.6M — 1.7× the size. Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −1.50% against −6.20%. Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. has the higher net margin (−4.26% vs −34.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (1.43% vs −26.8%). Across the 17 metrics below, Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. leads on 9 and Starz Entertainment Corp. on 8.

Valuation

Metric PLAY STRZ Entertainment median
P/E n/m n/m 22.03
P/S 0.11 0.28 1.47
P/B 2.62 1.20 2.00
Price to free cash flow n/m 7.78 16.60
EV/EBITDA 5.19 n/m 9.65
EV/Sales 0.83 0.73 1.76
Earnings yield (38.81%) (120.98%) (0.67%)
Free cash flow yield (6.94%) 12.85% 3.26%

Profitability

Metric PLAY STRZ Entertainment median
Gross margin 85.35% 100.00% 45.02%
Operating margin 1.74% (29.23%) 2.30%
Net margin (4.26%) (33.98%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (0.77%) 3.62% 1.56%
Return on equity (69.74%) (84.82%) 0.00%
Return on assets (2.16%) (22.72%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 1.43% (26.79%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric PLAY STRZ Entertainment median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.50%) (6.20%) 5.07%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (195.89%) 0.00% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 36.95% — 10.25%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric PLAY STRZ Entertainment median
Debt to equity 17.15 2.10 0.46
Current ratio 0.30 0.25 0.86
Net debt to EBITDA 4.12 (6,827.83) 0.72

Dividend

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

Size

Metric PLAY STRZ Entertainment median
Market cap 230.58m 388.89m 1.87b

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