
Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (PLAY) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. owns and operates adult and family entertainment venues and restaurants in North America. The company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
| Revenue (TTM) | $2.08B |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $796.90M |
| EBITDA | $370.60M |
| Operating Margin | 4.39% |
| Return on Equity | -69.70% |
| Return on Assets | 1.14% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $59.84 |
| Book Value | $2.52 |
| Price-to-Book | 2.70 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 0.11 |
| EV/Revenue | 1.614 |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.38 |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | -74.20% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | -2.40% |
| Shares Outstanding | $34.83M |
| Float | $26.55M |
| % Insiders | 4.73% |
| % Institutions | 120.96% |
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Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (PLAY) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

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I last profiled Dave & Buster's ( PLAY ) as the Bear of the Day in late May when shares were still trading above $10. And it was the third time in 3 years I've done so as the Zacks Rank has kept pegging this stock with falling EPS estimates.

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Dave & Buster's NASDAQ: PLAY has its share of headwinds, but not to the degree its stock price action suggests. The mid-September plunge, triggered by weaker-than-expected Q2 results, pushed the stock to a record low, well below existing support and on track for what could be a monumental slide.

Shares of Dave & Buster's Entertainment are tumbling after the restaurant and arcade operator posted a surprise loss.

Shares of Dave and Buster's Entertainment, Inc (NASDAQ:PLAY) are down 12.2% to trade at $7.43 after posting a second-quarter earnings and revenue miss.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (NASDAQ:PLAY) stock is falling 4% to $8.15 in Tuesday morning trading after the entertainment and dining operator reported weaker-than-expected second-quarter results. Dave & Buster's generated $544.1 million of revenue, down 2.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLAY) posted downbeat second-quarter fiscal 2026 results after Monday's closing bell.

Shares of Dave & Buster's Entertainment PLAY plunged 13.6% in premarket trading on Tuesday after the arcade and entertainment chain reported second-quarter fiscal 2026 results that missed Wall Street expectations on both revenue and earnings. The company swung to a quarterly loss as it continued to struggle with declining entertainment sales and efforts to rebuild its relevance with customers.
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