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

Communication Services | Entertainment | Coppell, United States | NasdaqGS
7.39 USD +0.30 (4.231%) ⇧ (Oct. 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★☆☆☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 5:45 a.m. EDT

Dave & Buster's presents a classic value trap where the balance sheet is crumbling under the weight of debt while the business fails to generate the growth needed to service it. The company is hemorrhaging value with negative earnings, a crushing return on equity of nearly -70%, and a debt-to-equity ratio exceeding 4,000%. Despite a recent uptick in traffic and a slight recovery in free cash flow, the multi-year price trajectory tells a different story: the stock has lost more than half its value over the last nine years, with the last two years seeing double-digit declines. The market has correctly priced this as a deteriorating asset, ignoring the low share price because the fundamentals—specifically the inability to grow revenue and the suffocating debt load—do not support a turnaround narrative yet. With no dividend to provide income and a statistical forecast leaning negative, the risk-reward profile remains skewed heavily toward further downside until the debt structure is resolved or revenue growth becomes sustained.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.109845
AutoETS0.132140
AutoARIMA0.132141
MSTL0.133225

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 35%
H-stat 4.53
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.041
Excess Kurtosis -0.56
Attribute Value
Sector Communication Services
Ex Dividend Date 2020-01-08
Last Dividend Date 2020-01-08
Debt to Equity Ratio 4079.636
Revenue per Share 59.836
Market Cap 257,398,448
Forward P/E -5.37
Beta 1.92
Profit Margins -4.26%
Website https://daveandbusters.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 5:45 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning heavily for downside protection, evidenced by massive open interest in out-of-the-money puts (strikes 10, 20, 32) compared to negligible call volume. While there is some speculative call buying at distant strikes (22, 55), the overwhelming capital flow is defensive, suggesting a belief that the stock will struggle to recover from current lows without significant catalysts.

Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2020-01-09 0.16 0.388444
2019-10-10 0.16 0.409941
2019-06-24 0.15 0.378310
2019-03-25 0.15 0.314400
2018-12-24 0.15 0.344037
2018-09-24 0.15 0.235110
Additional Data
dividendYield 0.0
exDividendDate 2020-01-09
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.16
lastDividendDate 2020-01-09
dividendDate 2020-02-10

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.61186975
Address1 1,221 Beltline Road
Address2 Suite 500
All Time High 73.48
All Time Low 4.605
Ask 9.12
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 4
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,841,500
Average Daily Volume3 Month 2,106,475
Average Volume 2,106,475
Average Volume10Days 1,841,500
Beta 1.919
Bid 5.41
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 5
Book Value 2.522
City Coppell
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 9
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 7.39
Current Ratio 0.297
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 7.59
Day Low 7.11
Debt To Equity 4,079.636
Display Name Dave & Buster's Entertainment
Dividend Date 1,581,292,800
Dividend Yield 0.0
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,749,589,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,749,589,200
Earnings Timestamp 1,789,416,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,796,760,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,796,760,000
Ebitda 370,600,000
Ebitda Margins 0.17808
Enterprise To Ebitda 10.328
Enterprise To Revenue 1.839
Enterprise Value 3,827,398,400
Eps Current Year -1.6519
Eps Forward -1.3758
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -2.56
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,578,528,000
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 8.3894
Fifty Day Average Change -0.99939966
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.119126484
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -61.186974
Fifty Two Week High 22.1
Fifty Two Week High Change -14.710001
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.6656109
Fifty Two Week Low 6.26
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.1299996
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.18051112
Fifty Two Week Range 6.26 - 22.1
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,412,947,800,000
Float Shares 26,393,965
Forward Eps -1.3758
Forward P E -5.37142
Free Cashflow -15,462,500
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 23,610
Fullday Change 0.30999994
Fullday Change Percent 4.3723545
Fullday Price 7.39
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.38292
Gross Profits 796,899,968
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.05163
Held Percent Institutions 1.20863
Implied Shares Outstanding 34,830,644
Industry Entertainment
Industry Disp Entertainment
Industry Key entertainment
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,578,528,000
Last Dividend Value 0.16
Last Fiscal Year End 1,770,076,800
Long Business Summary Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. owns and operates entertainment and dining venues for adults and families in North America. Its venues offer a menu of entrées and appetizers, as well as a selection of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages; and an assortment of entertainment attractions centered on playing games and watching live sports, and other televised events. The company also provides food, drinks, and entertainment, including bowling, laser tag, arcade games, and virtual reality. The company operates its venues under the Dave & Buster's and Main Event brands. Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Coppell, Texas.
Long Name Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 257,398,448
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_127539536
Most Recent Quarter 1,785,801,600
Net Income To Common -88,600,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,801,612,800
Non Diluted Market Cap 237,370,838
Number Of Analyst Opinions 6
Open 7.11
Operating Cashflow 321,600,000
Operating Margins 0.04393
Overall Risk 5
Payout Ratio 0.0
Phone 214 357 9588
Previous Close 7.09
Price Eps Current Year -4.473636
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.930214
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.12368384
Profit Margins -0.04257
Quick Ratio 0.152
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.3
Regular Market Change Percent 4.23131
Regular Market Day High 7.59
Regular Market Day Low 7.11
Regular Market Day Range 7.11 - 7.59
Regular Market Open 7.11
Regular Market Previous Close 7.09
Regular Market Price 7.39
Regular Market Time 1,791,921,600
Regular Market Volume 1,998,723
Return On Assets 0.011410001
Return On Equity -0.69736
Revenue Growth -0.024
Revenue Per Share 59.836
Sand P52 Week Change 0.17004645
Sector Communication Services
Sector Disp Communication Services
Sector Key communication-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 2
Shares Outstanding 34,830,644
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.2795
Shares Short 9,733,845
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 8,684,770
Short Name Dave & Buster's Entertainment,
Short Percent Of Float 0.35849997
Short Ratio 2.98
Source Interval 15
State TX
Symbol PLAY
Target High Price 22.0
Target Low Price 9.0
Target Mean Price 13.0
Target Median Price 11.0
Total Cash 16,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.459
Total Debt 3,585,999,872
Total Revenue 2,081,100,032
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -2.56
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 12.187175
Two Hundred Day Average Change -4.797175
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.39362484
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,998,723
Website https://daveandbusters.com
Zip 75,019