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Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. PLAY

14 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY
Revenue · FY2025
$2.1B
▼ 1.4% vs FY2024
EPS · FY25
$-1.40
Dividend / sh · FY25
Payout · FY25
ROE · FY25
-41.1%
Net margin · FY25
-2.3%
Dividend coverage
4.7×
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Result
USD 2.1B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 14-year series below
Revenue Net income
0.81.62.42.1-0.0201220152018202120242025
0.81.62.42.1-0.02016201920222025

The company lost 2 cents on every revenue dollar this year.

Per share
USD -1.40
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS Dividend
123-1.40201220152018202120242025
123-1.402016201920222025

Earnings covered the dividend 4.7 times — the rest stayed in the company.

Profitability
-41.1%
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
204060-41.1%201220152018202120242025
204060-41.1%2016201920222025
Operating margin4.1%
Net margin-2.3%
Return on assets-1.2%

Each USD of equity lost 41 cents this year.

Returned to shareholders
USD 23.9M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paid
Net buybacksUSD 23.9M
Share of profit-49.1%
Consecutive raises

USD 23.9M in buybacks went back to shareholders in a year without profit.

Growth
+36.9% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
+2.3%
+36.9%
+9.3%
Returned to shareholders
+13.6%
+37.3%

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.

Share base
0.03B
Shares outstanding, FY2025
0.040.03201220152018202120242025
0.040.032016201920222025
Change, 5 years−27.1%
Change, 10 years

The share count shrank 27% in five years — the same company, cut into fewer, larger slices.

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Balance sheet
USD 4.1B
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsUSD 4.1B
EquityUSD 91.2M
CashUSD 16.6M
Gross debtUSD 1.5B
Net debtUSD 1.5B
Current ratio0.29×

Net debt stands at 1651% of equity.

History
14 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
Revenue $B
2.1
2.1
2.2
2.0
1.3
0.4
1.4
1.3
1.1
1.0
0.9
0.7
0.6
0.6
Operating income $B
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.2
−0.3
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
EBITDA $B
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.3
−0.1
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
Income tax $B
−0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
−0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
−0.0
Net income $B
−0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
−0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
EPS, diluted $
−1.40
1.46
2.88
2.79
2.21
−4.75
2.94
2.93
2.84
2.10
1.39
0.21
0.06
0.26
Dividend / sh $
·
·
·
·
·
·
0.62
0.62
·
·
·
·
·
·
Payout %
·
·
·
0
0
−2
16
10
·
·
·
·
·
·
ROE %
−41.1
29.4
38.4
40.0
50.7
−128.2
36.0
29.0
28.1
23.1
19.7
3.7
1.5
6.2
Shares out B
0.03
0.04
0.04
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.03
0.04
0.04
0.04
0.04
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·
·

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.

How we verifyAUDITED
40 of 40
checks passed before publication
EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidity

Every figure was compared against the original statement: 0 failures and 0 presentation gaps.

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