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Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. PLAY

14 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only
$2.1B
▼ 1.4% YoY
$-48.7M
▼ 183.5% YoY
$-100.6M
In brief

What this company does

D&B Entertainment owns and operates 243 venues in North America that offer entertainment and dining experiences for adults and families under the Dave & Buster's and Main Event brands. As of February 3, 2026, the company employed approximately 23,610 team members across both of its brands. Entertainment revenues accounted for approximately 62.9% of its total revenues during fiscal 2025. As of February 3, 2026, the company had 179 Dave & Buster's branded stores in 43 states, Puerto Rico, and Canada. Internationally, the company is in early-stage growth as a franchisor of the Dave & Buster's brand, with four franchised locations open. As of February 3, 2026, the company also operated 64 Main Event stores in 22 states across the United States.

Written from the business description in Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 31 March 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth
USD 2.1B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 14-year series below
Revenue $B Net income $B
FY2025 · Revenue 2.1 · Net income -0.0
0.8B1.6B20122014201620182020202220242025
Compound annual growth
+2.3%
+36.9%
+9.3%
+13.6%
+37.3%
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs

Revenue compounded at +36.9% a year over five years.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability
−2 cents
lost on every revenue dollar
Operating margin Net margin
FY2025 · Operating 4.1% · Net -2.3%
5%10%-20%-40%20122014201620182020202220242025
ROE
FY2025 · ROE -41.1%
20%40%-50%-100%20122014201620182020202220242025
Gross margin85.7%
Operating margin4.1%
Net margin-2.3%
Return on assets-1.2%
EBITDAUSD 365.2M

Each USD of equity lost 41 cents this year.

Cash & shareholders
USD 23.9M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Free cash flow $M
FY2025 · FCF -100.6
80M160M-80M-160M20122014201620182020202220242025
Net buybacks $M Dividends $M
FY2025 · Dividends — · Net buybacks 23.9
200M-80M-160M2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
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.

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.

The 14-year record
14 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD

EPS, diluted, dividend per share and shares outstanding are shown without shading, and a vertical line marks the year the share count changed — the series crosses a large, unexplained change in share count, so the years on either side are not on a comparable scale.

row low → row highnegative
Metric 20252024202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012
Revenue $B2.12.12.22.01.30.41.41.31.11.00.90.70.60.6
Operating income $B0.10.20.30.30.2−0.30.10.20.20.20.10.10.10.0
EBITDA $B0.40.50.50.40.3−0.10.30.30.30.20.20.10.10.1
Income tax $B−0.00.00.00.00.0−0.10.00.00.00.10.00.00.0−0.0
Net income $B−0.00.10.10.10.1−0.20.10.10.10.10.10.00.00.0
Free cash flow $B−0.1−0.20.00.20.2−0.10.10.10.00.10.0−0.00.00.0
EPS, diluted $−1.401.462.882.792.21−4.752.942.932.842.101.390.210.060.26
Dividend / sh $······0.620.62······
Payout %···00−21610······
ROE %−41.129.438.440.050.7−128.236.029.028.123.119.73.71.56.2
Shares out B0.030.040.040.050.050.050.030.040.040.040.04···

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.

Provenance
Company facts, as filed
How we verify · 0 failures in 55 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 15 of 19 fiscal years. 26 checks could not be computed.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquiditymoeda_consistente0 failures
ActivityRetail-Eating Places
Listed onNASDAQ
Incorporated inDelaware
Fiscal year endsFebruary 2
Data on record since2011

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