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PLAY Financials Dave & Buster'S Entertainment, Inc.

10 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2026, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has grown 36.9% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Operating margin has expanded, at 4.1% in the latest year.

Financial health

  • Total debt ($1.6B) exceeds cash ($17M); net debt is $1.5B.
  • Total debt has grown slower than revenue (20.5% vs 36.9% per year).
  • Operating income covered interest expense 0.6× in the latest year.
  • Total debt is 4.2× EBITDA.
  • The company is unprofitable and has less than a year of cash runway at its current free-cash-flow burn.
Revenue & net income
-$49M $1B $2B $0 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
-58% 14% 86% 0% 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
-$218M -$4M $210M $0 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $776M $2B 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$1B -$144M $763M $0 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MFCFTotal debtCash
2026 $2.1B -$49M 85.7% 4.1% -$101M $1.6B $17M
2025 $2.1B $58M 85.3% 10.3% -$218M $1.5B $7M
2024 $2.2B $127M 84.0% 13.9% $34M $1.3B $37M
2023 $2.0B $137M 83.5% 13.4% $210M $1.3B $182M
2022 $1.3B $109M 84.3% 14.4% $191M $440M $26M
2021 $437M 82.8% -57.9% -$132M $610M $12M
2020 $1.4B 82.8% 10.9% $61M $648M $25M
2019 $1.3B 82.6% 12.7% $121M $394M $22M
2018 $1.1B 82.7% 14.5% $45M $367M $19M
2017 $1.0B 82.1% 15.0% $51M $265M $20M

Valuation over time

How the market has priced PLAY against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / earnings (P/E)
0.0 9.0 17.9 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 0.5 1.0 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/S

Frequently asked questions

Is PLAY growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, Dave & Buster'S Entertainment, Inc.'s revenue has grown 36.9% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does PLAY have?

As of FY2026, Dave & Buster'S Entertainment, Inc. reported $1.6B of total debt against $17M of cash; operating income covered interest expense 0.6×.

What is PLAY's profit margin?

In FY2026, gross margin was 85.7%, operating margin 4.1%, and net margin -2.3%.

What is PLAY's P/E ratio?

As of Jun '26, Dave & Buster'S Entertainment, Inc. traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 11.2× (market cap ÷ latest annual net income). The valuation charts above show how its P/E, P/S have moved with the share price. These are computed facts, not advice.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.