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.
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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
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
OperatingInvestingFinancing
Key annual figures
FY
Revenue
Net income
Gross M
Op M
FCF
Total debt
Cash
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
Revenue & net income
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex, quarterly)
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
OperatingInvestingFinancing
Key quarterly figures
Quarter
Revenue
Net income
Gross M
Op M
FCF
Total debt
Cash
May '26
$559M
$6M
85.7%
8.4%
$9M
$1.5B
$20M
Feb '26
$530M
-$40M
85.2%
-2.6%
$34M
$1.6B
$17M
Nov '25
$448M
-$42M
85.8%
-3.6%
-$21M
$1.6B
$14M
Aug '25
$557M
$11M
86.3%
9.5%
-$55M
$1.6B
$12M
May '25
$568M
$22M
85.5%
11.1%
-$59M
$1.6B
$12M
Feb '25
$535M
$9M
85.5%
8.3%
-$61M
$1.5B
$7M
Nov '24
$453M
-$33M
85.0%
1.4%
-$138M
$1.5B
$9M
Aug '24
$557M
$40M
85.3%
15.2%
-$14M
$1.3B
$13M
May '24
$588M
$41M
85.2%
14.5%
-$4M
$1.3B
$32M
Feb '24
$599M
—
84.9%
14.9%
-$25M
$1.3B
$37M
Oct '23
$467M
—
83.6%
4.0%
-$3M
$1.3B
$64M
Jul '23
$542M
—
83.9%
14.2%
$21M
$1.3B
$83M
Apr '23
$597M
—
84.2%
20.3%
$41M
$1.3B
$92M
Jan '23
$564M
—
84.5%
13.7%
$73M
$1.3B
$182M
Oct '22
$481M
—
84.2%
6.3%
$4M
$1.3B
$108M
Jul '22
$468M
—
83.9%
12.1%
$25M
$1.3B
$100M
May '22
$451M
—
84.5%
21.9%
$109M
$440M
$139M
Jan '22
$343M
—
84.0%
13.6%
$56M
$440M
$26M
Oct '21
$318M
—
83.5%
7.7%
-$25M
$495M
$27M
Aug '21
$378M
—
84.7%
21.0%
$93M
$550M
$108M
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.
The price-to-earnings ratio has risen from 9.3× (Mar '23) to 11.2× (Jan '26).
The price-to-sales ratio has fallen from 0.7× (Mar '23) to 0.2× (Jun '26).
Price / earnings (P/E)
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
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.