LUCK vs SEG vs PLAY Stock Comparison

Lucky Strike Entertainment, Seaport Entertainment and Dave & Buster's Entertainment Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Head to Head

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Lucky Strike Entertainment leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Lucky Strike Entertainment 6, Seaport Entertainment 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionLUCKSEGPLAYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $561.56M $289.52M $246.39M LUCK
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -12.1x -2.3x -2.8x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +3.7% +3.1% -1.5% LUCK
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -3.7% -102.5% -4.3% LUCK
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 9.0% — 1.7% LUCK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 6.5x 1.0x 4.5x SEG
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 5.84% — 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -50.8% -8.2% -59.5% SEG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -16.4%/yr — -28.6%/yr LUCK
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 54.2% 31.6% 76.5% SEG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 43/100 41/100 32/100 LUCK

Percentile Scorecard

LUCKSEGPLAY

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisLUCKSEGPLAY
Valuation 58 #19 of 44 19 #36 of 44 67 #15 of 44
Growth 12 #38 of 43 48 #23 of 43 7 #40 of 43
Profitability 48 #22 of 41 5 #39 of 41 43 #24 of 41
Financial Health 9 #43 of 47 94 #4 of 47 11 #42 of 47
Shareholder Returns 89 #4 of 28 – –
Overall 43 41 32
  • LUCK ranked among 48 companies in Gaming and Leisure
  • SEG ranked among 48 companies in Gaming and Leisure
  • PLAY ranked among 48 companies in Gaming and Leisure

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodLUCKSEGPLAYSPY
1 month -21.3%-3.5%+6.8% -0.8%
3 months -41.7%-14.0%-32.2% +3.5%
6 months -44.5%-0.4%-44.4% +7.0%
Year to date -51.5%+14.4%-56.4% +12.2%
1 year -50.8%-8.2%-59.5% +13.0%
3 years -60.3%—-79.6% +86.3%
3 years, per year -26.5%—-41.1% +23.1%
5 years -59.1%—-81.4% +68.6%
5 years, per year -16.4%—-28.6% +11.0%
10 years ——-82.2% +258.0%
10 years, per year ——-15.8% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureLUCKSEGPLAYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 54.2%31.6%76.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 59.0%31.2%80.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.040.901.56 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.94-0.26-0.78 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -76.0%-48.2%-90.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -56.7%-22.5%-66.6% -1.8%
52-week high $9.49$29.18$21.17 $779.14
52-week low $4.11$18.23$6.38 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleLUCKSEGPLAY
P/E now vs peer median -12.1xmedian 17.1x -2.3xmedian 17.1x -2.8xmedian 17.1x
P/S now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 1.9x 2.4xmedian 1.9x 0.1xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.6xmedian 10.9x -2.7xmedian 10.9x 5.2xmedian 10.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median -57.4xmedian 11.4x -7.2xmedian 11.4x -15.4xmedian 11.4x
P/B now vs peer median -1.4xmedian 2.5x 0.7xmedian 2.5x 2.8xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.26median 0.57 —median 0.57 0.07median 0.57

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsLUCKSEGPLAY
Revenue $1.25B $121.57M $2.08B
Gross profit $844.13M $8.70M $1.78B
Operating income $136.79M -$123.06M $36.20M
Net income -$35.78M -$123.24M -$88.60M
Free cash flow -$9.78M -$40.19M -$16.00M
EPS (diluted) $-0.34 $-9.74 $-2.55
Cash & equivalents – $117.80M $16.00M
Total debt $1.78B $38.05M $1.51B
Shares (diluted) 136.63M 12.80M 34.81M
Enterprise value $561.56M -$117.22M $180.59M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricLUCKSEGPLAY
P/E -12.1x -2.3x -2.8x
P/FCF -57.4x -7.2x -15.4x
P/Operating cash flow 5.4x -7.2x 0.8x
P/S 0.5x 2.4x 0.1x
P/B -1.4x 0.7x 2.8x
P/Tangible book -1.3x 0.7x -2.7x
EV/EBITDA 8.6x -2.7x 5.2x
EV/EBIT 17.1x -1.7x 48.0x
EV/Revenue 1.9x 1.7x 0.8x
EV/FCF -239.5x -5.2x -108.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 22.6x -5.2x 5.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.26 – 0.07

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLUCKSEGPLAY
Revenue growth (1Y) 3.7% 3.1% -1.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.6% – -1.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 2.2% 127.9% -1.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 35.1% – -0.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) -0.3% -30.6% -78.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -12.0% – -50.9%
Net income growth (1Y) -257.0% -3.1% -1,013%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -34.6% – -38.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -154.5% -2.3% -1,022%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -46.2% – -41.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -41.4% -15.5% 38.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -21.9% – -7.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -127.1% -15.5% 94.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -28.9% – -28.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLUCKSEGPLAY
Gross margin 67.8% 7.2% 85.4%
EBITDA margin 22.0% -64.6% 15.9%
Operating margin 11.0% -101.2% 1.7%
Pretax margin -3.2% -101.4% -5.6%
Net margin -3.7% -102.5% -4.3%
FCF margin -0.8% -33.1% -0.8%
Operating cash flow margin 8.3% -33.1% 15.5%
Return on equity – -29.5% -94.5%
Return on assets -1.1% -22.7% -2.1%
Return on invested capital 9.0% – 1.7%
Return on capital employed 4.5% – 1.0%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.2x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -2.9x 0.3x -3.6x
Stock comp / revenue 1.0% 11.6% 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLUCKSEGPLAY
Debt / assets 55.2% 7.0% 36.6%
Debt / equity -4.5x 0.1x 17.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 6.5x 1.0x 4.5x
Debt / FCF -182.1x -0.9x -94.2x
Liabilities / assets 112.3% 23.8% 97.9%
Equity / assets -12.3% 76.2% 2.1%
Interest coverage – – 0.2x
Current ratio 0.5x – 0.3x
Quick ratio – – 0.1x
Cash ratio – – 0.0x
Altman Z-score 0.43 – 0.69

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLUCKSEGPLAY
Dividend yield 5.8% – –
Net buyback yield 6.3% – –
Shareholder yield 12.1% – 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusLUCKSEGPLAY
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.03FY2027 $-1.86FY2026 $-1.62FY2026
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.22BFY2027 $105.19MFY2026 $2.03BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -2.1%FY2027 -19.3%FY2026 -3.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +14.8% +34.9% -0.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLUCKSEGPLAY
Held by institutions 50.3% 86.8% 100.0%
Institutions holding 55 118 171
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.8% +3.6% +2.6%
Institutions buying 24 52 92
Institutions selling 20 25 56
Buyers to sellers 1.20 2.08 1.64

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

LUCKSEGPLAY
LUCK 1.00 0.17 0.22
SEG 0.17 1.00 0.24
PLAY 0.22 0.24 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LUCK, SEG and PLAY?

Lucky Strike Entertainment (LUCK) is the largest by market capitalisation: Lucky Strike Entertainment (LUCK) $561.56M, Seaport Entertainment (SEG) $289.52M, Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) $246.39M.

Which company is growing faster?

Lucky Strike Entertainment (LUCK) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Lucky Strike Entertainment (LUCK) +3.7%, Seaport Entertainment (SEG) +3.1%, Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) -1.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Lucky Strike Entertainment (LUCK) has the highest net margin (Lucky Strike Entertainment (LUCK) -3.7%, Seaport Entertainment (SEG) -102.5%, Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) -4.3%). On return on invested capital, Lucky Strike Entertainment (LUCK) leads (Lucky Strike Entertainment (LUCK) 9.0%, Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) 1.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Seaport Entertainment (SEG) returned the most: Lucky Strike Entertainment (LUCK) -50.8%, Seaport Entertainment (SEG) -8.2%, Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) -59.5%. Over five years, Lucky Strike Entertainment (LUCK) compounded fastest (Lucky Strike Entertainment (LUCK) -16.4%/yr, Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) -28.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Lucky Strike Entertainment (LUCK) 5.84%, Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) 0.00%. Seaport Entertainment (SEG) and Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Seaport Entertainment (SEG) has been the steadiest (Lucky Strike Entertainment (LUCK) 54.2%, Seaport Entertainment (SEG) 31.6%, Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) 76.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, LUCK, SEG and PLAY?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Lucky Strike Entertainment (LUCK) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.