Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Debt Ratio (2014 - 2026)

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's (PLAY) quarterly Debt Ratio came in at 0.37 in Q2 2026, down 4.15% year-on-year from 0.39 in Q2 2025, and down 1.86% quarter-over-quarter from 0.38 in Q1 2026.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Debt Ratio (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Debt Ratio history runs 13 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.37 for Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Debt Ratio fell 4.15% year-over-year to 0.37 in Q2 2026; TTM through May 2026 was 0.37, a 4.15% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 0.38, down 0.66% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio declined to 0.37 in Q2 2026 per PLAY's latest filing, from 0.38 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.39 in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 0.18 in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.36 (2022), against an average of 0.34.
  • Across the five-year window, Debt Ratio fell 29.07% in 2022 and soared 97.81% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Debt Ratio stood at 0.33 in 2022, then rose by 9.23% to 0.36 in 2023, then climbed by 0.98% to 0.37 in 2024, then advanced by 2.51% to 0.38 in 2025, then declined by 1.55% to 0.37 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest PLAY Debt Ratio figures stand at 0.37 (Q2 2026), 0.38 (Q1 2026), and 0.38 (Q4 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Netflix 286.85 Bn 277.73 Bn 6.52 Bn 0.24
2 Walt Disney 176.45 Bn 177.38 Bn 10.75 Bn 0.23
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 71.03 Bn 68.89 Bn 4.25 Bn 0.35
4 Live Nation Entertainment 40.94 Bn 32.48 Bn 1.31 Bn 0.33
5 Liberty Media 29.72 Bn 29.06 Bn 298.00 Mn 0.32
6 Roku 20.90 Bn 18.52 Bn 564.94 Mn -
7 TKO Group Holdings 20.86 Bn 19.17 Bn 862.52 Mn 0.29
8 Fox 20.85 Bn 17.36 Bn - 0.30
9 News 16.48 Bn 15.01 Bn - 0.13
10 Dave & Buster's Entertainment 337.94 Mn 318.34 Mn 479.40 Mn 0.37

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 5, 2026 0.37
Feb 3, 2026 0.38
Nov 4, 2025 0.38
Aug 5, 2025 0.38
May 6, 2025 0.39
Feb 4, 2025 0.38
Nov 5, 2024 0.37
Aug 6, 2024 0.35
May 5, 2024 0.36
Feb 4, 2024 0.34
Oct 29, 2023 0.36
Jul 30, 2023 0.35
Apr 30, 2023 0.35
Jan 29, 2023 0.33
Oct 30, 2022 0.33
Jul 31, 2022 0.36
May 1, 2022 0.18
Jan 30, 2022 0.18
Oct 31, 2021 0.21
Aug 1, 2021 0.23