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

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's quarterly Debt Ratio came in at 0.37 in Q1 2026, little changed year-on-year from 0.37 in Q1 2025, and down 2.09% quarter-over-quarter from 0.38 in Q4 2025.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment has reported Debt Ratio for 13 years, with the latest figure at 0.37 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Debt Ratio changed 0.09% year-over-year to 0.37; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 stood at 0.37 (changed 0.09% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was 0.37, changed 0.09% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.37, down from 0.38 in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Debt Ratio was 0.39 in Q2 2025, with the low at 0.18 in Q2 2022.
  • Average Debt Ratio over 5 years is 0.33, with a median of 0.34 recorded in 2024.
  • Year-over-year, Debt Ratio decreased 27.45% in 2022 and jumped 88.24% in 2023.
  • Tracing PLAY's Debt Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.33 in 2022, then advanced by 4.48% to 0.35 in 2023, then rose by 5.57% to 0.37 in 2024, then climbed by 2.51% to 0.38 in 2025, then slipped by 2.09% to 0.37 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.37 (Q1 2026), 0.38 (Q4 2025), and 0.38 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Netflix 362.63 Bn 350.34 Bn 11.41 Bn 0.24
2 Walt Disney 181.67 Bn 188.27 Bn 23.68 Bn 0.23
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 67.91 Bn 65.77 Bn 4.25 Bn 0.33
4 Live Nation Entertainment 39.56 Bn 31.10 Bn 1.31 Bn 0.33
5 Fox 26.01 Bn 22.51 Bn - 0.30
6 Liberty Media 21.20 Bn 21.87 Bn 298.00 Mn 0.32
7 Roku 19.03 Bn 16.65 Bn 564.94 Mn -
8 News 16.98 Bn 15.50 Bn - 0.13
9 TKO Group Holdings 16.11 Bn 14.42 Bn 862.52 Mn 0.29
10 Dave & Buster's Entertainment 447.24 Mn 430.64 Mn 779.40 Mn 0.37

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 3, 2026 0.37
Nov 4, 2025 0.38
Aug 5, 2025 0.38
May 6, 2025 0.39
Feb 4, 2025 0.37
Nov 5, 2024 0.37
Aug 6, 2024 0.34
May 5, 2024 0.34
Feb 4, 2024 0.34
Oct 29, 2023 0.35
Jul 30, 2023 0.35
Apr 30, 2023 0.33
Jan 29, 2023 0.33
Oct 30, 2022 0.33
Jul 31, 2022 0.34
May 1, 2022 0.18
Jan 30, 2022 0.18
Oct 31, 2021 0.21
Aug 1, 2021 0.23
May 2, 2021 0.23
Jan 31, 2021 0.25
Nov 1, 2020 0.24
Aug 2, 2020 0.28
May 3, 2020 0.29
Feb 2, 2020 0.27
Nov 3, 2019 0.29
Aug 4, 2019 0.25
May 5, 2019 0.20
Feb 3, 2019 0.31
Nov 4, 2018 0.30
Aug 5, 2018 0.29
May 6, 2018 0.29
Feb 4, 2018 0.31
Oct 29, 2017 0.28
Jul 30, 2017 0.27
Apr 30, 2017 0.23
Jan 29, 2017 0.25
Oct 30, 2016 0.27
Jul 31, 2016 0.28
May 1, 2016 0.30
Jan 31, 2016 0.34
Nov 1, 2015 0.37
Aug 2, 2015 0.38
May 3, 2015 0.43
Feb 1, 2015 0.45
Nov 2, 2014 0.46
Feb 2, 2014 0.56