Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Deferred Taxes (2013 - 2026)

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's (PLAY) quarterly Deferred Taxes came in at $1.9 million in Q2 2026, up 112.84% year-on-year from $892698.4 in Q2 2025, and up 122.62% quarter-over-quarter from -$8.4 million in Q1 2026.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Deferred Taxes (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Deferred Taxes history runs 14 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $1.9 million for Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Deferred Taxes rose 112.84% year-over-year to $1.9 million in Q2 2026; TTM through May 2026 was $13.7 million, a 137.23% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at -$3.0 million, up 85.71% from the prior year.
  • Deferred Taxes grew to $1.9 million in Q2 2026 per PLAY's latest filing, from -$8.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Deferred Taxes topped out at $18.2 million in Q3 2025 and bottomed at -$14.8 million in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Deferred Taxes is $1.4 million (2024), against an average of $1.2 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Deferred Taxes jumped 12891.45% in 2022 and tumbled 1580.0% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Deferred Taxes stood at $10.4 million in 2022, then slumped by 241.35% to -$14.7 million in 2023, then soared by 85.03% to -$2.2 million in 2024, then soared by 190.91% to $2.0 million in 2025, then retreated by 5.0% to $1.9 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest PLAY Deferred Taxes figures stand at $1.9 million (Q2 2026), -$8.4 million (Q1 2026), and $2.0 million (Q4 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Deferred Taxes (Qtr)
1 Netflix 286.85 Bn 277.73 Bn 6.52 Bn 81.26 Mn
2 Walt Disney 176.45 Bn 177.38 Bn 10.75 Bn 393.00 Mn
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 71.03 Bn 68.89 Bn 4.25 Bn -513.00 Mn
4 Live Nation Entertainment 40.94 Bn 32.48 Bn 1.31 Bn -44.69 Mn
5 Liberty Media 29.72 Bn 29.06 Bn 298.00 Mn 6.00 Mn
6 Roku 20.90 Bn 18.52 Bn 564.94 Mn -
7 TKO Group Holdings 20.86 Bn 19.17 Bn 862.52 Mn 19.72 Mn
8 Fox 20.85 Bn 17.36 Bn - 16.00 Mn
9 News 16.48 Bn 15.01 Bn - -
10 Dave & Buster's Entertainment 337.94 Mn 318.34 Mn 479.40 Mn 1.90 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 5, 2026 1.90 Mn
Feb 3, 2026 -8.40 Mn
Nov 4, 2025 2.00 Mn
Aug 5, 2025 18.20 Mn
May 6, 2025 -14.80 Mn
Feb 4, 2025 -13.50 Mn
Nov 5, 2024 -2.20 Mn
Aug 6, 2024 -6.30 Mn
May 5, 2024 1.00 Mn
Feb 4, 2024 15.60 Mn
Oct 29, 2023 -14.70 Mn
Jul 30, 2023 4.20 Mn
Apr 30, 2023 12.10 Mn
Jan 29, 2023 -1.70 Mn
Oct 30, 2022 10.40 Mn
Jul 31, 2022 15.20 Mn
May 1, 2022 3.70 Mn
Jan 30, 2022 -1.61 Mn
Oct 31, 2021 -1.47 Mn
Aug 1, 2021 117,000.00