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

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) recorded quarterly Deferred Taxes of -$8.4 million in Q1 2026, down 520.0% quarter-over-quarter from $2.0 million in Q4 2025, and up 37.78% on a YoY basis from -$6.1 million in Q1 2025.

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 -$8.4 million for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Deferred Taxes rose 37.78% year-over-year to -$8.4 million; the TTM figure through Feb 2026 stood at -$3.0 million (up 85.71% YoY), while the FY2026 annual figure was -$3.0 million, up 85.71% from the prior year.
  • Deferred Taxes was -$8.4 million for Q1 2026 at Dave & Buster's Entertainment, down from $2.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Deferred Taxes ranged from a high of $18.2 million in Q3 2025 to a low of -$14.8 million in Q2 2025.
  • Historically, Deferred Taxes has averaged $1.1 million across 5 years, with a median of $1.0 million in 2024.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Deferred Taxes surged 12891.45% in 2022, then tumbled 1580.0% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Deferred Taxes shows it stood at $10.4 million in 2022, then plunged 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 sank by 520.0% to -$8.4 million in 2026.
  • The last three Deferred Taxes figures came in at -$8.4 million (Q1 2026), $2.0 million (Q4 2025), and $18.2 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Deferred Taxes (Qtr)
1 Netflix 349.58 Bn 337.29 Bn 11.41 Bn 58.82 Mn
2 Walt Disney 175.79 Bn 182.39 Bn 23.68 Bn 393.00 Mn
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 65.98 Bn 63.84 Bn 4.25 Bn -513.00 Mn
4 Brera Holdings 47.91 Bn 47.91 Bn - -
5 Live Nation Entertainment 37.10 Bn 28.65 Bn 1.31 Bn -44.69 Mn
6 Fox 26.20 Bn 22.71 Bn - 16.00 Mn
7 Liberty Media 20.17 Bn 20.84 Bn 298.00 Mn 6.00 Mn
8 Roku 18.22 Bn 15.84 Bn 564.94 Mn -
9 News 17.17 Bn 15.69 Bn - -
10 Dave & Buster's Entertainment 382.41 Mn 365.81 Mn 779.40 Mn -8.40 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
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
May 2, 2021 -4.84 Mn