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Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) EBIT (2016 - 2025)

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) has 9 years of EBIT data on record, last reported at -$16.2 million in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, EBIT fell 357.14% year-over-year to -$16.2 million; the TTM value through Nov 2025 reached $144.1 million, down 45.79%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $220.4 million, 28.11% down from the prior year.
  • EBIT reached -$16.2 million in Q4 2025 per PLAY's latest filing, down from $53.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBIT topped out at $121.4 million in Q2 2023 and bottomed at -$54.0 million in Q1 2021.
  • Average EBIT over 5 years is $51.1 million, with a median of $54.8 million recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for EBIT: skyrocketed 197.6% in 2021, then crashed 357.14% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of EBIT shows it stood at $24.5 million in 2021, then increased by 23.01% to $30.1 million in 2022, then plummeted by 38.21% to $18.6 million in 2023, then plummeted by 66.13% to $6.3 million in 2024, then tumbled by 357.14% to -$16.2 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for EBIT were -$16.2 million in Q4 2025, $53.0 million in Q3 2025, and $63.2 million in Q2 2025.