Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) EBIT Margin (2013 - 2026)

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's (PLAY) quarterly EBIT Margin came in at 8.39% in Q2 2026, down 275.0% year-on-year from 4.79% in Q2 2025, and up 419.55% quarter-over-quarter from 2.62% in Q1 2026.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) EBIT Margin (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's EBIT Margin history runs 14 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 8.39% for Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBIT Margin fell 275.0% year-over-year to 8.39% in Q2 2026; TTM through May 2026 was 3.33%, a 605.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 4.09%, down 624.0% from the prior year.
  • EBIT Margin grew to 8.39% in Q2 2026 per PLAY's latest filing, from 2.62% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBIT Margin topped out at 21.88% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 3.61% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for EBIT Margin is 11.6% (2022), against an average of 10.17%.
  • Across the five-year window, EBIT Margin soared 5983 bps in 2022 and tumbled 1088 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, EBIT Margin stood at 6.26% in 2022, then slumped by 36 bps to 3.98% in 2023, then tumbled by 65 bps to 1.39% in 2024, then plunged by 360 bps to 3.61% in 2025, then surged by 332 bps to 8.39% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest PLAY EBIT Margin figures stand at 8.39% (Q2 2026), 2.62% (Q1 2026), and 3.61% (Q4 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBIT Margin (Qtr)
1 Netflix 286.85 Bn 277.73 Bn 6.52 Bn 33.38%
2 Walt Disney 176.45 Bn 177.38 Bn 10.75 Bn -42.23%
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 71.03 Bn 68.89 Bn 4.25 Bn -27.76%
4 Live Nation Entertainment 40.94 Bn 32.48 Bn 1.31 Bn -9.77%
5 Liberty Media 29.72 Bn 29.06 Bn 298.00 Mn 9.00%
6 Roku 20.90 Bn 18.52 Bn 564.94 Mn 4.15%
7 TKO Group Holdings 20.86 Bn 19.17 Bn 862.52 Mn 21.20%
8 Fox 20.85 Bn 17.36 Bn - 8.14%
9 News 16.48 Bn 15.01 Bn - 9.79%
10 Dave & Buster's Entertainment 337.94 Mn 318.34 Mn 479.40 Mn 8.39%

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 5, 2026 8.39%
Feb 3, 2026 -2.62%
Nov 4, 2025 -3.61%
Aug 5, 2025 9.51%
May 6, 2025 11.13%
Feb 4, 2025 8.25%
Nov 5, 2024 1.39%
Aug 6, 2024 15.17%
May 5, 2024 14.54%
Feb 4, 2024 14.94%
Oct 29, 2023 3.98%
Jul 30, 2023 14.22%
Apr 30, 2023 20.32%
Jan 29, 2023 13.70%
Oct 30, 2022 6.26%
Jul 31, 2022 12.06%
May 1, 2022 21.88%
Jan 30, 2022 13.57%
Oct 31, 2021 7.70%
Aug 1, 2021 20.96%