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Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) EBIT Margin (2016 - 2026)

Dave & Buster's Entertainment has reported EBIT Margin over the past 14 years, most recently at 2.62% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put EBIT Margin at 2.62% for Q1 2026, down 1088.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Feb 2026 was 4.09% (down 624.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was 4.09%, down 624.0%.
  • EBIT Margin for Q1 2026 was 2.62% at Dave & Buster's Entertainment, up from 3.61% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, EBIT Margin for PLAY hit a ceiling of 21.88% in Q2 2022 and a floor of 3.61% in Q4 2025.
  • Median EBIT Margin over the past 5 years was 12.06% (2022), compared with a mean of 10.28%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in EBIT Margin: soared 5983bps in 2022 and later crashed -1088bps in 2026.
  • Dave & Buster's Entertainment's EBIT Margin stood at 6.26% in 2022, then plummeted by -36bps to 3.98% in 2023, then plummeted by -65bps to 1.39% in 2024, then tumbled by -360bps to 3.61% in 2025, then grew by 27bps to 2.62% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for EBIT Margin were 2.62% (Q1 2026), 3.61% (Q4 2025), and 9.51% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.