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

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) has 9 years of EBITDA data on record, last reported at -$42.6 million in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, EBITDA fell 30.28% year-over-year to -$42.6 million; the TTM value through Nov 2025 reached -$300000.0, down 100.35%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $57.6 million, 54.61% down from the prior year.
  • EBITDA reached -$42.6 million in Q4 2025 per PLAY's latest filing, down from $11.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBITDA topped out at $70.1 million in Q2 2023 and bottomed at -$55.2 million in Q1 2021.
  • Average EBITDA over 5 years is $18.7 million, with a median of $24.0 million recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for EBITDA: soared 224.2% in 2022, then tumbled 494.55% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of EBITDA shows it stood at $11.9 million in 2021, then tumbled by 84.88% to $1.8 million in 2022, then tumbled by 405.05% to -$5.5 million in 2023, then crashed by 494.55% to -$32.7 million in 2024, then plummeted by 30.28% to -$42.6 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for EBITDA were -$42.6 million in Q4 2025, $11.5 million in Q3 2025, and $22.1 million in Q2 2025.