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

Dave & Buster's Entertainment has reported EBITDA Margin over the past 14 years, most recently at 7.4% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put EBITDA Margin at 7.4% for Q1 2026, down 903.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Feb 2026 was 2.29% (down 499.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was 2.29%, down 499.0%.
  • EBITDA Margin for Q1 2026 was 7.4% at Dave & Buster's Entertainment, up from 9.5% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, EBITDA Margin for PLAY hit a ceiling of 15.14% in Q2 2022 and a floor of 9.5% in Q4 2025.
  • Median EBITDA Margin over the past 5 years was 4.8% (2023), compared with a mean of 3.29%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in EBITDA Margin: soared 5512bps in 2022 and later crashed -903bps in 2026.
  • Dave & Buster's Entertainment's EBITDA Margin stood at 0.37% in 2022, then crashed by -415bps to 1.18% in 2023, then tumbled by -513bps to 7.22% in 2024, then plummeted by -32bps to 9.5% in 2025, then increased by 22bps to 7.4% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for EBITDA Margin were 7.4% (Q1 2026), 9.5% (Q4 2025), and 2.06% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.