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

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) has 8 years of EBITDA Margin data on record, last reported at 9.5% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, EBITDA Margin fell 229.0% year-over-year to 9.5%; the TTM value through Nov 2025 reached 0.01%, down 389.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 2.7%, 305.0% down from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin reached 9.5% in Q4 2025 per PLAY's latest filing, down from 2.06% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBITDA Margin topped out at 15.14% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 47.25% in Q1 2021.
  • Average EBITDA Margin over 5 years is 2.11%, with a median of 5.43% recorded in 2023.
  • The widest YoY moves for EBITDA Margin: up 12632bps in 2021, down -5438bps in 2021.
  • A 5-year view of EBITDA Margin shows it stood at 3.75% in 2021, then crashed by -90bps to 0.37% in 2022, then plummeted by -414bps to 1.18% in 2023, then tumbled by -513bps to 7.22% in 2024, then tumbled by -32bps to 9.5% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for EBITDA Margin were 9.5% in Q4 2025, 2.06% in Q3 2025, and 3.89% in Q2 2025.