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

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's (PLAY) quarterly EBT Margin came in at 1.79% in Q2 2026, down 286.0% year-on-year from 0.96% in Q2 2025, and up 118.14% quarter-over-quarter from 9.86% in Q1 2026.

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

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's EBT Margin history runs 14 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 1.79% for Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBT Margin fell 286.0% year-over-year to 1.79% in Q2 2026; TTM through May 2026 was 4.03%, a 610.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 3.23%, down 651.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin improved to 1.79% in Q2 2026 per PLAY's latest filing, from 9.86% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBT Margin topped out at 19.35% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 12.58% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 5.37% (2023), against an average of 3.87%.
  • Across the five-year window, EBT Margin jumped 5555 bps in 2022 and plunged 1148 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, EBT Margin stood at 0.35% in 2022, then tumbled by 724 bps to 2.21% in 2023, then sank by 318 bps to 9.23% in 2024, then plunged by 36 bps to 12.58% in 2025, then jumped by 114 bps to 1.79% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest PLAY EBT Margin figures stand at 1.79% (Q2 2026), 9.86% (Q1 2026), and 12.58% (Q4 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Netflix 286.85 Bn 277.73 Bn 6.52 Bn 32.39%
2 Walt Disney 176.45 Bn 177.38 Bn 10.75 Bn 13.38%
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 71.03 Bn 68.89 Bn 4.25 Bn -35.08%
4 Live Nation Entertainment 40.94 Bn 32.48 Bn 1.31 Bn -10.86%
5 Liberty Media 29.72 Bn 29.06 Bn 298.00 Mn 8.16%
6 Roku 20.90 Bn 18.52 Bn 564.94 Mn 7.10%
7 TKO Group Holdings 20.86 Bn 19.17 Bn 862.52 Mn 17.67%
8 Fox 20.85 Bn 17.36 Bn - 5.91%
9 News 16.48 Bn 15.01 Bn - 8.65%
10 Dave & Buster's Entertainment 337.94 Mn 318.34 Mn 479.40 Mn 1.79%

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 5, 2026 1.79%
Feb 3, 2026 -9.86%
Nov 4, 2025 -12.58%
Aug 5, 2025 2.57%
May 6, 2025 4.65%
Feb 4, 2025 1.63%
Nov 5, 2024 -9.23%
Aug 6, 2024 9.08%
May 5, 2024 8.91%
Feb 4, 2024 8.30%
Oct 29, 2023 -2.21%
Jul 30, 2023 6.09%
Apr 30, 2023 15.18%
Jan 29, 2023 8.28%
Oct 30, 2022 0.35%
Jul 31, 2022 8.09%
May 1, 2022 19.35%
Jan 30, 2022 9.29%
Oct 31, 2021 2.58%
Aug 1, 2021 17.33%