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

Dave & Buster's Entertainment has reported EBT Margin over the past 14 years, most recently at 9.86% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put EBT Margin at 9.86% for Q1 2026, down 1148.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Feb 2026 was 3.23% (down 651.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was 3.23%, down 651.0%.
  • EBT Margin for Q1 2026 was 9.86% at Dave & Buster's Entertainment, up from 12.58% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, EBT Margin for PLAY hit a ceiling of 19.35% in Q2 2022 and a floor of 12.58% in Q4 2025.
  • Median EBT Margin over the past 5 years was 6.09% (2023), compared with a mean of 3.99%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in EBT Margin: skyrocketed 5555bps in 2022 and later tumbled -1148bps in 2026.
  • Dave & Buster's Entertainment's EBT Margin stood at 0.35% in 2022, then crashed by -724bps to 2.21% in 2023, then tumbled by -318bps to 9.23% in 2024, then tumbled by -36bps to 12.58% in 2025, then grew by 22bps to 9.86% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for EBT Margin were 9.86% (Q1 2026), 12.58% (Q4 2025), and 2.57% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.