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

Dave & Buster's Entertainment has reported FCF Margin over the past 13 years, most recently at 6.42% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put FCF Margin at 6.42% for Q1 2026, up 1783.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Feb 2026 was 4.78% (up 543.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was 4.78%, up 543.0%.
  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 was 6.42% at Dave & Buster's Entertainment, up from 4.6% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Margin for PLAY hit a ceiling of 24.07% in Q2 2022 and a floor of 30.55% in Q4 2024.
  • Median FCF Margin over the past 5 years was 0.64% (2023), compared with a mean of 0.1%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Margin: surged 4021bps in 2022 and later crashed -2991bps in 2024.
  • Dave & Buster's Entertainment's FCF Margin stood at 0.79% in 2022, then crashed by -181bps to 0.64% in 2023, then plummeted by -4655bps to 30.55% in 2024, then soared by 85bps to 4.6% in 2025, then soared by 240bps to 6.42% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Margin were 6.42% (Q1 2026), 4.6% (Q4 2025), and 9.9% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.