Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) FCF Margin (2014 - 2026)

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) recorded quarterly FCF Margin of 6.42% in Q1 2026, up 239.68% quarter-over-quarter from 4.6% in Q4 2025, and up 1783.0% on a YoY basis from 0.34% in Q1 2025.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) FCF Margin (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's FCF Margin history runs 13 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 6.42% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, FCF Margin rose 1783.0% year-over-year to 6.42%; the TTM figure through Feb 2026 stood at 4.78% (up 543.0% YoY), while the FY2026 annual figure was 4.78%, up 543.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin was 6.42% for Q1 2026 at Dave & Buster's Entertainment, up from 4.6% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 24.07% in Q2 2022 to a low of 30.55% in Q4 2024.
  • Historically, FCF Margin has averaged 0.1% across 5 years, with a median of 0.64% in 2023.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: FCF Margin soared 4021 bps in 2022, then plunged 2991 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 0.79% in 2022, then plunged by 181 bps to 0.64% in 2023, then tumbled by 4655 bps to 30.55% in 2024, then surged by 85 bps to 4.6% in 2025, then surged by 240 bps to 6.42% in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 6.42% (Q1 2026), 4.6% (Q4 2025), and 9.9% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Netflix 339.24 Bn 326.95 Bn 11.41 Bn 41.59%
2 Walt Disney 177.26 Bn 183.87 Bn 23.68 Bn 19.63%
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 67.20 Bn 65.06 Bn 4.25 Bn -5.35%
4 Brera Holdings 43.43 Bn 43.43 Bn - -
5 Live Nation Entertainment 39.99 Bn 31.53 Bn 1.31 Bn 53.52%
6 Fox 25.61 Bn 22.11 Bn - 44.24%
7 Roku 21.15 Bn 18.77 Bn 564.94 Mn 15.91%
8 Liberty Media 20.63 Bn 21.31 Bn 298.00 Mn 47.40%
9 News 16.23 Bn 14.76 Bn - 18.26%
10 Dave & Buster's Entertainment 446.55 Mn 429.95 Mn 779.40 Mn 6.42%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 3, 2026 6.42%
Nov 4, 2025 -4.60%
Aug 5, 2025 -9.90%
May 6, 2025 -10.36%
Feb 4, 2025 -11.41%
Nov 5, 2024 -30.55%
Aug 6, 2024 -2.57%
May 5, 2024 -0.71%
Feb 4, 2024 -4.24%
Oct 29, 2023 -0.64%
Jul 30, 2023 3.91%
Apr 30, 2023 6.90%
Jan 29, 2023 12.99%
Oct 30, 2022 0.79%
Jul 31, 2022 5.25%
May 1, 2022 24.07%
Jan 30, 2022 16.34%
Oct 31, 2021 -7.94%
Aug 1, 2021 24.72%
May 2, 2021 25.19%