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

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's (PLAY) quarterly FCF Margin came in at 1.52% in Q2 2026, up 1188.0% year-on-year from 0.12% in Q2 2025, and down 76.32% quarter-over-quarter from 6.42% in Q1 2026.

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 1.52% for Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Margin rose 1188.0% year-over-year to 1.52% in Q2 2026; TTM through May 2026 was 1.59%, a 1131.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 4.78%, up 543.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin fell to 1.52% in Q2 2026 per PLAY's latest filing, from 6.42% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 24.07% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 30.55% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 0.07% (2022), against an average of 0.18%.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Margin surged 4021 bps in 2022 and plunged 2991 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, FCF Margin stood at 0.79% in 2022, then sank 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 133 bps to 1.52% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest PLAY FCF Margin figures stand at 1.52% (Q2 2026), 6.42% (Q1 2026), and 4.6% (Q4 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Netflix 286.85 Bn 277.73 Bn 6.52 Bn 12.14%
2 Walt Disney 176.45 Bn 177.38 Bn 10.75 Bn 19.63%
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 71.03 Bn 68.89 Bn 4.25 Bn -5.35%
4 Live Nation Entertainment 40.94 Bn 32.48 Bn 1.31 Bn 53.52%
5 Liberty Media 29.72 Bn 29.06 Bn 298.00 Mn 10.97%
6 Roku 20.90 Bn 18.52 Bn 564.94 Mn 16.32%
7 TKO Group Holdings 20.86 Bn 19.17 Bn 862.52 Mn 42.24%
8 Fox 20.85 Bn 17.36 Bn - 44.24%
9 News 16.48 Bn 15.01 Bn - 18.26%
10 Dave & Buster's Entertainment 337.94 Mn 318.34 Mn 479.40 Mn 1.52%

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 5, 2026 1.52%
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%