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Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) has 11 years of Free Cash Flow data on record, last reported at -$20.6 million in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Free Cash Flow rose 85.12% year-over-year to -$20.6 million; the TTM value through Nov 2025 reached -$195.6 million, down 7.3%, while the annual FY2025 figure was -$217.9 million, 740.88% down from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow reached -$20.6 million in Q4 2025 per PLAY's latest filing, up from -$55.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $108.6 million in Q2 2022 and bottomed at -$138.4 million in Q4 2024.
  • Average Free Cash Flow over 5 years is $2.7 million, with a median of -$3.6 million recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Free Cash Flow: soared 341.56% in 2021, then crashed 4513.33% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at -$25.2 million in 2021, then surged by 115.06% to $3.8 million in 2022, then crashed by 178.95% to -$3.0 million in 2023, then plummeted by 4513.33% to -$138.4 million in 2024, then soared by 85.12% to -$20.6 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Free Cash Flow were -$20.6 million in Q4 2025, -$55.2 million in Q3 2025, and -$58.8 million in Q2 2025.