Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Gross Margin (2013 - 2026)

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Gross Margin history runs 14 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 85.73% for Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin rose 19.0% year-over-year to 85.73% in Q2 2026; TTM through May 2026 was 70.56%, a 721.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 65.52%, down 211.0% from the prior year.
• Gross Margin rose to 85.73% in Q2 2026 per PLAY's latest filing, from 66.96% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 125.65% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 15.15% in Q1 2025.
• The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 71.14% (2023), against an average of 71.22%.
• Across the five-year window, Gross Margin sank 5343 bps in 2023 and surged 5180 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
• Year by year, Gross Margin stood at 65.96% in 2022, then advanced by 27 bps to 83.64% in 2023, then increased by 2 bps to 85.03% in 2024, then decreased by 28 bps to 61.0% in 2025, then jumped by 41 bps to 85.73% in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest PLAY Gross Margin figures stand at 85.73% (Q2 2026), 66.96% (Q1 2026), and 61.0% (Q4 2025).