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Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) has 8 years of Gross Margin data on record, last reported at 134.18% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Gross Margin rose 4915.0% year-over-year to 134.18%; the TTM value through Nov 2025 reached 72.15%, down 528.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 67.63%, 201.0% down from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin reached 134.18% in Q4 2025 per PLAY's latest filing, up from 66.46% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 232.02% in Q1 2021 and bottomed at 26.36% in Q1 2022.
  • Average Gross Margin over 5 years is 81.92%, with a median of 84.02% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Gross Margin: skyrocketed 10667bps in 2021, then crashed -20566bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 90.54% in 2021, then decreased by -7bps to 84.16% in 2022, then dropped by -24bps to 64.08% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 33bps to 85.03% in 2024, then surged by 58bps to 134.18% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Gross Margin were 134.18% in Q4 2025, 66.46% in Q3 2025, and 66.81% in Q2 2025.