Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Interest Coverage Ratio (2013 - 2026)

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's (PLAY) quarterly Interest Coverage Ratio came in at 1.27 in Q2 2026, down 25.99% year-on-year from 1.72 in Q2 2025, and up 450.21% quarter-over-quarter from 0.36 in Q1 2026.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Interest Coverage Ratio (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Interest Coverage Ratio history runs 14 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 1.27 for Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Interest Coverage Ratio fell 25.99% year-over-year to 1.27 in Q2 2026; TTM through May 2026 was 0.45, a 68.22% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 0.4, down 62.47% from the prior year.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio grew to 1.27 in Q2 2026 per PLAY's latest filing, from 0.36 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Interest Coverage Ratio topped out at 5.84 in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 0.4 in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Interest Coverage Ratio is 1.32 (2026), against an average of 1.66.
  • Across the five-year window, Interest Coverage Ratio soared 10869.59% in 2023 and sank 310.45% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Interest Coverage Ratio stood at 0.01 in 2022, then jumped by 5475.56% to 0.64 in 2023, then tumbled by 70.25% to 0.19 in 2024, then sank by 310.45% to 0.4 in 2025, then surged by 415.4% to 1.27 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest PLAY Interest Coverage Ratio figures stand at 1.27 (Q2 2026), 0.36 (Q1 2026), and 0.4 (Q4 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Interest Cover (Qtr)
1 Netflix 286.85 Bn 277.73 Bn 6.52 Bn 23.86
2 Walt Disney 176.45 Bn 177.38 Bn 10.75 Bn -22.47
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 71.03 Bn 68.89 Bn 4.25 Bn -4.25
4 Live Nation Entertainment 40.94 Bn 32.48 Bn 1.31 Bn -4.09
5 Liberty Media 29.72 Bn 29.06 Bn 298.00 Mn 0.52
6 Roku 20.90 Bn 18.52 Bn 564.94 Mn 1.92
7 TKO Group Holdings 20.86 Bn 19.17 Bn 862.52 Mn 5.36
8 Fox 20.85 Bn 17.36 Bn - 3.65
9 News 16.48 Bn 15.01 Bn - 8.56
10 Dave & Buster's Entertainment 337.94 Mn 318.34 Mn 479.40 Mn 1.27

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 5, 2026 1.27
Feb 3, 2026 -0.36
Nov 4, 2025 -0.40
Aug 5, 2025 1.37
May 6, 2025 1.72
Feb 4, 2025 1.25
Nov 5, 2024 0.19
Aug 6, 2024 2.49
May 5, 2024 2.39
Feb 4, 2024 1.94
Oct 29, 2023 0.64
Jul 30, 2023 2.34
Apr 30, 2023 3.95
Jan 29, 2023 0.58
Oct 30, 2022 0.01
Jul 31, 2022 0.02
May 1, 2022 5.84
Jan 30, 2022 4.66
Oct 31, 2021 1.82
Aug 1, 2021 5.77