Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Invested Capital (2014 - 2026)

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) recorded quarterly Invested Capital of $1.6 billion in Q1 2026, down 4.6% quarter-over-quarter from $1.7 billion in Q4 2025, and down 1.59% on a YoY basis from $1.7 billion in Q1 2025.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Invested Capital (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Invested Capital history runs 13 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $1.6 billion for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Invested Capital fell 1.59% year-over-year to $1.6 billion; the TTM figure through Feb 2026 stood at $1.6 billion (down 1.59% YoY), while the FY2026 annual figure was $1.6 billion, down 1.59% from the prior year.
  • Invested Capital was $1.6 billion for Q1 2026 at Dave & Buster's Entertainment, down from $1.7 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Invested Capital ranged from a high of $1.8 billion in Q2 2025 to a low of $715.4 million in Q1 2022.
  • Historically, Invested Capital has averaged $1.6 billion across 5 years, with a median of $1.6 billion in 2022.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Invested Capital surged 137.39% in 2023, then slipped 6.44% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Invested Capital shows it stood at $1.7 billion in 2022, then retreated by 6.02% to $1.6 billion in 2023, then grew by 10.76% to $1.7 billion in 2024, then increased by 0.24% to $1.7 billion in 2025, then retreated by 4.6% to $1.6 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Invested Capital figures came in at $1.6 billion (Q1 2026), $1.7 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.8 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Invested Cap. (Qtr)
1 Netflix 339.24 Bn 326.95 Bn 11.41 Bn 32.13 Bn
2 Walt Disney 177.26 Bn 183.87 Bn 23.68 Bn 124.20 Bn
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 67.20 Bn 65.06 Bn 4.25 Bn 66.17 Bn
4 Brera Holdings 43.43 Bn 43.43 Bn - 165.26 Mn
5 Live Nation Entertainment 39.99 Bn 31.53 Bn 1.31 Bn 1.66 Bn
6 Fox 25.61 Bn 22.11 Bn - 10.97 Bn
7 Roku 21.15 Bn 18.77 Bn 564.94 Mn 2.67 Bn
8 Liberty Media 20.63 Bn 21.31 Bn 298.00 Mn 7.78 Bn
9 News 16.23 Bn 14.76 Bn - 11.27 Bn
10 Dave & Buster's Entertainment 446.55 Mn 429.95 Mn 779.40 Mn 1.64 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 3, 2026 1.64 Bn
Nov 4, 2025 1.72 Bn
Aug 5, 2025 1.76 Bn
May 6, 2025 1.76 Bn
Feb 4, 2025 1.67 Bn
Nov 5, 2024 1.72 Bn
Aug 6, 2024 1.63 Bn
May 5, 2024 1.63 Bn
Feb 4, 2024 1.59 Bn
Oct 29, 2023 1.55 Bn
Jul 30, 2023 1.65 Bn
Apr 30, 2023 1.64 Bn
Jan 29, 2023 1.70 Bn
Oct 30, 2022 1.65 Bn
Jul 31, 2022 1.65 Bn
May 1, 2022 791.80 Mn
Jan 30, 2022 715.40 Mn
Oct 31, 2021 741.56 Mn
Aug 1, 2021 779.88 Mn
May 2, 2021 728.64 Mn