Dave & Buster's Entertainment PLAY
NASDAQ PLAY
$9.97 +0.04 (+0.40%)
At close: Aug 19, 2026 · 4:00 PM UTC

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Long-Term Deferred Tax (2015 - 2026)

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) posted quarterly Long-Term Deferred Tax of $9.0 million for Q2 2026, down 20.35% year-over-year from $11.3 million in Q2 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from $9.0 million in Q1 2026.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Long-Term Deferred Tax (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Long-Term Deferred Tax history runs 12 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $9.0 million for Q2 2026.

  • In Q2 2026, Long-Term Deferred Tax fell 20.35% year-over-year to $9.0 million; the TTM figure through May 2026 stood at $9.0 million (down 20.35% YoY), while the FY2026 annual figure was $9.0 million, down 10.89% from the prior year.
  • Long-Term Deferred Tax for Q2 2026 stood at $9.0 million, roughly flat from $9.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Long-Term Deferred Tax was $11.3 million in Q2 2025, with the low at $400000.0 in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Long-Term Deferred Tax is $8.2 million (2022), against an average of $7.1 million.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Long-Term Deferred Tax tumbled 95.65% in 2023, then jumped 1425.0% in 2024.
  • Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Long-Term Deferred Tax stood at $1.4 million in 2022, then surged by 306.2% to $5.5 million in 2023, then soared by 32.73% to $7.3 million in 2024, then soared by 39.73% to $10.2 million in 2025, then dropped by 11.76% to $9.0 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows PLAY's Long-Term Deferred Tax at $9.0 million in Q2 2026, $9.0 million in Q1 2026, and $10.2 million in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Netflix 325.80 Bn 316.67 Bn 6.52 Bn
2 Walt Disney 180.88 Bn 175.70 Bn 11.57 Bn
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 71.60 Bn 68.23 Bn 4.10 Bn
4 Live Nation Entertainment 41.97 Bn 32.90 Bn 1.94 Bn
5 Fox 26.42 Bn 22.22 Bn -
6 Liberty Media 23.42 Bn 21.96 Bn 329.00 Mn
7 Roku 23.35 Bn 20.80 Bn 673.70 Mn
8 News 18.65 Bn 16.55 Bn -
9 TKO Group Holdings 14.38 Bn 12.83 Bn 990.96 Mn
10 Dave & Buster's Entertainment 344.52 Mn 324.92 Mn 479.40 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 5, 2026 9.00 Mn
Feb 3, 2026 9.00 Mn
Nov 4, 2025 10.20 Mn
Aug 5, 2025 9.40 Mn
May 6, 2025 11.30 Mn
Feb 4, 2025 10.10 Mn
Nov 5, 2024 7.30 Mn
Aug 6, 2024 7.20 Mn
May 5, 2024 6.10 Mn
Feb 4, 2024 6.00 Mn
Oct 29, 2023 5.50 Mn
Apr 30, 2023 400,000.00
Jan 29, 2023 500,000.00
Oct 30, 2022 1.35 Mn
Jul 31, 2022 8.21 Mn
May 1, 2022 9.20 Mn
Jan 30, 2022 9.96 Mn
Oct 31, 2021 9.47 Mn
Aug 1, 2021 7.31 Mn
May 2, 2021 7.45 Mn