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Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Long-Term Deferred Tax (2016 - 2026)

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's quarterly Long-Term Deferred Tax came in at $9.0 million in Q1 2026, down 10.89% year-on-year from $10.1 million in Q1 2025, and down 11.76% quarter-over-quarter from $10.2 million in Q4 2025.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment has reported Long-Term Deferred Tax for 11 years, with the latest figure at $9.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Long-Term Deferred Tax fell 10.89% year-over-year to $9.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 stood at $9.0 million (down 10.89% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was $9.0 million, down 10.89% from the prior year.
  • Long-Term Deferred Tax for Q1 2026 stood at $9.0 million, down from $10.2 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.
  • Average Long-Term Deferred Tax over 5 years is $7.0 million, with a median of $7.8 million recorded in 2022.
  • Year-over-year, Long-Term Deferred Tax plunged 95.65% in 2023 and jumped 1425.0% in 2024.
  • Tracing PLAY's Long-Term Deferred Tax over 5 years: stood at $1.4 million in 2022, then jumped by 306.2% to $5.5 million in 2023, then surged by 32.73% to $7.3 million in 2024, then surged by 39.73% to $10.2 million in 2025, then fell by 11.76% to $9.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Long-Term Deferred Tax figures came in at $9.0 million (Q1 2026), $10.2 million (Q4 2025), and $9.4 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Netflix 362.63 Bn 350.34 Bn 11.41 Bn
2 Walt Disney 181.67 Bn 188.27 Bn 23.68 Bn
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 67.91 Bn 65.77 Bn 4.25 Bn
4 Live Nation Entertainment 39.56 Bn 31.10 Bn 1.31 Bn
5 Fox 26.01 Bn 22.51 Bn -
6 Liberty Media 21.20 Bn 21.87 Bn 298.00 Mn
7 Roku 19.03 Bn 16.65 Bn 564.94 Mn
8 News 16.98 Bn 15.50 Bn -
9 TKO Group Holdings 16.11 Bn 14.42 Bn 862.52 Mn
10 Dave & Buster's Entertainment 447.24 Mn 430.64 Mn 779.40 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
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
Jan 31, 2021 5.87 Mn
Nov 1, 2020 20.45 Mn
Aug 2, 2020 21.49 Mn
May 3, 2020 11.14 Mn
Feb 2, 2020 7.64 Mn
Nov 3, 2019 8.93 Mn
Aug 4, 2019 8.53 Mn
May 5, 2019 7.69 Mn
Feb 3, 2019 6.74 Mn
Nov 4, 2018 6.92 Mn
Aug 5, 2018 7.13 Mn
May 6, 2018 7.17 Mn
Feb 4, 2018 47.53 Mn
Oct 29, 2017 3.93 Mn
Jul 30, 2017 3.78 Mn
Apr 30, 2017 3.22 Mn
Jan 29, 2017 2.45 Mn
Oct 30, 2016 2.52 Mn
Jul 31, 2016 2.45 Mn
May 1, 2016 2.86 Mn