Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Operating Expenses (2013 - 2026)

For the trailing twelve months through Aug 4, 2026, Operating Expenses at Dave & Buster's Entertainment was $2.04 billion, up 5.1% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Feb 3, 2026), it came in at $2.02 billion, up 5.5% from FY2025.

• Annual Operating Expenses has increased for five consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 24.0% (FY2021 to FY2026).
• In prior fiscal years, Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Operating Expenses was $1.91 billion in FY2025 (+0.7%), $1.9 billion in FY2024 (+11.6%), $1.7 billion in FY2023 (+52.4%) and $1.12 billion in FY2022 (+62.1%).
• Quarterly Operating Expenses has run from a low of $293.51 million in fiscal Q3 2022 to a high of $543.5 million in fiscal Q4 2026 over five years.
• On a year-over-year basis, Operating Expenses has increased in each of the last six quarters, with growth averaging 2.9% over the last eight quarters.
• The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Expenses in the past five years was fiscal Q3 2022, with growth of 77.8%; the weakest was fiscal Q4 2025, with a decline of 3.7%.
• According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses for the three prior fiscal quarters was $512.3 million (Q1 2027), $543.5 million (Q4 2026) and $464.4 million (Q3 2026).