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

Dave & Buster's Entertainment has reported Operating Margin for 14 years, with the latest figure at 8.39% in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin fell 275.0% year-over-year to 8.39% in Q2 2026; TTM through May 2026 was 3.33%, a 605.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 4.09%, down 624.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin was 8.39% for Q2 2026 at Dave & Buster's Entertainment, up from 2.62% in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Operating Margin was 21.88% in Q2 2022, with the low at 3.61% in Q4 2025.
• Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 10.17%, with a median of 11.6% recorded in 2022.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2026: Operating Margin surged 5983 bps in 2022, then slumped 1088 bps in 2026.
• Over 5 years, Operating Margin stood at 6.26% in 2022, then tumbled by 36 bps to 3.98% in 2023, then plunged by 65 bps to 1.39% in 2024, then sank by 360 bps to 3.61% in 2025, then soared by 332 bps to 8.39% in 2026.
• The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 8.39% (Q2 2026), 2.62% (Q1 2026), and 3.61% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.