Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Profit After Tax (2013 - 2026)

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's (PLAY) quarterly Profit After Tax came in at $5.9 million in Q2 2026, down 73.3% year-on-year from $22.1 million in Q2 2025, and up 114.86% quarter-over-quarter from -$39.7 million in Q1 2026.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Profit After Tax (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Profit After Tax history runs 14 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $5.9 million for Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Profit After Tax fell 73.3% year-over-year to $5.9 million in Q2 2026; TTM through May 2026 was -$65.0 million, a 269.27% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at -$48.7 million, down 184.55% from the prior year.
  • Profit After Tax improved to $5.9 million in Q2 2026 per PLAY's latest filing, from -$39.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Profit After Tax topped out at $70.1 million in Q2 2023 and bottomed at -$42.6 million in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Profit After Tax is $24.0 million (2023), against an average of $17.1 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Profit After Tax surged 224.2% in 2022 and plunged 556.32% in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Profit After Tax stood at $1.8 million in 2022, then plunged by 405.56% to -$5.5 million in 2023, then slumped by 494.55% to -$32.7 million in 2024, then slumped by 30.28% to -$42.6 million in 2025, then jumped by 113.85% to $5.9 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest PLAY Profit After Tax figures stand at $5.9 million (Q2 2026), -$39.7 million (Q1 2026), and -$42.6 million (Q4 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) PAT (Qtr)
1 Netflix 286.85 Bn 277.73 Bn 6.52 Bn 3.40 Bn
2 Walt Disney 176.45 Bn 177.38 Bn 10.75 Bn 2.25 Bn
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 71.03 Bn 68.89 Bn 4.25 Bn -2.92 Bn
4 Live Nation Entertainment 40.94 Bn 32.48 Bn 1.31 Bn -380.02 Mn
5 Liberty Media 29.72 Bn 29.06 Bn 298.00 Mn 57.00 Mn
6 Roku 20.90 Bn 18.52 Bn 564.94 Mn 85.70 Mn
7 TKO Group Holdings 20.86 Bn 19.17 Bn 862.52 Mn 89.35 Mn
8 Fox 20.85 Bn 17.36 Bn - 175.00 Mn
9 News 16.48 Bn 15.01 Bn - 121.00 Mn
10 Dave & Buster's Entertainment 337.94 Mn 318.34 Mn 479.40 Mn 5.90 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 5, 2026 5.90 Mn
Feb 3, 2026 -39.70 Mn
Nov 4, 2025 -42.60 Mn
Aug 5, 2025 11.40 Mn
May 6, 2025 22.10 Mn
Feb 4, 2025 8.70 Mn
Nov 5, 2024 -32.70 Mn
Aug 6, 2024 40.30 Mn
May 5, 2024 41.40 Mn
Feb 4, 2024 36.30 Mn
Oct 29, 2023 -5.50 Mn
Jul 30, 2023 26.00 Mn
Apr 30, 2023 70.10 Mn
Jan 29, 2023 39.30 Mn
Oct 30, 2022 1.80 Mn
Jul 31, 2022 30.50 Mn
May 1, 2022 68.30 Mn
Jan 30, 2022 26.98 Mn
Oct 31, 2021 11.92 Mn
Aug 1, 2021 54.13 Mn