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) Profit After Tax (2013 - 2026)

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) posted quarterly Profit After Tax of $5.9 million for Q2 2026, down 73.3% year-over-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.

  • In Q2 2026, Profit After Tax fell 73.3% year-over-year to $5.9 million; the TTM figure through May 2026 stood at -$65.0 million (down 269.27% YoY), while the FY2026 annual figure was -$48.7 million, down 184.55% from the prior year.
  • Profit After Tax for Q2 2026 stood at $5.9 million, up from -$39.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Profit After Tax was $70.1 million in Q2 2023, with the low 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.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2026: Profit After Tax surged 224.2% in 2022, then tumbled 556.32% in 2026.
  • Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Profit After Tax stood at $1.8 million in 2022, then sank by 405.56% to -$5.5 million in 2023, then tumbled by 494.55% to -$32.7 million in 2024, then tumbled by 30.28% to -$42.6 million in 2025, then soared by 113.85% to $5.9 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows PLAY's Profit After Tax at $5.9 million in Q2 2026, -$39.7 million in Q1 2026, and -$42.6 million in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

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1 Netflix 325.80 Bn 316.67 Bn 6.52 Bn 3.40 Bn
2 Walt Disney 180.88 Bn 175.70 Bn 11.57 Bn 2.84 Bn
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 71.60 Bn 68.23 Bn 4.10 Bn 162.00 Mn
4 Live Nation Entertainment 41.97 Bn 32.90 Bn 1.94 Bn 402.88 Mn
5 Fox 26.42 Bn 22.22 Bn - 696.00 Mn
6 Liberty Media 23.42 Bn 21.96 Bn 329.00 Mn 8.00 Mn
7 Roku 23.35 Bn 20.80 Bn 673.70 Mn 164.22 Mn
8 News 18.65 Bn 16.55 Bn - 230.00 Mn
9 TKO Group Holdings 14.38 Bn 12.83 Bn 990.96 Mn 308.37 Mn
10 Dave & Buster's Entertainment 344.52 Mn 324.92 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