Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Retained Earnings (2014 - 2026)

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's (PLAY) quarterly Retained Earnings came in at $614.5 million in Q2 2026, down 9.53% year-on-year from $679.2 million in Q2 2025, and up 0.94% quarter-over-quarter from $608.8 million in Q1 2026.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Retained Earnings (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Retained Earnings history runs 13 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $614.5 million for Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Retained Earnings fell 9.53% year-over-year to $614.5 million in Q2 2026; TTM through May 2026 was $614.5 million, a 9.53% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at $608.8 million, down 7.41% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings climbed to $614.5 million in Q2 2026 per PLAY's latest filing, from $608.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Retained Earnings topped out at $690.6 million in Q3 2025 and bottomed at -$3.6 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is $583.8 million (2023), against an average of $435.9 million.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Retained Earnings was 71277.78% in 2024; the steepest drop was 100.18% in 2024.
  • Year by year, Retained Earnings stood at -$1.0 million in 2022, then soared by 55143.99% to $563.1 million in 2023, then slumped by 100.18% to -$1.0 million in 2024, then soared by 64950.0% to $648.5 million in 2025, then fell by 5.24% to $614.5 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest PLAY Retained Earnings figures stand at $614.5 million (Q2 2026), $608.8 million (Q1 2026), and $648.5 million (Q4 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Netflix 286.85 Bn 277.73 Bn 6.52 Bn 50.97 Bn
2 Walt Disney 176.45 Bn 177.38 Bn 10.75 Bn -2.95 Bn
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 71.03 Bn 68.89 Bn 4.25 Bn 55.87 Bn
4 Live Nation Entertainment 40.94 Bn 32.48 Bn 1.31 Bn -85.54 Mn
5 Liberty Media 29.72 Bn 29.06 Bn 298.00 Mn -111.00 Mn
6 Roku 20.90 Bn 18.52 Bn 564.94 Mn -1.50 Bn
7 TKO Group Holdings 20.86 Bn 19.17 Bn 862.52 Mn -1.38 Bn
8 Fox 20.85 Bn 17.36 Bn - -124.00 Mn
9 News 16.48 Bn 15.01 Bn - -452.00 Mn
10 Dave & Buster's Entertainment 337.94 Mn 318.34 Mn 479.40 Mn 614.50 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 5, 2026 614.50 Mn
Feb 3, 2026 608.80 Mn
Nov 4, 2025 648.50 Mn
Aug 5, 2025 690.60 Mn
May 6, 2025 679.20 Mn
Feb 4, 2025 657.50 Mn
Nov 5, 2024 -1.00 Mn
Aug 6, 2024 680.90 Mn
May 5, 2024 640.60 Mn
Feb 4, 2024 599.20 Mn
Oct 29, 2023 563.10 Mn
Jul 30, 2023 568.30 Mn
Apr 30, 2023 -900,000.00
Jan 29, 2023 472.30 Mn
Oct 30, 2022 -1.02 Mn
Jul 31, 2022 431.20 Mn
May 1, 2022 -2.30 Mn
Jan 30, 2022 -3.63 Mn
Oct 31, 2021 -4.96 Mn
Aug 1, 2021 298.90 Mn