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) Retained Earnings (2014 - 2026)

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) posted quarterly Retained Earnings of $614.5 million for Q2 2026, down 9.53% year-over-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.

  • In Q2 2026, Retained Earnings fell 9.53% year-over-year to $614.5 million; the TTM figure through May 2026 stood at $614.5 million (down 9.53% YoY), while the FY2026 annual figure was $608.8 million, down 7.41% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings for Q2 2026 stood at $614.5 million, up from $608.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Retained Earnings was $690.6 million in Q3 2025, with the low 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.
  • Peak annual rise in Retained Earnings reached 71277.78% in 2024, while the deepest fall reached 100.18% in 2024.
  • Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Retained Earnings stood at -$1.0 million in 2022, then surged by 55143.99% to $563.1 million in 2023, then tumbled by 100.18% to -$1.0 million in 2024, then surged by 64950.0% to $648.5 million in 2025, then declined by 5.24% to $614.5 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows PLAY's Retained Earnings at $614.5 million in Q2 2026, $608.8 million in Q1 2026, and $648.5 million in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Netflix 325.80 Bn 316.67 Bn 6.52 Bn 50.97 Bn
2 Walt Disney 180.88 Bn 175.70 Bn 11.57 Bn 65.05 Bn
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 71.60 Bn 68.23 Bn 4.10 Bn 56.02 Bn
4 Live Nation Entertainment 41.97 Bn 32.90 Bn 1.94 Bn 1.39 Bn
5 Fox 26.42 Bn 22.22 Bn - 4.46 Bn
6 Liberty Media 23.42 Bn 21.96 Bn 329.00 Mn 7.76 Bn
7 Roku 23.35 Bn 20.80 Bn 673.70 Mn -1.40 Bn
8 News 18.65 Bn 16.55 Bn - -1.55 Bn
9 TKO Group Holdings 14.38 Bn 12.83 Bn 990.96 Mn -1.41 Bn
10 Dave & Buster's Entertainment 344.52 Mn 324.92 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