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Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) has 8 years of Return on Capital Employed data on record, last reported at 0.04% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 4.0% year-over-year to 0.04%; the TTM value through Nov 2025 reached 0.04%, down 4.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.06%, 3.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.04% in Q4 2025 per PLAY's latest filing, down from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.12% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 0.12% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.05%, with a median of 0.08% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: decreased -19bps in 2021, then grew 21bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.04% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 71bps to 0.07% in 2022, then rose by 26bps to 0.09% in 2023, then decreased by -15bps to 0.08% in 2024, then plummeted by -49bps to 0.04% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Capital Employed were 0.04% in Q4 2025, 0.04% in Q3 2025, and 0.05% in Q2 2025.