Dave & Buster's Entertainment PLAY
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Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Return on Equity [ROE] (2015 - 2026)

Updated

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Return on Equity [ROE] was -94.51% in fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Aug 4, 2026), down 100.70 percentage points from 6.20% a year earlier and down 26.69 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Return on Equity [ROE] (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

For FY2026 (ended Feb 3, 2026), Return on Equity [ROE] at Dave & Buster's Entertainment came in at -41.10%, down 70.47 percentage points from FY2025.

  • Return on Equity [ROE] has now declined for four consecutive fiscal years, though with a five-year change of +87.12 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
  • In earlier fiscal years, Return on Equity [ROE] was 29.37% in FY2025 (-8.99 pp), 38.36% in FY2024 (-1.62 pp), 39.98% in FY2023 (-10.75 pp) and 50.72% in FY2022 (+178.94 pp).
  • The fiscal Q2 2027 figure marks the lowest quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] since fiscal Q4 2021.
  • Compared with a year earlier, Return on Equity [ROE] has declined for ten straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -48.17 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
  • The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Equity [ROE] over five years was fiscal Q4 2022 (a gain of 148.64 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q2 2027 (a drop of 100.70 percentage points).
  • Per Business Quant data, PLAY's Return on Equity [ROE] in the three fiscal quarters before Q2 2027 was -67.82% (Q1 2027), -43.87% (Q4 2026) and 0.20% (Q3 2026).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROE (Qtr)
1 Las Vegas Sands 24.50 Bn 10.92 Bn 1.48 Bn 155.93%
2 DraftKings 16.89 Bn 12.55 Bn 551.45 Mn -29.81%
3 Flutter Entertainment 12.94 Bn 6.68 Bn 1.71 Bn -9.48%
4 Madison Square Garden Sports 9.77 Bn 9.37 Bn 119.21 Mn -
5 Life Time Group Holdings 8.91 Bn 8.14 Bn 412.26 Mn 12.72%
6 Wynn Resorts 8.21 Bn 1.77 Bn 758.95 Mn -
7 MGM Resorts International 7.81 Bn -371.12 Mn 1.98 Bn 20.17%
8 Caesars Entertainment 6.04 Bn 2.66 Bn 1.50 Bn -11.13%
9 Super Group (SGHC) 5.74 Bn 3.73 Bn - 47.85%
10 Dave & Buster's Entertainment 222.34 Mn 156.54 Mn 460.90 Mn -94.51%
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Aug 4, 2026 -94.51%
May 5, 2026 -67.82%
Feb 3, 2026 -43.87%
Nov 4, 2025 0.20%
Aug 5, 2025 6.20%
May 6, 2025 26.38%
Feb 4, 2025 31.31%
Nov 5, 2024 33.31%
Aug 6, 2024 39.04%
May 5, 2024 36.12%
Feb 4, 2024 54.84%
Oct 29, 2023 49.39%
Jul 30, 2023 40.63%
Apr 30, 2023 36.40%
Jan 29, 2023 35.54%
Oct 30, 2022 34.49%
Jul 31, 2022 37.39%
May 1, 2022 49.77%
Jan 30, 2022 41.65%
Oct 31, 2021 17.04%
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