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

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) has 7 years of Return on Invested Capital data on record, last reported at 0.0% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 13.0% year-over-year to 0.0%; the TTM value through Nov 2025 reached 0.0%, down 13.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.11%, 3.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.0% in Q4 2025 per PLAY's latest filing, down from 0.12% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.27% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 0.23% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.1%, with a median of 0.12% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: tumbled -38bps in 2021, then skyrocketed 45bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.11% in 2021, then dropped by -1bps to 0.11% in 2022, then surged by 36bps to 0.15% in 2023, then decreased by -18bps to 0.12% in 2024, then plummeted by -103bps to 0.0% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Invested Capital were 0.0% in Q4 2025, 0.12% in Q3 2025, and 0.1% in Q2 2025.