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Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)

Dave & Buster's Entertainment has reported Return on Sales over the past 14 years, most recently at 0.07% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Sales at 0.07% for Q1 2026, down 9.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Feb 2026 was 0.02% (down 5.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was 0.02%, down 5.0%.
  • Return on Sales for Q1 2026 was 0.07% at Dave & Buster's Entertainment, up from 0.09% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Sales for PLAY hit a ceiling of 0.15% in Q2 2022 and a floor of 0.09% in Q4 2025.
  • Median Return on Sales over the past 5 years was 0.05% (2023), compared with a mean of 0.03%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: soared 44bps in 2022 and later dropped -9bps in 2026.
  • Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Return on Sales stood at 0.0% in 2022, then crashed by -382bps to 0.01% in 2023, then tumbled by -548bps to 0.07% in 2024, then tumbled by -30bps to 0.09% in 2025, then increased by 20bps to 0.07% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Sales were 0.07% (Q1 2026), 0.09% (Q4 2025), and 0.02% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.