Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Tax Provisions (2013 - 2026)

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's (PLAY) quarterly Tax Provisions came in at $4.3 million in Q2 2026, down 8.51% year-on-year from $4.7 million in Q2 2025, and up 134.4% quarter-over-quarter from -$12.5 million in Q1 2026.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Tax Provisions (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Tax Provisions history runs 14 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $4.3 million for Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Tax Provisions fell 8.51% year-over-year to $4.3 million in Q2 2026; TTM through May 2026 was -$19.6 million, a 469.81% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at -$19.2 million, down 265.52% from the prior year.
  • Tax Provisions improved to $4.3 million in Q2 2026 per PLAY's latest filing, from -$12.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Provisions topped out at $20.6 million in Q2 2023 and bottomed at -$14.3 million in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Provisions is $5.4 million (2022), against an average of $4.2 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Tax Provisions surged 698.9% in 2022 and sank 2450.0% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Tax Provisions stood at -$200000.0 in 2022, then sank by 2450.0% to -$5.1 million in 2023, then plunged by 78.43% to -$9.1 million in 2024, then plunged by 57.14% to -$14.3 million in 2025, then surged by 130.07% to $4.3 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest PLAY Tax Provisions figures stand at $4.3 million (Q2 2026), -$12.5 million (Q1 2026), and -$14.3 million (Q4 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Taxes (Qtr)
1 Netflix 286.85 Bn 277.73 Bn 6.52 Bn 667.17 Mn
2 Walt Disney 176.45 Bn 177.38 Bn 10.75 Bn 902.00 Mn
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 71.03 Bn 68.89 Bn 4.25 Bn -214.00 Mn
4 Live Nation Entertainment 40.94 Bn 32.48 Bn 1.31 Bn -32.09 Mn
5 Liberty Media 29.72 Bn 29.06 Bn 298.00 Mn 5.00 Mn
6 Roku 20.90 Bn 18.52 Bn 564.94 Mn 2.95 Mn
7 TKO Group Holdings 20.86 Bn 19.17 Bn 862.52 Mn 33.98 Mn
8 Fox 20.85 Bn 17.36 Bn - 61.00 Mn
9 News 16.48 Bn 15.01 Bn - 68.00 Mn
10 Dave & Buster's Entertainment 337.94 Mn 318.34 Mn 479.40 Mn 4.30 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 5, 2026 4.30 Mn
Feb 3, 2026 -12.50 Mn
Nov 4, 2025 -14.30 Mn
Aug 5, 2025 2.90 Mn
May 6, 2025 4.70 Mn
Feb 4, 2025 -600,000.00
Nov 5, 2024 -9.10 Mn
Aug 6, 2024 10.30 Mn
May 5, 2024 11.00 Mn
Feb 4, 2024 13.60 Mn
Oct 29, 2023 -5.10 Mn
Jul 30, 2023 7.10 Mn
Apr 30, 2023 20.60 Mn
Jan 29, 2023 7.60 Mn
Oct 30, 2022 -200,000.00
Jul 31, 2022 8.80 Mn
May 1, 2022 20.30 Mn
Jan 30, 2022 6.16 Mn
Oct 31, 2021 -2.37 Mn
Aug 1, 2021 12.67 Mn