Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Tax Rate (2014 - 2026)
Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) reported Tax Rate of 32.80% for fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Aug 4, 2026), up 12.52 percentage points from 20.28% a year earlier but down 10.20 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Tax Rate (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Aug 4, 2026, Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Tax Rate came in at 24.40%, up 52.03 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Feb 3, 2026), it came in at 28.28%, up 11.68 percentage points from FY2025.
- Tax Rate has a five-year change of -0.45 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Tax Rate came in at 16.60% in FY2025 (-5.60 pp), 22.19% in FY2024 (+1.17 pp), 21.03% in FY2023 (+6.15 pp) and 14.88% in FY2022 (-13.85 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Tax Rate spans a low of -28.82% in fiscal Q3 2022 and a high of 49.51% in fiscal Q3 2024.
- Year over year, Tax Rate has now increased in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.86 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Tax Rate in five years was fiscal Q3 2024 (a gain of 61.28 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q3 2022 (a drop of 55.09 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q2 2027 came in at 43.00% (Q1 2027), 23.95% (Q4 2026) and 25.35% (Q3 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Las Vegas Sands | 25.66 Bn | 12.26 Bn | 1.47 Bn | 22.47% |
| 2 | Flutter Entertainment | 14.04 Bn | 7.43 Bn | 1.52 Bn | - |
| 3 | Life Time Group Holdings | 10.41 Bn | 9.58 Bn | 419.01 Mn | 25.99% |
| 4 | DraftKings | 9.31 Bn | 4.97 Bn | 551.45 Mn | - |
| 5 | Wynn Resorts | 8.77 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 655.12 Mn | 13.23% |
| 6 | MGM Resorts International | 8.21 Bn | -1.09 Bn | 1.73 Bn | - |
| 7 | Madison Square Garden Sports | 7.49 Bn | 7.09 Bn | 119.21 Mn | 15.96% |
| 8 | Light & Wonder | 7.12 Bn | 6.42 Bn | 623.00 Mn | 20.36% |
| 9 | Churchill Downs | 6.90 Bn | 6.13 Bn | 207.00 Mn | 27.93% |
| 10 | Dave & Buster's Entertainment | 280.22 Mn | 214.42 Mn | 460.90 Mn | - |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 5, 2026 | 43.00% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | 20.28% |
| May 6, 2025 | 17.80% |
| Aug 6, 2024 | 20.36% |
| May 5, 2024 | 20.99% |
| Feb 4, 2024 | 27.36% |
| Jul 30, 2023 | 21.52% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 22.71% |
| Jan 29, 2023 | 16.27% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 23.22% |
| May 1, 2022 | 23.25% |
| Jan 30, 2022 | 19.32% |
| Aug 1, 2021 | 19.36% |
| May 2, 2021 | 11.46% |
| Feb 2, 2020 | 17.19% |
| Aug 4, 2019 | 20.02% |
| May 5, 2019 | 19.48% |
| Feb 3, 2019 | 19.15% |
| Nov 4, 2018 | 1.91% |
| Aug 5, 2018 | 19.43% |
Dave & Buster's Entertainment Tax Rate API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=PLAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "PLAY", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=PLAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();