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Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Times Interest Earned (2013 - 2026)

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's quarterly Times Interest Earned came in at -$0.36 in Q1 2026, down 129.13% year-on-year from $1.25 in Q1 2025, and up 9.94% quarter-over-quarter from -$0.4 in Q4 2025.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment has reported Times Interest Earned for 14 years, with the latest figure at -$0.36 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Times Interest Earned fell 129.13% year-over-year to -$0.36; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 stood at $0.56 (down 65.68% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was $0.56, down 65.68% from the prior year.
  • Times Interest Earned for Q1 2026 stood at -$0.36, up from -$0.4 in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Times Interest Earned was $8.66 in Q2 2022, with the low at -$0.4 in Q4 2025.
  • Average Times Interest Earned over 5 years is $2.22, with a median of $2.34 recorded in 2023.
  • Year-over-year, Times Interest Earned soared 246.82% in 2022 and sank 310.45% in 2025.
  • Tracing PLAY's Times Interest Earned over 5 years: stood at $1.06 in 2022, then plunged by 39.28% to $0.64 in 2023, then plunged by 70.25% to $0.19 in 2024, then slumped by 310.45% to -$0.4 in 2025, then rose by 9.94% to -$0.36 in 2026.
  • The last three Times Interest Earned figures came in at -$0.36 (Q1 2026), -$0.4 (Q4 2025), and $1.37 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Times Interest Earned (Qtr)
1 Netflix 362.63 Bn 350.34 Bn 11.41 Bn 15.10
2 Walt Disney 181.67 Bn 188.27 Bn 23.68 Bn -
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 67.91 Bn 65.77 Bn 4.25 Bn -4.25
4 Live Nation Entertainment 39.56 Bn 31.10 Bn 1.31 Bn -4.09
5 Fox 26.01 Bn 22.51 Bn - -
6 Liberty Media 21.20 Bn 21.87 Bn 298.00 Mn 0.94
7 Roku 19.03 Bn 16.65 Bn 564.94 Mn 82.97
8 News 16.98 Bn 15.50 Bn - -
9 TKO Group Holdings 16.11 Bn 14.42 Bn 862.52 Mn 5.59
10 Dave & Buster's Entertainment 447.24 Mn 430.64 Mn 779.40 Mn -0.36

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 3, 2026 -0.36
Nov 4, 2025 -0.40
Aug 5, 2025 1.37
May 6, 2025 1.72
Feb 4, 2025 1.25
Nov 5, 2024 0.19
Aug 6, 2024 2.49
May 5, 2024 2.58
Feb 4, 2024 2.56
Oct 29, 2023 0.64
Jul 30, 2023 2.34
Apr 30, 2023 3.95
Jan 29, 2023 2.53
Oct 30, 2022 1.06
Jul 31, 2022 3.30
May 1, 2022 8.66
Jan 30, 2022 3.90
Oct 31, 2021 1.82
Aug 1, 2021 5.77
May 2, 2021 2.50
Jan 31, 2021 -3.75
Nov 1, 2020 -6.82
Aug 2, 2020 -9.94
May 3, 2020 -10.04
Feb 2, 2020 6.10
Nov 3, 2019 1.06
Aug 4, 2019 10.04
May 5, 2019 14.24
Feb 3, 2019 11.06
Nov 4, 2018 4.66
Aug 5, 2018 14.23
May 6, 2018 20.51
Feb 4, 2018 15.69
Oct 29, 2017 9.24
Jul 30, 2017 19.60
Apr 30, 2017 34.64
Jan 29, 2017 31.64
Oct 30, 2016 11.83
Jul 31, 2016 21.15
May 1, 2016 24.25
Jan 31, 2016 15.70
Nov 1, 2015 4.61
Aug 2, 2015 12.04
May 3, 2015 7.69
Feb 1, 2015 5.64
Nov 2, 2014 0.15
Aug 3, 2014 1.43
May 4, 2014 4.00
Feb 2, 2014 -2.95
Nov 3, 2013 -0.12