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Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. PLAY

Retail-Eating Places · CIK 0001525769 · Fiscal year ends 0202

Revenue
$2.10B
Fiscal year ended 2026-02-03
Operating income
$86.10M
Fiscal year ended 2026-02-03
Free cash flow
-$100.60M
Fiscal year ended 2026-02-03

Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (PLAY) reported revenue of $2.10B and net income of -$48.70M for the fiscal year ended 2026-02-03. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Retail-Eating Places.

Income

Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. income by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-02-032025-02-042024-02-042023-01-292022-01-302021-01-312020-02-022019-02-032018-02-042017-01-29
Revenue$2.10B$2.13B$2.21B$1.96B$1.30B$436.51M$1.35B$1.27B$1.14B$1.01B
Cost of revenue$300.30M$314.40M$353.00M$323.20M$204.90M$74.90M$233.31M$220.26M$196.67M$180.30M
Gross profit$1.80B$1.82B$1.85B$1.64B$1.10B$361.61M$1.12B$1.05B$943.12M$824.86M
Operating income$86.10M$220.40M$306.60M$262.50M$187.20M-$252.61M$148.08M$161.00M$165.77M$150.52M
Net income-$48.70M$58.30M$126.90MUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Research & developmentUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Weighted-average diluted sharesshares 34.67Mshares 40.01Mshares 44.07Mshares 49.17Mshares 49.26Mshares 43.55Mshares 34.10Mshares 39.98Mshares 42.58Mshares 43.29M
Pretax income-$67.90M$69.90M$163.10M$173.60M$127.70M-$290.41M$127.14M$147.89M$156.39M$143.53M
Income tax expense-$19.20M$11.60M$36.20M$36.50M$19.00M-$83.43M$26.88M$30.67M$35.44M$52.74M
Diluted EPS$-1.40$1.46$2.88$2.79$2.21$-4.75$2.94$2.93$2.84$2.10
Selling, general & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
General & administrative$117.00M$99.50M$113.80M$136.70M$75.50M$47.22M$69.47M$61.52M$59.56M$54.47M
Selling & marketingUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Balance

Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-02-032025-02-042024-02-042023-01-292022-01-302021-01-312020-02-022019-02-032018-02-042017-01-29
Cash & equivalents$16.60M$6.90M$37.30M$181.60M$25.91M$11.89M$24.66M$21.58M$18.80M$20.08M
Total assets$4.12B$4.02B$3.75B$3.76B$2.35B$2.35B$2.37B$1.27B$1.20B$1.05B
Current assets$124.10M$94.40M$137.50M$293.70M$145.57M$118.87M$78.98M$91.09M$94.91M$75.60M
Total liabilitiesUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Current liabilities$434.60M$433.90M$435.60M$438.00M$311.52M$271.64M$290.86M$244.39M$207.82M$177.80M
Total equity incl. NCI$91.20M$145.80M$251.20M$410.50M$275.40M$153.20M$169.65M$387.84M$421.65M$439.45M
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Inventory$39.90M$39.80M$37.20M$45.40M$40.32M$23.81M$34.48M$27.32M$27.56M$21.86M
Accounts receivableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Goodwill$742.60M$742.60M$742.50M$744.50M$272.60M$272.60M$272.64M$272.62M$272.57M$272.63M
Long-term debt$1.52B$1.48B$1.28B$1.22B$431.40M$596.39M$632.69M$378.47M$351.25M$256.63M
Accounts payable$125.50M$134.40M$118.60M$84.70M$62.49M$36.40M$65.36M$60.43M$54.63M$55.28M

Cash flow

Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-02-032025-02-042024-02-042023-01-292022-01-302021-01-312020-02-022019-02-032018-02-042017-01-29
Operating cash flow$290.80M$312.30M$364.20M$444.40M$283.20M-$49.22M$288.95M$337.62M$264.67M$231.33M
Capital expenditures$391.40M$530.20M$330.20M$234.20M$92.20M$83.02M$228.09M$216.29M$219.90M$180.58M
Investing cash flow-$386.90M-$529.80M-$329.10M-$1.05B-$91.50M-$81.96M-$227.29M-$203.81M-$216.62M-$159.48M
Financing cash flow$105.80M$187.10M-$179.40M$762.90M-$177.70M$118.42M-$58.58M-$131.02M-$49.34M-$77.26M
Net change in cash$9.70M-$30.40M-$144.30M$155.70M$14.00M-$12.76M$3.07M$2.79M-$1.29M-$5.41M
Stock-based compensation$19.60M$4.60M$16.00M$20.00M$12.50M$6.98M$6.86M$7.42M$8.92M$5.83M
Common dividends paidUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable$0$0$4.89M$15.72M$11.57MUnavailableUnavailable
Common share repurchases$23.90M$171.90M$300.00M$25.00M$0$0$297.32M$149.12M$151.91M$28.82M
Depreciation & amortization$279.40M$238.20M$208.50M$169.30M$138.30M$138.79M$132.46M$118.28M$102.77M$88.30M

Derived

Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-02-032025-02-042024-02-042023-01-292022-01-302021-01-312020-02-022019-02-032018-02-042017-01-29
Free cash flow-$100.60M-$217.90M$34.00M$210.20M$191.00M-$132.24M$60.86M$121.33M$44.77M$50.75M
Gross margin85.7%85.3%84.0%83.5%84.3%82.8%82.8%82.6%82.7%82.1%
Operating margin4.1%10.3%13.9%13.4%14.4%-57.9%10.9%12.7%14.5%15.0%
FCF margin-4.8%-10.2%1.5%10.7%14.6%-30.3%4.5%9.6%3.9%5.0%
SBC / revenue0.9%0.2%0.7%1.0%1.0%1.6%0.5%0.6%0.8%0.6%
Current ratio0.29x0.22x0.32x0.67x0.47x0.44x0.27x0.37x0.46x0.43x
Revenue YoY growth-1.4%-3.3%12.3%50.6%198.7%-67.8%7.1%11.0%13.4%Unavailable
Net margin-2.3%2.7%5.8%UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
R&D / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
CapEx / revenue18.6%24.9%15.0%11.9%7.1%19.0%16.8%17.1%19.3%18.0%
Long-term debt / equity16.61xUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Effective tax rateUnavailable16.6%22.2%21.0%14.9%Unavailable21.1%20.7%22.7%36.7%

Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open PLAY in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.

Source filings

10-Q · Filed 2026-09-14View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-06-15View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2026-03-31View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-12-09View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-09-15View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-06-10View SEC filing

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