Communication Services
Live Price
Offline$11.95
+6.79% today
1Y Change
-61.09%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 15, 2026
Coverage: 246 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 15, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (PLAY) is a Communication Services stock with a market cap of $400.00M and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $11.95 and down 61.1% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 15, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -1.4%, EPS growth of -194.0%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue -1.4%, EPS -194.0%, free cash flow +53.8% with operating margin 5.0% and ROIC 2.0%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.2. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines PLAY price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Benchmark Comparison
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Normalized return
SPY
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Relative to SPY
PLAY Max Drawdown
-71.84%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for PLAY and SPY.
Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$1.3B
-33.6% YoY
FY Net Income
$108.7M
-20.7% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$190.9M
-9.2% YoY
Revenue Growth
-1.4%
EPS Growth
-194.0%
Gross Margin
85.7%
Net Margin
-2.3%
Income statement
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| Metric | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2.1B | 2.1B | 2.2B | 2.0B | 1.3B |
| Gross Profit | 1.8B | 1.8B | 724M | 1.7B | 1.1B |
| Operating Income | 86M | 220M | 307M | 263M | 187M |
| EBITDA | 357M | 443M | 492M | 427M | 326M |
| Net Income | -49M | 58M | 127M | 137M | 109M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
USD
| Metric | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 17M | 7M | 37M | 182M | 26M |
| Total Assets | 4.1B | 4.0B | 3.8B | 3.8B | 2.3B |
| Total Liabilities | 2.1B | 3.9B | 3.5B | 3.4B | 2.1B |
| Shareholder Equity | 91M | 146M | 251M | 411M | 275M |
| Total Debt | 3.2B | 3.1B | 3.0B | 2.9B | 1.8B |
| Net Debt | 3.1B | 3.1B | 3.0B | 2.7B | 1.7B |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
283M
-36.3% YoY
Capital Expenditures
92M
+60.6% YoY
Free Cash Flow
191M
-9.2% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
85.7%
Operating Margin
5.0%
Net Margin
-2.3%
ROE
-36.4%
Debt / Equity
34.71x
Next Step
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