# Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc. (PLAY) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NASDAQ, United States. Sector: Consumer Cyclical / Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure. Price $8.72, market value $303 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): n/a** (negative earnings). Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc. reported negative earnings over the last twelve months, so the P/E is not meaningful; use price-to-sales, EV/EBITDA and free-cash-flow yield instead.
- **Price / sales: 0.1×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 0.1×, a low multiple typical of thin-margin businesses or out-of-favour stocks.
- **Price / book: 3.0×**. The shares trade at 3.0× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **EV / EBITDA: 5.1×**. Enterprise value is 5.1× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed; below 8× is inexpensive for most sectors.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: -11.0%** (5-yr avg -2.4%). Free cash flow is negative: the business is consuming cash, which is normal for heavy investment phases but a warning otherwise.

## Profitability
- **Operating margin: 3.3%**. 3.3% of revenue is left after running the business, which leaves little cushion in a downturn.
- **Net margin: -2.3%**. The company reported a net loss over the last twelve months.
- **Return on equity: -53.4%**. Return on equity is negative because earnings are negative.
- **Return on invested capital: 3.5%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 3.5%: close to or below the cost of capital, so growth may not create value.
- **Return on assets: -1.6%**. Each dollar of assets produces -1.6% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -1.4%** (3-yr 2.3%/yr, 5-yr 36.9%/yr). Revenue fell 1.4% over the last year, against 36.9% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -195.9%**. Earnings per share fell 195.9%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 16.69**. Debt is 16.69 times equity, a leveraged balance sheet that needs steady cash flow to service.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 4.2×**. It would take 4.2 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, above the 3× level most lenders treat as comfortable.
- **Piotroski F-score: 4/9**. 4 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend: none**. Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc. does not currently pay a dividend.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -64.0%** (YTD -46.2%, 3-mo -22.1%). The shares are down 64.0% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -65.1%** (5.1% above the low). Trading 65% below its 52-week high, deep in a drawdown.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 39**. An RSI of 39 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 1.56** (volatility 72%). Beta of 1.56 against the S&P 500: the shares move much more than the market.

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