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PLAY
Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc
~5 min film100% real numbersplain English
WHAT DOES THIS COMPANY DO?
Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. What it actually does.

Operates entertainment and dining venues. Offers a menu of entrées and appetizers. Now — the numbers.

on the stock market since 2014
24K employees
$284.2M market value
WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM?
63%Entertainment
EntertainmentFood and Beverage 37%
63% of all revenue comes from a single line: Entertainment.

That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.

Revenue last year:
$2.1B
The loss that same year:
$48.7M
Sales don’t cover the costs; the gap drains from the cash pile every year.

The company closed last year at a loss: costs ran above sales. The picture changes only if spending is reined in.

In the vault right now:
$16.6M
DEBT: $3.2B
At this pace, that money lasts less than a year.

Before the clock runs out, either sales must climb sharply or new money must come in. This is the most critical line in the whole picture.

THE PRICE TAG
MARKET VALUE / ANNUAL SALES
0.1×

This company is not turning a profit, so the market is pricing its sales instead: 0.1× for every dollar of annual revenue.

Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 9% of them.

Analysts' average target sits 108% above today's price.

What executives did with their own stock over the last 12 months:
56 buy11 sell

Buys outnumber sells, but taken together the trades don’t add up to a strong signal of confidence.

INSIDE THE REPORT CARD

We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.

A score of 50 means class average.

BUSINESS QUALITY
34
very weak

Clearly below the class average.

FINANCIAL STRENGTH
5
very weak

Clearly below the class average.

VALUATION
9
very weak

Clearly below the class average.

GROWTH
60
average

There is growth, but not at top-of-the-class tempo.

PRICE MOMENTUM
13
very weak

Clearly below the class average.

WORTH WATCHING

Financial Strength: The cash-and-debt balance is thin; the buffer for hard times is slim.

Valuation: The stock trades at a price that looks expensive next to its earnings; that can cap future returns.

THE FIVE-YEAR JOURNEY
A big climb, then a hard fall.

An investor who bought at the very peak is down 88% today. The business is the same; what changed most is the price — and the expectations — the market pins on it.

1
THE BRIGHT SIDE · 1/1
Sales keep climbing

Over the last 4 years, sales grew about 13% a year on average.

1
THE RISKS · 1/2
Lost money last year

A loss of $48.7M against $2.1B in annual sales. And on top of that, sales fell from the year before.

2
THE RISKS · 2/2
The cash has a countdown

At the current pace of spending, the cash lasts less than a year. After that, the company needs to find new money.

FINALE · THE GRADE
D
30 / 100 · MoonshotScore

On our five-subject report card, PLAY sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”

The takeaway: PLAY has solid sales but closed last year at a loss. The road back to profit runs through spending discipline.

Analysts’ average target sits above today’s price, yet the valuation grade (9/100) says the stock isn’t cheap.

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Data: FMP & company filings
Sep 11, 2026 · stockexpertai.com · Stock Film