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Dave & Buster's Entertainment PLAY Excess tax expense (benefit)

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$559.2M-1.5%
Gross profit$479.4M-1.3%
Operating income$46.9M-25.8%
Net income$5.7M-73.7%
EPS (diluted)$0.16-74.2%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$19.6M+64.7%
Total debt$3.2B-1.0%
Total equity$99.6M-32.2%
Total assets$4.1B+1.7%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$113.8M+18.8%
CapEx$105.3M-31.9%
Free cash flow$8.5M+114%

Valuation

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Market cap$393.11M-65.3%
Enterprise value$3.55B-18.0%
P/S0.2×-0.4×

Profitability

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Gross margin85.8%+0.4pp
Operating margin6.8%-5.3pp
Net margin-3.1%-4.9pp
FCF margin-9.3%

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-52.5%-70.1pp
Debt / equity31.9×+10.1×
Current ratio0.3×0.0×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Dave & Buster's Entertainment in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept play:ExcessIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit.

The official record: Dave & Buster's Entertainment’s 10-K, filed March 31, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Dave & Buster's Entertainment's excess tax expense (benefit)?
Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) reported excess tax expense (benefit) of $300K in Q4 2025.
How has Dave & Buster's Entertainment's excess tax expense (benefit) changed year-over-year?
Dave & Buster's Entertainment's excess tax expense (benefit) increased by 220.0% year-over-year, from -$250K to $300K.
What is the long-term trend for Dave & Buster's Entertainment's excess tax expense (benefit)?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Dave & Buster's Entertainment's excess tax expense (benefit) has grown at a -35.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -$6.9M to $1.2M.
What does excess tax expense (benefit) mean?
Captures the net impact of non-recurring or anomalous tax adjustments that fall outside of standard operating tax provisions. This metric is used to isolate the effect of one-time tax events on the company's bottom line. Investors use this to normalize earnings and assess the underlying tax performance of the core business.