What are Dave & Buster's Entertainment's profit margins?

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) runs a 85.8% gross margin and a 6.8% operating margin, with a -3.1% net margin.

Where do Dave & Buster's Entertainment's ratios come from?

Every ratio is computed from Dave & Buster's Entertainment's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment PLAY Ratios & Valuation

Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Ratios Segments

Quarterly Annual TTM

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	Q1 '26	Q4 '25	Q3 '25	Q2 '25	Q1 '25
Profitability
Gross margin	85.8%+0.4pp	85.7%+0.5pp	85.8%+0.9pp	85.6%+1.0pp	85.4%+1.1pp
Net margin	-3.1%-4.9pp	-2.3%-5.0pp	0%-3.9pp	0.5%-4.6pp	1.8%-2.6pp
EBITDA margin	17%-3.6pp	17.4%-4.1pp	19%-3.7pp	19.5%-3.5pp	20.7%-1.8pp
Returns
Return on equity	-52.5%-70.1pp	-41.1%-70.5pp	0.2%-38.7pp	4.3%-33.3pp	17.6%-12.5pp
Return on assets	-1.6%-2.6pp	-1.2%-2.7pp	0%-2.2pp	0.2%-2.7pp	1%-1.6pp
Return on invested capital	2.1%-3.1pp	2.6%-3.0pp	4.3%-2.0pp	5.1%-1.8pp	5.3%-1.5pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover	0.5×0.0×	0.5×0.0×	0.5×-0.1×	0.5×-0.1×	0.5×0.0×
Inventory turnover	7.3×-0.5×	7.5×-0.6×	7.7×-0.5×	8×-0.5×	7.8×-0.3×
Liquidity
Current ratio	0.3×0.0×	0.3×+0.1×	0.3×0.0×	0.3×+0.1×	0.3×-0.1×
Quick ratio	0.2×0.0×	0.2×+0.1×	0.2×0.0×	0.2×+0.1×	0.2×-0.1×
Cash ratio	0×0.0×	0×0.0×	0×0.0×	0×0.0×	0×0.0×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity	31.9×+10.1×	35.3×+13.6×	24.7×+10.9×	19.3×+8.9×	21.9×+11.9×
Debt-to-assets	0.8×0.0×	0.8×0.0×	0.8×0.0×	0.8×0.0×	0.8×0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA	8.9×+1.5×	8.8×+1.9×	8×+1.8×	7.7×+2.0×	7.3×+1.5×
Interest coverage	0.5×-1.0×	0.6×-1.1×	1×-1.0×	1.2×-1.0×	1.4×-0.7×
Per Share
Book value per share	$2.85-31.7%	$2.63-27.8%	$3.79-34.6%	$4.73-32.2%	$4.17-40.6%
Valuation
Market capitalization	$393.11M-65.3%	$510.49M-36.5%	$606.32M-61.1%	$887.57M-29.8%	$783.46M-61.9%
Enterprise value	$3.55B-18.0%	$3.71B-6.3%	$3.82B-18.2%	$4.08B-2.9%	$3.98B-19.3%
Price / sales	0.2×-0.4×	0.2×-0.1×	0.3×-0.4×	0.4×-0.2×	0.4×-0.6×
Price / book	3.9×-3.8×	5.6×+0.1×	4.6×-2.2×	5.3×+0.9×	5.3×-1.7×
EV / EBITDA	10×0.0×	10.1×+1.5×	9.6×+0.2×	9.9×+1.6×	9.1×-0.9×
EV / sales	1.7×-0.4×	1.8×-0.1×	1.8×-0.3×	1.9×0.0×	1.9×-0.4×
Earnings yield	-16.5%-19.9pp	-9.5%-16.8pp	0%-5.4pp	1.1%-7.8pp	4.9%+0.1pp

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What are Dave & Buster's Entertainment's profit margins?: Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) runs a 85.8% gross margin and a 6.8% operating margin, with a -3.1% net margin.
Where do Dave & Buster's Entertainment's ratios come from?: Every ratio is computed from Dave & Buster's Entertainment's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.