Dave & Buster's Entertainment PLAY Ratios & Valuation
| FY'25 | FY'24 | FY'23 | FY'22 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | |||||
| Gross margin | 85.7%+0.5pp | 85.3%+1.3pp | 84%+0.4pp | 83.5%+0.5pp | |
| Net margin | -2.3%-5.0pp | 2.7%-3.0pp | 5.8%-1.2pp | 7%-1.4pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 17.4%-4.1pp | 21.5%-1.9pp | 23.4%+1.4pp | 22%-3.0pp | |
| Returns | |||||
| Return on equity | -41.1%-70.5pp | 29.4%-9.0pp | 38.4%-1.6pp | 40%-10.7pp | |
| Return on assets | -1.2%-2.7pp | 1.5%-1.9pp | 3.4%-1.1pp | 4.5%-0.1pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 2.6%-3.0pp | 5.6%-2.0pp | 7.7%-0.5pp | 8.1%+0.3pp | |
| Efficiency | |||||
| Asset turnover | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.6×-0.1× | 0.6×+0.1× | |
| Inventory turnover | 7.5×-0.6× | 8.2×-0.4× | 8.5×+1.0× | 7.5×+0.6× | |
| Liquidity | |||||
| Current ratio | 0.3×+0.1× | 0.2×-0.1× | 0.3×-0.4× | 0.7×+0.2× | |
| Quick ratio | 0.2×+0.1× | 0.1×-0.1× | 0.2×-0.3× | 0.6×+0.2× | |
| Cash ratio | 0×0.0× | 0×-0.1× | 0.1×-0.3× | 0.4×+0.3× | |
| Leverage | |||||
| Debt-to-equity | 35.3×+13.6× | 21.7×+10.0× | 11.7×+4.7× | 7×+0.6× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.8×0.0× | 0.8×0.0× | 0.8×0.0× | 0.8×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 8.8×+1.9× | 6.9×+1.3× | 5.6×-0.6× | 6.2×+0.9× | |
| Interest coverage | 0.6×-1.1× | 1.6×-0.8× | 2.4×-0.6× | 3×-0.5× | |
| Per Share | |||||
| Book value per share | $2.63-27.8% | $3.64-36.1% | $5.70-31.7% | $8.35+49.3% | |
| Valuation | |||||
| Market capitalization | $393.11M-65.3% | $804.33M-67.6% | $2.48B+29.5% | $1.92B-8.6% | |
| Enterprise value | $3.55B-18.0% | $3.96B-26.4% | $5.37B+16.8% | $4.6B+19.9% | |
| Price / sales | 0.2×-0.4× | 0.4×-0.7× | 1.1×+0.1× | 1×-0.6× | |
| Price / book | 3.9×-3.8× | 5.5×-4.4× | 9.9×+5.2× | 4.7×-2.9× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 10×0.0× | 8.6×-1.8× | 10.4×-0.2× | 10.7×-1.1× | |
| EV / sales | 1.7×-0.4× | 1.9×-0.6× | 2.4×+0.1× | 2.3×-0.6× | |
| Earnings yield | -16.5%-19.9pp | 7.2%+2.1pp | 5.1%-2.0pp | 7.1%+2.0pp |
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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.
