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The price of Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ: PLAY) closed at $16.88 in the last session, down -0.94% from day before closing price of $17.04. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.94 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.22 million shares were traded. PLAY stock price reached its highest trading level at $17.69 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $16.79.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at PLAY’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.22 and its Current Ratio is at 0.32. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 27.43 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 26.74.
On December 11, 2024, Truist Downgraded its rating to Hold which previously was Buy and also lowered its target price recommendation from $56 to $36.
Gordon Haskett Downgraded its Buy to Hold on December 11, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $40 to $34.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 18 ’25 when DODDS HAMISH bought 21,911 shares for $18.21 per share.
Lal Tarun bought 8,060 shares of PLAY for $251,916 on Jul 22 ’25. The Chief Executive Officer now owns 8,060 shares after completing the transaction at $31.26 per share. On Jun 17 ’25, another insider, Mulleady John, who serves as the SVP, RE & Dev of the company, sold 5,931 shares for $32.79 each. As a result, the insider received 194,460 and left with 42,550 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, PLAY now has a Market Capitalization of 585402816 and an Enterprise Value of 4158302976. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.28 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 4.47. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.973 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.972.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PLAY is 1.77, which has changed by -0.42198098 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16067612 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, PLAY has reached a high of $35.53, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $13.04. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 3.45%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -22.24%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, PLAY traded on average about 1.45M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1065800 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 34.66M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 33.86M. Insiders hold about 2.37% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 122.63% stake in the company. Shares short for PLAY as of 1765756800 were 8945518 with a Short Ratio of 6.17, compared to 1763078400 on 9133245. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 8945518 and a Short% of Float of 66.31.
Earnings Estimates
The firm’s stock currently is rated by 8.0 analysts. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.84, with high estimates of $1.01 and low estimates of $0.71.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $0.57 and $0.43 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.5. EPS for the following year is $0.97, with 8.0 analysts recommending between $1.96 and $0.46.
Revenue Estimates
According to 11 analysts,. The current quarter’s revenue is expected to be $556.56M. It ranges from a high estimate of $569M to a low estimate of $541M. As of. The current estimate, Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc’s year-ago sales were $534.5MFor the next quarter, 11 analysts are estimating revenue of $593.21M. There is a high estimate of $604.2M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $584.7M.
A total of 11 analysts have provided revenue estimates for PLAY’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $2.14B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $2.11B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $2.13B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $2.13BBased on 11 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $2.23B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $2.27B and the low estimate is $2.18B.
