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The price of Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ: PLAY) closed at $22.26 in the last session, up 3.58% from day before closing price of $21.49. In other words, the price has increased by $3.58 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.92 million shares were traded. PLAY stock price reached its highest trading level at $22.4 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $21.15.
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 0.13 and its Current Ratio is at 0.22. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 23.35 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 22.76.
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 26 ’24 when John Mulleady bought 6,000 shares for $29.33 per share.
Mulleady John sold 6,000 shares of PLAY for $175,980 on Dec 26 ’24. The SVP, RE & Dev now owns 51,183 shares after completing the transaction at $29.33 per share. On Dec 19 ’24, another insider, SHEEHAN KEVIN M, who serves as the Interim CEO of the company, bought 19,025 shares for $26.44 each. As a result, the insider paid 503,107 and bolstered with 69,025 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 769294464 and an Enterprise Value of 4164310528. As of this moment, Dave’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 16.01, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.22. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.54. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.36 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 5.43. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.953 whereas that against EBITDA is 8.705.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PLAY is 2.00, which has changed by -0.5860145 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11241627 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, PLAY has reached a high of $57.10, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $15.08. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 16.57%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -21.81%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, PLAY traded on average about 1.36M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1043660 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 35.55M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 33.99M. Insiders hold about 1.56% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 138.09% stake in the company. Shares short for PLAY as of 1745971200 were 7752741 with a Short Ratio of 5.70, compared to 1743379200 on 6907922. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 7752741 and a Short% of Float of 45.389998.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
