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Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ: PLAY) closed the day trading at $16.04 down -5.70% from the previous closing price of $17.01. In other words, the price has decreased by -$5.70 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.91 million shares were traded. PLAY stock price reached its highest trading level at $16.865 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $15.9.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of PLAY, let’s look at its different ratios. 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:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. 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 556271488 and an Enterprise Value of 4129171456. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.26 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 4.25. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.959 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.902.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PLAY is 1.74, which has changed by -0.42957747 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.13153219 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 -3.53%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -26.44%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, PLAY traded about 1.47M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, PLAY traded about 2041150 shares per day. A total of 34.66M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 33.85M. Insiders hold about 2.39% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 122.66% stake in the company. Shares short for PLAY as of 1764288000 were 10226477 with a Short Ratio of 6.93, compared to 1761868800 on 8897344. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 10226477 and a Short% of Float of 75.92.
Earnings Estimates
. The current assessment of Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc (PLAY) involves the perspectives of 8.0 analysts closely monitoring its market dynamics.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
11 analysts predict $556.56M in revenue for. The current quarter. 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.
