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The price of Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ: PLAY) closed at $25.58 in the last session, down -1.58% from day before closing price of $25.99. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.58 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.68 million shares were traded. PLAY stock price reached its highest trading level at $26.6749 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $25.4.
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 0.17 and its Current Ratio is at 0.26. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 23.68 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 23.05.
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 Jul 22 ’25 when Lal Tarun bought 8,060 shares for $31.26 per share. The transaction valued at 251,916 led to the insider holds 8,060 shares of the business.
Mulleady John sold 5,931 shares of PLAY for $194,460 on Jun 17 ’25. The SVP, RE & Dev now owns 42,550 shares after completing the transaction at $32.79 per share. On Jun 17 ’25, another insider, John Mulleady, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 5,931 shares for $32.57 each.
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 884454080 and an Enterprise Value of 4348555264. As of this moment, Dave’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 25.27, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 10.38. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.03. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.42 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 6.02. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.059 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.499.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PLAY is 2.04, which has changed by -0.2107374 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.15005577 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, PLAY has reached a high of $43.73, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $15.08. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -13.86%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -4.71%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, PLAY traded on average about 1.11M shares per day over the past 3-months and 794250 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 34.55M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 33.86M. Insiders hold about 2.06% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 123.01% stake in the company. Shares short for PLAY as of 1753920000 were 5981642 with a Short Ratio of 5.41, compared to 1751241600 on 6354255. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5981642 and a Short% of Float of 44.689997999999996.
