Company overview
What does Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. do?
Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (PLAY) is a U.S. SEC registrant. The Commission classifies the issuer under SIC 5812 (Retail-Eating Places).
What does Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. do?
Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (PLAY) is a U.S. SEC registrant. The Commission classifies the issuer under SIC 5812 (Retail-Eating Places).
What industry is Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. in?
Lodging & Leisure · Retail-Eating Places
What was Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.'s latest reported revenue?
$544.1M for Q3 2026, from 10-Q filed Sep 14, 2026.
What changed in the latest comparable period?
Revenue declined -2.4% ($557.4M to $544.1M; Q3 2025 vs Q3 2026).
Business model (from the public record)
Belvedere describes the business using the issuer’s SEC classification and the company description extracted from public filings. Segment mix, customer identity, and recurring-versus-transactional revenue are shown only when those facts are identified in the filing extract—not inferred.
Lodging & Leisure · Retail-Eating Places · United States
Financial profile
- Revenue
- $544.1M 10-Q · Q3 2026 · Filed Sep 14, 2026
- Revenue growth YoY
- -2.4% Belvedere calculation · 10-Q · Q3 2026 · Filed Sep 14, 2026
- Gross margin
- +84.7% Belvedere calculation · 10-Q · Q3 2026 · Filed Sep 14, 2026
- Operating margin
- +3.6% Belvedere calculation · 10-Q · Q3 2026 · Filed Sep 14, 2026
- Net income
- -$12.5M 10-Q · Q3 2026 · Filed Sep 14, 2026
- Operating cash flow
- — Not identified in latest matched XBRL period
- Capex
- — Not identified in latest matched XBRL period
- Belvedere FCF
- — Not identified in latest matched XBRL period
- FCF margin
- — Not identified in latest matched XBRL period
- Cash
- $16M 10-Q · Aug 4, 2026 · Filed Sep 14, 2026
- Debt
- $1.5B Belvedere calculation · 10-Q · Aug 4, 2026 · Filed Sep 14, 2026
- Net debt
- $1.5B Belvedere calculation · 10-Q · Aug 4, 2026 · Filed Sep 14, 2026
- Shares
- 34,850,000 10-Q · Aug 4, 2026 · Filed Sep 14, 2026
Balance sheet snapshot
Cash $16M. Identified debt $1.5B. Net debt $1.5B. Missing debt tags are not treated as a zero-debt capital structure.
Financial information is derived from public filings and other identified sources. Belvedere calculations may differ from company-defined non-GAAP measures. See methodology and source notes. Valuation multiples are omitted because a licensed market-data provider is not configured.
Latest filings
What changed
Each line is an arithmetic comparison of sourced facts. It is not a thesis.
Research view
Belvedere has not published an initiation or update on Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.. Universe inclusion is not a rating, a forecast, or coverage in the sell-side sense.
Research Radar
| Kind | Change | Explanation | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | -2.4% | Revenue declined -2.4% ($557.4M to $544.1M; Q3 2025 vs Q3 2026). | 10-Q · RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | Sep 14, 2026 |
| Revenue acceleration | -0.9 pp | Quarterly revenue YoY growth moved from -1.5% to -2.4% (-0.9 percentage points). | 10-Q · BelvedereRevenueGrowthYoY | Sep 14, 2026 |
| Margin change | $0.847 | Reported gross margin was +84.7% in the latest comparable period. | 10-Q · BelvedereGrossMargin | Sep 14, 2026 |
| Cash | $16.0M | Cash and cash equivalents were $16.0M as of the latest reported balance-sheet date. | 10-Q · CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | Sep 14, 2026 |
| Share count | $34.9M | Shares outstanding were 34,850,000 as of the latest reported date. | 10-Q · CommonStockSharesOutstanding | Sep 14, 2026 |
Rankings
- Belvedere Undercoverage Screen · rank 34 · 40
Industry context
Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. is mapped to Lodging & Leisure (Retail-Eating Places) from SIC metadata on the SEC submission. Mapping is a classification convenience, not a claim that every peer is economically comparable.
Belvedere Research Profile
This measures researchable information characteristics. It is not investment advice, a credit rating, or a buy/sell/hold recommendation.
Presence of core income-statement, cash-flow and balance-sheet concepts in SEC XBRL.
Comparable-period revenue history and operating-result availability.
Availability of margin, cash-flow and per-share concepts used in screening.
SEC periodic reports, current reports, proxy statement and website identified in submissions.
Distinct filing years in the current archive window plus comparable prior-period revenue.
Risks
Belvedere does not manufacture generic risk language. Material risks are those the issuer discloses in its periodic reports, particularly Item 1A of the latest Form 10-K.
A Form 10-K was not present in the current filing window.
Sources
- Source
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Form
- 10-Q
- Period
- Q3 2026
- Filed
- Sep 14, 2026
- Accession
- 0001525769-26-000038
- Concept
- RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax
- Source
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Form
- 10-Q
- Period
- Q3 2026
- Filed
- Sep 14, 2026
- Accession
- 0001525769-26-000038
- Concept
- BelvedereRevenueGrowthYoY
(RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax 2026-08-04 / RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax 2025-08-05) - 1
View filing- Source
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Form
- 10-Q
- Period
- Aug 4, 2026
- Filed
- Sep 14, 2026
- Accession
- 0001525769-26-000038
- Concept
- CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Disclosure
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. do?
- Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (PLAY) is a U.S. SEC registrant. The Commission classifies the issuer under SIC 5812 (Retail-Eating Places).
- What industry is Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. in?
- Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. is classified in Lodging & Leisure (Retail-Eating Places).
- When did Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. last file a periodic report?
- Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. last filed a 10-Q on Sep 14, 2026 (accession 0001525769-26-000038).
- What was Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.'s latest revenue?
- $544.1M for Q3 2026, sourced from 10-Q filed Sep 14, 2026.
- Does Belvedere cover Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.?
- Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. is in the Belvedere universe. Presence in the universe is not the same as active initiation coverage.