Dave & Buster's Entertainment
Market Cap
US$1.6b
Last Updated
2021/01/21 23:19 UTC
Data Sources
Company Financials +
Executive Summary
Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. owns and operates entertainment and dining venues for adults and families in North America. More Details
Snowflake Analysis
Exceptional growth potential with weak fundamentals.
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Share Price & News
How has Dave & Buster's Entertainment's share price performed over time and what events caused price changes?
Latest Share Price and Events
Stable Share Price: PLAY is more volatile than 75% of US stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 14% a week.
Volatility Over Time: PLAY's weekly volatility has decreased from 23% to 14% over the past year, but is still higher than 75% of US stocks.
Market Performance
7 Day Return
0.9%
PLAY
0.4%
US Hospitality
1.4%
US Market
1 Year Return
-27.1%
PLAY
-7.0%
US Hospitality
22.6%
US Market
Return vs Industry: PLAY underperformed the US Hospitality industry which returned -7.4% over the past year.
Return vs Market: PLAY underperformed the US Market which returned 22.8% over the past year.
Shareholder returns
PLAY | Industry | Market | |
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7 Day | 0.9% | 0.4% | 1.4% |
30 Day | 18.0% | 5.2% | 4.9% |
90 Day | 64.7% | 20.8% | 14.6% |
1 Year | -27.1%-27.1% | -5.9%-7.0% | 25.4%22.6% |
3 Year | -30.3%-31.7% | -4.1%-9.9% | 46.8%37.0% |
5 Year | -1.0%-3.1% | 64.3%47.7% | 132.0%106.1% |
Long-Term Price Volatility Vs. Market
How volatile is Dave & Buster's Entertainment's share price compared to the market and industry in the last 5 years?
Simply Wall St News
9 months ago | Simply Wall St
Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLAY) Analysts Are Cutting Their Estimates: Here's What You Need To Know9 months ago | Simply Wall St
How Does Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLAY) Fare As A Dividend Stock?10 months ago | Simply Wall St
Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLAY) Insiders Increased Their HoldingsValuation
Is Dave & Buster's Entertainment undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
7.76x
Price to Book (PB) ratio
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: PLAY ($33.69) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($29.08)
Significantly Below Fair Value: PLAY is trading above our estimate of fair value.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: PLAY is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the US Hospitality industry average.
PE vs Market: PLAY is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the US market.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate PLAY's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: PLAY is overvalued based on its PB Ratio (7.8x) compared to the US Hospitality industry average (3.2x).
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Future Growth
How is Dave & Buster's Entertainment forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 12 analysts?
107.6%
Forecasted annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts
Analyst Future Growth Forecasts
Earnings vs Savings Rate: PLAY is forecast to become profitable over the next 3 years, which is considered faster growth than the savings rate (2%).
Earnings vs Market: PLAY is forecast to become profitable over the next 3 years, which is considered above average market growth.
High Growth Earnings: PLAY's is expected to become profitable in the next 3 years.
Revenue vs Market: PLAY's revenue (33.1% per year) is forecast to grow faster than the US market (10.5% per year).
High Growth Revenue: PLAY's revenue (33.1% per year) is forecast to grow faster than 20% per year.
Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts
Future Return on Equity
Future ROE: PLAY's Return on Equity is forecast to be very high in 3 years time (51.5%).
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Past Performance
How has Dave & Buster's Entertainment performed over the past 5 years?
-15.9%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: PLAY is currently unprofitable.
Growing Profit Margin: PLAY is currently unprofitable.
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: PLAY is unprofitable, and losses have increased over the past 5 years at a rate of 15.9% per year.
Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare PLAY's earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable
Earnings vs Industry: PLAY is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Hospitality industry (-56.1%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: PLAY has a negative Return on Equity (-60.55%), as it is currently unprofitable.
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Financial Health
How is Dave & Buster's Entertainment's financial position?
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: PLAY's short term assets ($92.4M) do not cover its short term liabilities ($287.4M).
Long Term Liabilities: PLAY's short term assets ($92.4M) do not cover its long term liabilities ($1.9B).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: PLAY's debt to equity ratio (278.8%) is considered high.
Reducing Debt: PLAY's debt to equity ratio has increased from 110.5% to 278.8% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: PLAY's debt is not well covered by operating cash flow (6.8%).
Interest Coverage: Insufficient data to determine if PLAY's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT.
Balance Sheet
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Dividend
What is Dave & Buster's Entertainment current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
0.23%
Forecast Dividend Yield
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate PLAY's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
High Dividend: Unable to evaluate PLAY's dividend yield against the top 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if PLAY's dividends per share have been stable in the past.
Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if PLAY's dividend payments have been increasing.
Current Payout to Shareholders
Dividend Coverage: PLAY is not paying a notable dividend for the US market.
Future Payout to Shareholders
Future Dividend Coverage: No need to calculate the sustainability of PLAY's dividend in 3 years as they are not forecast to pay a notable one for the US market.
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Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
2.3yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Brian Jenkins (58 yo)
2.42yrs
Tenure
US$3,044,168
Compensation
Mr. Brian A. Jenkins serves as Chief Executive Officer at Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. since August 05, 2018 and its Director since September 13, 2018. Mr. Jenkins was Senior Vice President and Chie...
CEO Compensation Analysis
Compensation vs Market: Brian's total compensation ($USD3.04M) is about average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD3.86M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Brian's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
Leadership Team
Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
CEO & Director | 2.42yrs | US$3.04m | 0.36% $ 5.8m | |
Senior VP & CFO | 1.67yrs | US$1.18m | 0.074% $ 1.2m | |
COO & Senior VP | 4.08yrs | US$1.37m | 0.15% $ 2.4m | |
Senior Vice President of Supply Chain & Business Development | 1.67yrs | US$460.36k | 0.031% $ 494.7k | |
Senior Vice President of Real Estate & Development | 8.75yrs | US$1.18m | 0.072% $ 1.2m | |
VP of Accounting & Controller | 16yrs | no data | 0.022% $ 346.1k | |
Senior VP & Chief Information Officer | 1.67yrs | no data | 0.094% $ 1.5m | |
General Counsel | 2.25yrs | no data | 0.059% $ 946.3k | |
Senior VP & Chief Marketing Officer | 0.92yr | no data | 0.051% $ 816.5k | |
Senior Vice President of Entertainment & Games Strategy | 8.17yrs | US$701.72k | 0.056% $ 897.5k | |
Consultant | no data | no data | no data |
2.3yrs
Average Tenure
53yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: PLAY's management team is considered experienced (2.3 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
CEO & Director | 2.42yrs | US$3.04m | 0.36% $ 5.8m | |
Independent Director | 0.67yr | no data | no data | |
Independent Director | 9.25yrs | US$209.96k | 0.17% $ 2.7m | |
Chairman of the Board | 3.5yrs | US$264.96k | 0.17% $ 2.7m | |
Independent Director | 9.25yrs | US$207.46k | 0.067% $ 1.1m | |
Independent Director | 3.75yrs | US$189.96k | 0.036% $ 580.9k | |
Lead Independent Director | 3yrs | US$254.96k | 0.10% $ 1.6m | |
Independent Director | 4.75yrs | US$189.96k | 0.039% $ 627.4k | |
Independent Director | 5.75yrs | US$197.46k | 0.043% $ 688.7k | |
Independent Director | 0.083yr | no data | no data |
3.6yrs
Average Tenure
58yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: PLAY's board of directors are considered experienced (3.6 years average tenure).
Ownership
Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?
Insider Trading Volume
Insider Buying: PLAY insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.
Recent Insider Transactions
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been substantially diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 55.8%.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.'s company bio, employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.
- Ticker: PLAY
- Exchange: NasdaqGS
- Founded: 1982
- Industry: Restaurants
- Sector: Consumer Services
- Market Cap: US$1.605b
- Shares outstanding: 47.64m
- Website: https://ir.daveandbusters.com
Number of Employees
Location
- Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.
- 2481 MaNana Drive
- Dallas
- Texas
- 75220
- United States
Listings
Ticker | Exchange | Primary Security | Security Type | Country | Currency | Listed on |
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PLAY | NasdaqGS (Nasdaq Global Select) | Yes | Common Stock | US | USD | Oct 2014 |
9DB | DB (Deutsche Boerse AG) | Yes | Common Stock | DE | EUR | Oct 2014 |
Biography
Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. owns and operates entertainment and dining venues for adults and families in North America. Its venues offer a menu of entrées and appetizers, as well as a selection of ...
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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Company Analysis | 2021/01/21 23:19 |
End of Day Share Price | 2021/01/21 00:00 |
Earnings | 2020/11/01 |
Annual Earnings | 2020/02/02 |
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