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Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.

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Signs● 3 good● 2 warningdetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY26FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21
Revenue$2.10B$2.13B$2.21B$1.96B$1.30B$436.5M
Operating income$86.1M$220.4M$306.6M$262.5M$187.2M−$252.6M
Net income−$48.7M$58.3M$126.9M$137.1M$108.7M−$56.8M
Total assets$4.12B$4.02B$3.75B$3.76B$2.35B$2.35B
Total liabilities——————
Equity$91.2M$145.8M$251.2M$410.5M$275.4M$153.2M
EPS (diluted)$-1.40$1.46$2.88$2.79$2.21$-4.75
Shares out.34.7M34.5M40.3M48.4M48.6M47.7M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2026
Operating margin
4.1%
Net margin
−2.3%
Return on equity
−53.4%
Return on assets
−1.2%
Return on capital (ROCE)
2.3%
Liabilities / assets
—
Debt / equity
—
Book value / share
$2.63
Revenue growth (YoY)
−1.4%
Net income growth (YoY)
−183.5%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2026
Accruals / assets
−8.2%clean
Piotroski F-Score
3/8weak

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
51
/ 100
Profitability 40Growth 0Catalyst 67Earnings quality 100Financial strength 50

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

● 2 warning● 3 good
  • Reported a net loss
  • Revenue declined year-over-year
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 20269.3M5.7+1.2%
Apr 30, 20269.2M4.7+11.8%
Apr 15, 20268.2M4.8-1.5%
Mar 31, 20268.3M3.5-14.9%
Mar 13, 20269.8M8.3+10.0%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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