5 Insightful Analyst Questions From Dave & Buster's's Q2 Earnings Call [Yahoo! Finance]
Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (PLAY)
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New CEO Tarun Lal openly acknowledged execution failures across marketing, menu design, and game offerings as key drivers of the lackluster quarter. He noted, “We made specific execution missteps that resulted in a lack of awareness of our offerings and inconsistent operational execution.” Management attributed flat sales and margin compression to these operational shortcomings, as well as missed opportunities in brand distinctiveness and customer value perception. Is now the time to buy PLAY? Find out in our full research report (it's free). Dave & Buster's (PLAY) Q2 CY2025 Highlights: Revenue: $557.4 million vs analyst estimates of $562.7 million (flat year on year, 0.9% miss) Adjusted EPS: $0.40 vs analyst expectations of $0.92 (56.6% miss) Adjusted EBITDA: $129.8 million vs analyst estimates of $137.9 million (23.3% margin, 5.9% miss) Operating Margin: 9.5%, down from 15.2% in the same quarter last year Locations: 237 at quarter end, up from 224 in the same quarter l
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- 9/15/25 - Miss
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- 10/27/25 - Form 8-K
- 10/22/25 - Form 4
- 10/9/25 - Form 4
- PLAY's page on the SEC website