NASDAQ:PLAY - Dave & Buster's Entertainment Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

Dave & Buster's Entertainment trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PLAY."

Dave & Buster's Entertainment declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan on Saturday, September 9th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 4.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ:PLAY) announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, June, 11th. The restaurant operator reported $1.04 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.93 by $0.11. The restaurant operator earned $332.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $321.57 million. Dave & Buster's Entertainment had a net margin of 10.30% and a return on equity of 25.83%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 9.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.98 earnings per share. View Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Earnings History.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, September, 4th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Dave & Buster's Entertainment.

8 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Dave & Buster's Entertainment's shares. Their predictions range from $54.00 to $77.00. On average, they expect Dave & Buster's Entertainment's share price to reach $62.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 21.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Dave & Buster's Entertainment.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Dave & Buster's Entertainment in the last year. There are currently 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Dave & Buster's Entertainment.

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Media stories about PLAY stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Dave & Buster's Entertainment earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.03 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the restaurant operator an impact score of 46.91 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View Recent Headlines for Dave & Buster's Entertainment.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (17.57%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (3.99%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.88%), Rice Hall James & Associates LLC (2.85%), Van Berkom & Associates Inc. (2.72%) and Eagle Asset Management Inc. (2.20%). Company insiders that own Dave & Buster's Entertainment stock include Alan J Lacy, Brian Jenkins, Dolf A Berle, J Michael Plunkett, Jay L Tobin, John Mulleady, John P Gleason, Jonathan S Halkyard, Joseph Benjamin Deprospero, Kevin M Sheehan, Margo Lynn Manning, Michael Joseph Metzinger and Stephen M King. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Dave & Buster's Entertainment.

PLAY stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, BlackRock Inc., United Services Automobile Association, Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC, Toronto Dominion Bank, Eagle Asset Management Inc., Mutual of America Capital Management LLC and Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Dave & Buster's Entertainment company stock in the last year include Brian Jenkins, J Michael Plunkett, Jay L Tobin, John Mulleady, John P Gleason, Margo Lynn Manning and Stephen M King. View Insider Buying and Selling for Dave & Buster's Entertainment.

PLAY stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Van Berkom & Associates Inc., Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Rice Hall James & Associates LLC, TD Asset Management Inc., Selway Asset Management, Trexquant Investment LP and ZWJ Investment Counsel Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Dave & Buster's Entertainment.

Shares of PLAY can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PLAY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $51.29.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a market capitalization of $2.00 billion and generates $1.14 billion in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $120.94 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.60 on an earnings per share basis. Dave & Buster's Entertainment employs 14,840 workers across the globe.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's mailing address is 2481 MANANA DRIVE, DALLAS TX, 75220. The restaurant operator can be reached via phone at 214-357-9588.