NASDAQ:PLAYDave & Buster's Entertainment Stock Price, Forecast & News

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's stock was trading at $17.90 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, PLAY stock has increased by 8.8% and is now trading at $19.48. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Dave & Buster's Entertainment in the last year. There are currently 11 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Dave & Buster's Entertainment.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, June 11th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Dave & Buster's Entertainment.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, June 11th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ:PLAY) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 2nd. The restaurant operator reported $0.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.11. The restaurant operator earned $347.16 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $344.46 million. Dave & Buster's Entertainment had a return on equity of 44.38% and a net margin of 7.40%. The firm's revenue was up 4.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.75 earnings per share. View Dave & Buster's Entertainment's earnings history.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 19th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.16 per share on Monday, February 10th. This represents a $0.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.29%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 9th. This is a positive change from Dave & Buster's Entertainment's previous quarterly dividend of $0.15. View Dave & Buster's Entertainment's dividend history.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Dave & Buster's Entertainment's shares. Their forecasts range from $7.00 to $60.00. On average, they expect Dave & Buster's Entertainment's share price to reach $31.02 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 59.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Dave & Buster's Entertainment.

Press coverage about PLAY stock has trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Dave & Buster's Entertainment earned a daily sentiment score of -2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutDave & Buster's Entertainment.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 8,020,000 shares, an increase of 5.5% from the April 30th total of 7,600,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,200,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.9 days. Approximately 26.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Current Options Chain.

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

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.86%), Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (8.91%), Mackenzie Financial Corp (7.47%), Eminence Capital LP (5.50%), State Street Corp (3.20%) and Rice Hall James & Associates LLC (2.51%). Company insiders that own Dave & Buster's Entertainment stock include Brian Jenkins, J Michael Plunkett, John Mulleady, John P Gleason, Margo Lynn Manning, Michael J Griffith 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 Rice Hall James & Associates LLC, Rice Hall James & Associates LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, BlackRock Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Franklin Resources Inc., Two Sigma Investments LP, and Mackenzie Financial Corp. Company insiders that have sold Dave & Buster's Entertainment company stock in the last year include Brian Jenkins, John Mulleady, John P Gleason, Margo Lynn Manning, and Stephen M King. View insider buying and selling activity for Dave & Buster's Entertainment.

PLAY stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Eminence Capital LP, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., Empire Life Investments Inc., Legion Partners Asset Management LLC, Mic Capital Partners Public US IM LLC, RBF Capital LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., and Victory Capital Management Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Dave & Buster's Entertainment.

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One share of PLAY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.48.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a market capitalization of $716.59 million and generates $1.35 billion in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $100.26 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.02 on an earnings per share basis. Dave & Buster's Entertainment employs 15,908 workers across the globe.

The official website for Dave & Buster's Entertainment is www.daveandbusters.com.

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 or via email at [email protected]