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

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

Dave & Buster's Entertainment announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, December 17th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 26th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share on Thursday, January 10th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.16%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 24th. View Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Dividend History.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment announced that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program on Saturday, September 9th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 4.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ:PLAY) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December, 11th. The restaurant operator reported $0.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.24 by $0.06. The restaurant operator had revenue of $282.14 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $277.28 million. Dave & Buster's Entertainment had a net margin of 9.97% and a return on equity of 26.28%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 12.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.27 EPS. View Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Earnings History.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 2nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Dave & Buster's Entertainment.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment issued an update on its FY 2018 earnings guidance on Tuesday, December, 11th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.243-1.255 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.25 billion.

11 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Dave & Buster's Entertainment's stock. Their predictions range from $58.00 to $72.00. On average, they expect Dave & Buster's Entertainment's share price to reach $64.30 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Dave & Buster's Entertainment.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Dave & Buster's Entertainment in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Dave & Buster's Entertainment.

Media coverage about PLAY stock has been trending positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Dave & Buster's Entertainment earned a news impact score of 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

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Dave & Buster's Entertainment's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Scout Investments Inc. (0.24%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.04%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%), Virtu Financial LLC (0.02%) and Cerebellum GP LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Dave & Buster's Entertainment stock include Alan J Lacy, Brian Jenkins, J Michael Plunkett, Jay L Tobin, John Mulleady, John P Gleason, Jonathan S Halkyard, Joseph Benjamin Deprospero, Kevin M Sheehan, Margo Lynn Manning 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 Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold Dave & Buster's Entertainment company stock in the last year include Brian Jenkins, J Michael Plunkett, 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., Virtu Financial LLC, Cerebellum GP LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $51.64.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a market capitalization of $1.96 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.

The official website for Dave & Buster's Entertainment is http://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.