Dave & Buster's Entertainment Stock Forecast, Price & News

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's stock was trading at $17.90 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, PLAY shares have decreased by 11.8% and is now trading at $15.7950.
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11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Dave & Buster's Entertainment in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Dave & Buster's Entertainment is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, December 8th 2020.
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Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ:PLAY) announced its earnings results on Thursday, September, 10th. The restaurant operator reported ($1.24) earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($1.44) by $0.20. The restaurant operator earned $50.80 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $78.54 million. Dave & Buster's Entertainment had a negative net margin of 8.95% and a negative return on equity of 37.81%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 85.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.90 earnings per share.
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Dave & Buster's Entertainment declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 19th. Investors of record on Friday, January 10th will be given a dividend of $0.16 per share on Monday, February 10th. This represents a $0.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.05%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 9th. This is an increase from Dave & Buster's Entertainment's previous quarterly dividend of $0.15.
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11 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Dave & Buster's Entertainment's stock. Their forecasts range from $7.00 to $55.00. On average, they expect Dave & Buster's Entertainment's share price to reach $22.95 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 45.3% from the stock's current price.
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News stories about PLAY stock have been trending somewhat negative on Friday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Dave & Buster's Entertainment earned a media sentiment score of -1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.
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Dave & Buster's Entertainment saw a decrease in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 13,700,000 shares, a decrease of 12.6% from the August 15th total of 15,670,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 7,440,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.8 days.
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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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.65%), Eminence Capital LP (7.37%), UBS Group AG (3.42%), Point72 Asset Management L.P. (1.60%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.07%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.02%). 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, Scott Justin Bowman and Stephen M King.
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PLAY stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Empire Life Investments Inc., Mutual of America Capital Management LLC, WINTON GROUP Ltd, New York State Common Retirement Fund, LSV Asset Management, Selway Asset Management, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, and State of Tennessee Treasury Department. 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, Scott Justin Bowman, and Stephen M King.
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PLAY stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Eminence Capital LP, UBS Group AG, Vanguard Group Inc., Point72 Asset Management L.P., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Great Lakes Advisors LLC, and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc..
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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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of PLAY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $15.80.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a market capitalization of $751.76 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]