NASDAQ:PLAY - Dave & Buster's Entertainment Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Dave & Buster's Entertainment announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Saturday, September 9th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 4.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ:PLAY) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, June, 11th. The restaurant operator reported $1.04 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the 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 return on equity of 25.83% and a net margin of 10.30%. The firm'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 brokers have issued 1 year 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 year. This suggests a possible upside of 30.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings 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."

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News headlines about PLAY stock have been trending positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Dave & Buster's Entertainment earned a news sentiment score of 0.45 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the restaurant operator an impact score of 46.27 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Hexavest Inc. (1.55%), Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC (1.00%), Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.94%) and Bank of Montreal Can (0.04%). 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 Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC and Peregrine Capital Management LLC. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc. and Bank of Montreal Can. 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 $48.01.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a market capitalization of $1.94 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.