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 Tuesday, March 12th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 26th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share on Wednesday, April 10th. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.04%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 25th. View Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Dividend History.

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

Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ:PLAY) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 2nd. The restaurant operator reported $0.75 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.12. The restaurant operator had revenue of $331.80 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $324.90 million. Dave & Buster's Entertainment had a net margin of 9.26% and a return on equity of 27.71%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 8.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.61 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 Monday, June 10th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Dave & Buster's Entertainment.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, April, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.84-3.16 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.02. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.37-1.40 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.38 billion.Dave & Buster's Entertainment also updated its FY 2019 guidance to EPS.

11 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Dave & Buster's Entertainment's shares. Their predictions range from $58.00 to $72.00. On average, they anticipate Dave & Buster's Entertainment's stock price to reach $64.30 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.7% 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 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Dave & Buster's Entertainment.

Headlines about PLAY stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Dave & Buster's Entertainment earned a daily sentiment score of 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment saw a increase in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 6,687,283 shares, an increase of 23.9% from the March 29th total of 5,399,389 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,755,199 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.8 days. Currently, 17.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Current Options Chain.

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Dave & Buster's Entertainment's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (1.14%), Tributary Capital Management LLC (0.69%), AMI Asset Management Corp (0.58%), Kirr Marbach & Co. LLC IN (0.45%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.24%) and Selway Asset Management (0.14%). Company insiders that own Dave & Buster's Entertainment stock include Brian Jenkins, J Michael Plunkett, Jay L Tobin, John Mulleady, John P Gleason, 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 Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Scout Investments Inc., Kirr Marbach & Co. LLC IN and Aurora Investment Counsel. 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 AMI Asset Management Corp, Tributary Capital Management LLC, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Selway Asset Management and Valeo Financial Advisors LLC. 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 $57.55.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a market capitalization of $2.11 billion and generates $1.27 billion in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $117.22 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.93 on an earnings per share basis. Dave & Buster's Entertainment employs 16,098 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.