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 (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, PLAY stock has decreased by 8.5% and is now trading at $16.37.
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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) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, September, 10th. The restaurant operator reported ($1.24) EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($1.44) by $0.20. The restaurant operator earned $50.80 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 business's revenue for the quarter was down 85.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $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 paid a dividend of $0.16 per share on Monday, February 10th. This represents a $0.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.91%. 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.
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11 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Dave & Buster's Entertainment's shares. Their forecasts range from $7.00 to $55.00. On average, they anticipate Dave & Buster's Entertainment's share price to reach $22.95 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 40.2% from the stock's current price.
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News stories about PLAY stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative 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 -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Dave & Buster's Entertainment earned a news sentiment score of -1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.
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Dave & Buster's Entertainment saw a decrease in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 11,470,000 shares, a decrease of 16.3% from the August 31st total of 13,700,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 7,440,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.5 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 variety 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 $16.37.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a market capitalization of $779.13 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]