Dave & Buster`s Entertainment Inc.
- Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc. dropped 17.3% to $20 after the entertainment and dining company reported a 72% drop in profit in the fiscal second quarter ending on August 5.
Consolidated revenue inched up to $557.4 million from $557.1 million, net income plunged to $11.4 million from $40.3 million, and diluted earnings per share fell to 32 cents from 99 cents a year ago.
Comparable store sales decreased 3.0%.
During the second quarter, the company opened three new Dave & Buster's stores.
The company’s same-store sales quarter-to-date trends in the fiscal third quarter are consistent with where they were exiting the second quarter.
The company plans to open at least five additional international franchise stores in the next six months.
CEO Tarun Lal emphasized a renewed focus on guest experience, innovation, and long-term sales and cash flow growth.
Sep 16, 2025 - Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc. surged 4.7% to $27.10 after the owner and operator of entertainment and dining venues reported results for its first quarter of fiscal 2025 ending on May 6.
Revenue declined to $567.7 million from $588.1 million, net income slipped to $21.7 million from $41.4 million, and diluted earnings per share fell to 62 cents from 99 cents a year ago.
During the quarter, the company repurchased $23.9 million of shares and has $104.1 million remaining on its share repurchase authorization.
The company opened two new Dave & Buster’s stores and completed the remodels of 13 stores in the first quarter, and subsequent to the end of the quarter, the company opened two additional stores.
Comparable store sales in the current quarter to date were down 2.2% from a year earlier.
Jun 11, 2025 - Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc. gained 1.5% to $16.43 after the entertainment and dining company reported results for the fiscal fourth quarter of 2024 ending in February.
Revenue edged down to $534.5 million from $599.1 million, net income slumped to $9.3 million from $36.2 million, and diluted earnings per share dropped to 24 cents from 88 cents a year ago.
Comparable store sales decreased 9.4% in the quarter and 7.2% in the full year 2024.
The company opened five new stores in the fourth quarter.
For the full year, revenue declined to $2.13 billion from $2.20 billion, net income dropped to $58.3 million from $126.9 million, and diluted earnings per share fell to $1.46 from $2.88 a year earlier.
The company repurchased approximately 5 million shares in fiscal 2024, totaling $172.0 million, and one million shares to date in 2025, totaling $23.9 million.
As of April 7, the remaining share repurchase authorization is approximately $104 million.
Apr 8, 2025 - Dave & Buster's Entertainment plunged 16.7% to $30.77 after the arcade and dining venue operator reported a loss and announced the departure of the company's chief executive.
Revenue in the third quarter decreased 3% to $453 million, driven by a 7% decline in comparable sales from a year ago.
Net loss expanded to $32.7 million from $5.2 million, and diluted earnings per share rose to 84 cents from 12 cents a year ago, respectively.
The company's chief executive, Chris Morris, has resigned, and the current chairman of the board, Kevin Sheehan, is acting as the interim chief executive until a permanent chief executive has been appointed.
During the third quarter, the company repurchased $28 million of shares, bringing its total repurchases year to date to $88 million, representing 2 million shares or 5.1% of the outstanding shares as of the end of fiscal 2023.
The company has $112 million remaining on its share repurchase authorization.
Dec 11, 2024 - Dave & Buster's Inc dropped 3.9% to $36.0 after the restaurant and entertainment company reported quarterly results that missed some investors expectations.
Second quarter revenue increased 15.7% to $542.1 million and net income declined to $25.9 million from $29.1 million and diluted earnings per share was 60 cents compared to 59 cents a year ago.
Comparable same store sales from a year ago declined 6.3% but rose 5.8% from the same period in 2019.
The Company purchased 2.1 million shares at a total cost of $74.5 million in the second quarter.
Total share repurchases to date in fiscal 2023 are 5.7 million shares totaling $200 million and representing 11.8% of the outstanding shares as of the end of fiscal 2022.
The company Board also expanded share repurchase authorization by $100 million to a total of $200 million.
Sep 7, 2023
| Year | May | Aug | Nov | Feb | Annual | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.81 | 1.45 | 0.60 | -0.12 | - | |
| 2022 | 0.53 | 1.35 | 0.59 | 0.04 | 2.79 | |
| 2021 | -1.13 | 0.4 | 1.07 | 0.21 | 2.21 | |
| 2020 | 0.89 | -1.37 | -1.24 | -1.01 | -4.75 | |
| 2019 | 0.75 | 1.13 | 0.9 | 0.02 | 2.94 | |
| 2018 | 0.86 | 1.04 | 0.84 | 0.3 | 2.93 | |
| 2017 | 0.63 | 0.87 | 0.71 | 0.29 | 2.5 | |
| 2016 | 0.53 | - | 0.50 | 0.25 | 1.28 | |
| 2015 | 0.32 | 0.46 | 0.40 | 0.12 | 1.3 | |
| 2014 | 0.34 | -0.42 | -0.13 | 0.00 | 0.06 | |
| 2013 | - | - | -0.31 | 0.00 | 0.26 | |
| 2012 | - | - | - | 0.00 | -45.58 |