---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-124897"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLAY"
cik: "0001525769"
company_name: "Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-12-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T08:49:58.910033+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dave & Buster's (PLAY) Q3 revenue $481.2M record; Adj. EBITDA $90.0M

## Summary
- Revenue $481.2M (+51.3% YoY, +60.7% vs 2019); record third quarter.
- Net income $1.9M ($0.04 diluted EPS) vs $10.6M ($0.21) in Q3 2021.
- Adj. EBITDA $90.0M (record), +31.9% YoY; operating cash flow $67.9M.
- Pro forma combined comps +13.3% vs 2021; synergies: $17M of $25M target achieved.
- Q4 first 5 weeks: pro forma combined comps +3.1% vs 2021; walk-in -2.4%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-124897
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLAY
- cik: 0001525769
- company_name: Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-12-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000110465922124897/0001104659-22-124897-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000110465922124897/tm2232067d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. reported third quarter ended October 30, 2022 results: revenue $481.2 million, net income $1.9 million, EPS 4 cents per diluted share.
  - Period: third quarter ended October 30, 2022
  - Revenue: $481.2 million
  - Net income: $1.9 million
  - EPS: 4 cents per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Record third quarter revenue of $481.2 million increased 51.3% from the third quarter of 2021 and increased 60.7% from the third quarter of 2019. Including the pro forma contribution of Main Event in the third quarter of 2021 and 2019, this quarter’s revenue grew 20.6% and 32.5%, respectively. • Pro forma combined comparable store sales (including Main Event branded stores) increased 13.3% compared with the same period in 2021 and 17.5% compared with the same period in 2019. • Net income totaled $1.9 million, or 4 cents per diluted share, compared with net income of $10.6 million, or 21 cents per diluted share in the third quarter of 2021 and net income of $0.5 million, or 2 cents per diluted share in the third quarter of 2019.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000110465922124897/0001104659-22-124897-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.