---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001525769-25-000009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLAY"
cik: "0001525769"
company_name: "Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-09-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T06:37:15.892712+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dave & Buster's Q2 net income falls 72% to $11.4M; comp store sales -3.0%

## Summary
- Revenue $557.4M, essentially flat (+0.05% YoY); comp store sales declined 3.0% vs 2024.
- GAAP diluted EPS $0.32 vs $0.99; adjusted diluted EPS $0.40 vs $1.12.
- Adjusted EBITDA $129.8M, down from $151.6M in Q2 2024.
- New CEO Tarun Lal effective July 14, 2025; three new domestic stores opened in Q2.
- Cash from sale-leaseback and real estate financing totaled ~$77M in Q2; net leverage 3.2x.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001525769-25-000009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLAY
- cik: 0001525769
- company_name: Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-09-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000152576925000009/0001525769-25-000009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000152576925000009/play-20250915.htm

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