secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (PLAY)
CIK:        0001525769
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-09-15T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001525769-25-000009
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000152576925000009/0001525769-25-000009-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000152576925000009/play-20250915.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001525769-25-000009

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