---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001525769-25-000020"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLAY"
cik: "0001525769"
company_name: "Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-12-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T13:47:25.004351+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dave & Buster’s Q3 revenue $448.2M (-1.1%); net loss per share $1.22 vs $0.84 YoY

## Summary
- Comparable store sales declined 4.0% vs prior year; restaurant-level momentum improved sequentially during quarter.
- Adjusted EBITDA of $59.4M, down from $68.3M; adjusted net loss per share $1.14 vs $0.45.
- Opened 1 domestic D&B, 3 Main Event stores; expects 2 more in Q4 for total 11 new stores in FY2025.
- 3 D&B stores remodeled; international franchise store opened in Philippines; 4+ more expected in 6 months.
- CEO cites back-to-basics plan, positive food & beverage same-store sales, and stronger marketing and operations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001525769-25-000020
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLAY
- cik: 0001525769
- company_name: Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-12-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/1525769/000152576925000020/0001525769-25-000020-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000152576925000020/play-20251209.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001525769-25-000020
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001525769-25-000020.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001525769-25-000020.txt

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