---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-031543"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLAY"
cik: "0001525769"
company_name: "Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-09-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T23:22:16.141488+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dave & Buster's Q2 revenue record $542M (+15.7% YoY); comps down 6.3%; buyback boosted to $200M

## Summary
- Net income $25.9M ($0.60 diluted EPS) vs $29.1M ($0.59) in Q2 2022; adjusted EPS $0.94.
- Adjusted EBITDA $140.3M (+21.3% YoY); pro forma combined comparable store sales -6.3% vs 2022, +5.8% vs 2019.
- Board increased share repurchase authorization by $100M to $200M total remaining; bought 2.1M shares ($74.5M) in Q2.
- Credit agreement amended to reduce interest rate margin on term/ revolving loans by 1.25%.
- New store openings: two Dave & Buster's and one Main Event in Q2; ended with $572.8M liquidity.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-031543
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLAY
- cik: 0001525769
- company_name: Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-09-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000162828023031543/0001628280-23-031543-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000162828023031543/play-20230906.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. reported its second quarter ended July 30, 2023 results: revenue $542.1 million, net income $25.9 million, EPS $0.60 per diluted share.
  - Period: its second quarter ended July 30, 2023
  - Revenue: $542.1 million
  - Net income: $25.9 million
  - EPS: $0.60 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Second quarter revenue of $542.1 million increased 15.7% from the second quarter of 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000162828023031543/0001628280-23-031543-index.htm

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