---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-014361"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLAY"
cik: "0001525769"
company_name: "Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T03:30:56.666275+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dave & Buster's Q4 rev $599M, comps -7%, adj EBITDA $152M, buyback upped $100M

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $599.1M (+6.3% vs Q4 2022); pro forma combined comps -7.0% vs 2022, +8.0% vs 2019.
- Q4 adjusted net income $42.0M ($1.03 adj. diluted EPS) vs $41.8M ($0.85) prior year.
- Fiscal 2023 adjusted EBITDA $555.6M (25.2% of rev) +15.7% YoY; net income $126.9M ($2.88 GAAP diluted).
- Board authorized $100M buyback increase to $500M total; $200M remaining. Repurchased 8.5M shares ($300M) in FY2023.
- Opened 16 new stores in FY2023; international franchise deals for 33 stores across 6 countries.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-014361
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLAY
- cik: 0001525769
- company_name: Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-02T23:59:59+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/1525769/000162828024014361/0001628280-24-014361-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000162828024014361/play-20240402.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. reported fourth quarter and fiscal year ended February 4, 2024 results: revenue $599.1 million, net income $36.2 million, EPS $0.88 per diluted share.
  - Period: fourth quarter and fiscal year ended February 4, 2024
  - Revenue: $599.1 million
  - Net income: $36.2 million
  - EPS: $0.88 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: 4, 2024, which includes a 14 th week in the fourth quarter and a 53 rd week in the fiscal year, respectively. Key Fourth Quarter 2023 Highlights • Fourth quarter revenue of $599.1 million increased 6.3% from the fourth quarter of 2022. • Pro forma combined comparable store sales (including Main Event branded stores) decreased 7.0% compared with the same period in
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000162828024014361/0001628280-24-014361-index.htm

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