secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (PLAY)
CIK:        0001525769
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-04-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-25-016940
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Dave & Buster's Q4 revenue $534.5M (-10.8%), EPS $0.24 vs $0.88; $111M sale-leaseback
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- Q4 revenue $534.5M (-10.8%), comparable store sales -9.4%; net income $9.3M ($0.24 diluted) vs $36.2M ($0.88).
- Adjusted EBITDA $127.2M (23.8% of revenue), down 16.2% YoY; full-year adjusted EBITDA $506.2M.
- FY2024 share repurchases $172M (12.4% of outstanding); remaining authorization ~$104M as of April 7, 2025.
- Closed sale-leaseback of five properties for $111.4M; opened 14 new stores in FY2024 and first franchise in India.
- Fiscal 2025 outlook: capex <$220M, pre-opening ~$20M, cash interest $130-140M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000162828025016940/0001628280-25-016940-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000162828025016940/play-20250407.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-016940

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