---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-030456"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLAY"
cik: "0001525769"
company_name: "Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-06-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T15:34:02.454900+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dave & Buster's Q1 revenue down 3.5%, comps -8.3%; EPS drops to $0.62

## Summary
- Revenue $567.7M (-3.5% YoY); comparable store sales -8.3% vs fiscal 2024.
- Net income $21.7M ($0.62 diluted EPS) vs $41.4M ($0.99) a year ago; adjusted EPS $0.76 vs $1.12.
- Adjusted EBITDA $136.1M (-14.5% YoY); store operating income before D&A $162.2M (28.6% of revenue).
- Opened 2 new stores, remodeled 13; repurchased $23.9M in shares (1.0M shares). Sequential SSS improvement: Feb -11.9%, Mar -8.4%, Apr -4.3%, Q2 QTD -2.2%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-030456
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLAY
- cik: 0001525769
- company_name: Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-06-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000162828025030456/0001628280-25-030456-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000162828025030456/play-20250610.htm

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