PLAY Stock — Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (PLAY)

Updated October 16, 2026.

PLAY is a Stock. Total return is -56.0% over the past 12 years, 444.8 points behind SPY at 388.8%.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment operates adult and family entertainment venues across North America under the Dave & Buster's and Main Event brands, offering dining, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, arcade games, bowling, laser tag, virtual reality experiences, and live sports viewing. The company does not currently distribute dividends to shareholders. This stock may appeal to investors seeking equity exposure to the entertainment and casual dining sector rather than those focused on dividend income.

PLAY performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is -56.0% over the past 12 years, 444.8 points behind SPY at 388.8%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -59.0%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 69.9%.

PLAY key facts

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

10/10/2014

Distribution frequency

None

Last close

$7.60 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$264,712,894

Average volume

2120721.0

Ex-dividend date

01/09/2020

Payment date

02/10/2020

Beta

1.919

Payout ratio

0.0%

Forward P/E

8.7566

EPS

$-2.56

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

PLAY risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 69.9%.

Who may consider PLAY — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (PLAY does not currently distribute); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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