PLAY PEER ANALYSIS

Dave & Buster’s Entertainment — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

PLAYDave & Buster’s Entertainment

🇺🇸 USA · NASDAQ · Communication Services · Entertainment

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Entertainment

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

PLAYIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	PLAY	FENER	GSRAY	BJKAS	TSPOR	EVT	Ind. Median
P/E	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.18
P/B	3.53	2.09	0.86	2.08	0.52●	2.20	1.99
EV/EBITDA	9.72	—	—	—	—	—	11.99
P/S	0.17●	1.54	0.74	1.13	1.83	—	1.76

Financial Health
Metric	PLAY	FENER	GSRAY	BJKAS	TSPOR	EVT	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.29	0.60●	0.32	0.57	0.39	0.31	1.16
Debt/Equity	3,160.1%	71.4%	17.4%	156.1%	0.2%●	223.3%	64.9%
NetDebt/EBITDA	8.74	-2.06	-2.67●	-0.99	0.00	—	0.97

Profitability
Metric	PLAY	FENER	GSRAY	BJKAS	TSPOR	EVT	Ind. Median
Net Margin	-3.1%●	-19.9%	-5.6%	-22.4%	-29.8%	—	4.7%
ROE	-52.5%	-54.4%	-9.4%●	—	-12.3%	—	6.7%
ROA	-1.6%●	-10.8%	-3.4%	-8.3%	-6.3%	—	1.5%
EBITDA Margin	17.1%●	-24.0%	-5.6%	-81.8%	-135.5%	—	17.2%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	PLAY	FENER	GSRAY	BJKAS	TSPOR	EVT	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	-0.8%	24.2%	38.9%	-8.8%	67.3%●	—	9.0%
NI Growth	—	—	—	—	—	—	26.0%
Div. Yield	—	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	3.2%●	1.1%
Payout	—	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	—	17.4%

Valuation
Metric	PLAY	AMCX	RSVR	MCS	AMC	IMAX	Ind. Median
P/E	—	8.37●	81.60	48.06	—	59.04	33.18
P/B	3.53	0.46	1.79	1.54	-0.54●	6.47	1.99
EV/EBITDA	9.72	1.72●	16.12	11.15	26.67	18.30	11.99
P/S	0.17●	0.19	3.86	0.89	0.20	5.36	1.76

Financial Health
Metric	PLAY	AMCX	RSVR	MCS	AMC	IMAX	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.29	1.75●	1.41	1.47	0.35	1.39	1.16
Debt/Equity	3,160.1%	192.8%	122.6%	79.3%	-411.6%●	86.7%	64.9%
NetDebt/EBITDA	8.74	1.28	6.32	3.71	23.46	1.14●	0.97

Profitability
Metric	PLAY	AMCX	RSVR	MCS	AMC	IMAX	Ind. Median
Net Margin	-3.1%	2.3%	4.7%	1.9%	-10.9%	9.1%●	4.7%
ROE	-52.5%	5.7%	2.2%	3.2%	—	11.6%●	6.7%
ROA	-1.6%	1.3%	0.9%	1.4%	-7.0%	4.2%●	1.5%
EBITDA Margin	17.1%	43.7%●	39.3%	12.0%	6.4%	31.3%	17.2%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	PLAY	AMCX	RSVR	MCS	AMC	IMAX	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	-0.8%	-3.4%	10.7%	2.5%	10.6%	12.6%●	9.0%
NI Growth	—	—	7.2%	—	—	46.4%●	26.0%
Div. Yield	—	—	—	1.3%	—	—	1.1%
Payout	—	—	—	66.3%	—	—	17.4%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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