Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment operates 243 entertainment and dining venues across North America under the Dave & Buster's and Main Event brands. Dave & Buster's locations offer arcade games, sports viewing, food, and beverages for adults and families, while Main Event stores provide family-focused entertainment including bowling, laser tag, and arcade games.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc is a Communication Services company operating in Entertainment with a $415.7M market cap.
PLAY missed consensus EPS by 0.7% in Q1 FY2027, reported Jun 29, 2026.
20 earnings calls indexed on Spoken Alpha.
Behavioral analysis
Disclosures
Extracted from Unknown source, 2026-06-21.
Transcripts
Most recent calls indexed for this ticker. Open any call to drill into prepared remarks and Q&A.
History
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Spoken Alpha tracks PLAY's historical accountability: how often management beat consensus, how the stock reacted, and how guidance evolved across the cycle. The figures below are illustrative placeholder data generated for layout — they will be replaced with real deviation metrics, True Consensus values, and EODHD price reactions as those data layers land.
Beats consensus 10/10 quarters but stock falls 70% of the time
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API
The same data on this page is available as a machine-readable feed via the Spoken Alpha API. One call returns the IR URL, recent transcripts, and accountability scores for PLAY.
$ curl https://api.spokenalpha.com/v1/companies/PLAYFAQ
Spoken Alpha indexes PLAY's earnings call transcripts at https://spokenalpha.com/companies/PLAY. Each call links to attributed speakers and parsed analyst Q&A. Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.'s own investor relations page is at https://ir.daveandbusters.com/.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (PLAY) held its most recent earnings call on 2026-06-15, covering fiscal Q1 2026.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (PLAY) operates in the Communication Services sector (Entertainment industry).
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| Q1 FY2027 | 2026-06-29 | $0.16 | $0.62 | -74.1% | — | — | — | Finnhub |
| Q2 FY2026 | 2026-06-14 | $0.22 | $0.37 | -40.5% | $559.2M | — | — | EODHD |
Source: EODHD, Finnhub. PLAY reported actuals as published; sparse fields render as —.
When a company consistently beats but the stock doesn't react, consensus is usually set too low or the buy-side number is materially above sell-side. Watch for guidance walk-downs ahead of the print.
Raised guidance 8 quarters in a row
SampleConsecutive raises tighten the bar quarter over quarter. Watch the most recent print for the magnitude of the beat — a smaller beat against a higher bar is the early signal that the regime is breaking.
| Quarter | Actual EPS | Consensus | Surprise | 1D | 5D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | $4.80 | $3.91 | +22.8% | -7.3% | -5.9% |
| Q4 FY2026 | $5.21 | $3.92 | +32.9% | -2.7% | -1.4% |
| Q3 FY2026 | $4.71 | $3.93 | +19.8% | -2.6% | -5.1% |
| Q2 FY2026 | $5.04 | $3.89 | +29.5% | +2.9% | +3.8% |
| Q1 FY2025 | $4.96 | $3.83 | +29.4% | -4.1% | -1.6% |
CFO since 2025 • 2/4 beats (50%) • last guidance cut Q3 FY2026
| Q4 FY2025 |
| $4.78 |
| $3.96 |
| +20.7% |
| -3.8% |
| -2.4% |
| Q3 FY2025 | $4.92 | $4.08 | +20.5% | -5.8% | -5.8% |
| Q2 FY2025 | $4.92 | $4.00 | +23.1% | +1.4% | +1.7% |
| Q1 FY2024 | $5.07 | $4.02 | +26.0% | -5.4% | -6.9% |
| Q4 FY2024 | $5.49 | $4.18 | +31.3% | +1.5% | +3.9% |