A new trading day began on Friday, with Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ: PLAY) stock price down -5.55% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $38.77. PLAY’s price has ranged from $29.31 to $69.82 over the past 52 weeks.
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Annual sales at Communication Services sector company grew by 40.19% over the past five years. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged -6.51%. With a float of $38.46 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $40.27 million.
Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 23258 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 58.42%, operating margin of 13.06%, and the pretax margin is 6.44%.
Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc (PLAY) Insider and Institutional Ownership
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Entertainment Industry. The insider ownership of Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc is 2.14%, while institutional ownership is 117.95%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Oct 07 ’24, was worth 502,162. In this transaction Chief Executive Officer of this company bought 14,912 shares at a rate of $33.67, taking the stock ownership to the 83,847 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Sep 12 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 14,287 for $31.10, making the entire transaction worth $444,299.
Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc (PLAY) Latest Financial update
In its latest quarterly report, released on 7/31/2024, the company reported earnings of -0.12 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.96 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -6.51% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 5.88% during the next five years compared to -0.36% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ: PLAY) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 0.14. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.65.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.74, a number that is poised to hit -0.30 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 3.60 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc (PLAY)
Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ: PLAY) saw its 5-day average volume 1.45 million, a positive change from its year-to-date volume of 1.26 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 88.56%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.66.
During the past 100 days, Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc’s (PLAY) raw stochastic average was set at 31.21%, which indicates a significant decrease from 69.24% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 66.09% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 51.22% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $32.54, while its 200-day Moving Average is $46.63. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $38.27 in the near term. At $39.91, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $40.84. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $35.70, it is likely to go to the next support level at $34.77. The third support level lies at $33.13 if the price breaches the second support level.
Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ: PLAY) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 1.44 billion, the company has a total of 39,560K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 2,205 M while annual income is 126,900 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 557,100 K while its latest quarter income was 40,300 K.
