Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ: PLAY) kicked off on Monday, down -4.25% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $18.83. Over the past 52 weeks, PLAY has traded in a range of $15.08-$43.73.
A company in the Communication Services sector has dropped its sales by -13.10% annually for the last half of the decade. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded -68.62%. With a float of $33.84 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $34.66 million.
Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc (PLAY) Insider and Institutional Ownership
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Entertainment Industry. The insider ownership of Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc is 2.37%, while institutional ownership is 116.81%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Jul 22 ’25, was worth 251,916. In this transaction Chief Executive Officer of this company bought 8,060 shares at a rate of $31.26, taking the stock ownership to the 8,060 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Jun 17 ’25, when Company’s SVP, RE & Dev sold 5,931 for $32.79, making the entire transaction worth $194,460. This insider now owns 42,550 shares in total.
Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc (PLAY) Latest Financial update
In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 10/31/2024, the organization reported -0.45 earnings per share (EPS), lower than consensus estimate (set at -0.36) by -0.09. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.53 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -68.62% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will plunge by -3.80% during the next five years compared to -13.10% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ: PLAY) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc’s (PLAY) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 0.22. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.30.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.35, a number that is poised to hit -1.04 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.43 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc (PLAY)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 1.28 million. That was inferior than the volume of 1.33 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 28.37%.
During the past 100 days, Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc’s (PLAY) raw stochastic average was set at 2.13%, which indicates a significant decrease from 9.07% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 0.90 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 1.30 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $23.60, while its 200-day Moving Average is $24.29. However, in the short run, Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $18.68. Second resistance stands at $19.33. The third major resistance level sits at $19.68. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $17.68, it is likely to go to the next support level at $17.33. The third support level lies at $16.68 if the price breaches the second support level.
Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ: PLAY) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 625.04 million has total of 34,667K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 2,133 M in contrast with the sum of 58,300 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 557,400 K and last quarter income was 11,400 K.
