Dave Busters Entertainment Stock Market Outlook

PLAY Stock  USD 18.81  0.97  4.90%   
Slightly above 53% of Dave Busters' investors are presently thinking to get in. The analysis of the overall prospects from investing in Dave Busters Entertainment suggests that some traders are, at the present time, interested. Dave Busters' investing sentiment can be driven by a variety of factors including economic data, Dave Busters' earnings reports, geopolitical events, and overall market trends.

Comfort Level 53

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Given the investment horizon of 90 days and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding Dave Busters Entertainment is 'Strong Hold'. A buy or sell recommendation is an automated directive regarding whether to purchase or sell Dave Busters Entertainment given historical horizon and risk tolerance. When we issue a 'buy' or 'sell' recommendation for Dave Busters Entertainment, the advice is generated through an automated system that utilizes algorithms and statistical models.

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Strong Hold

Market Performance

GoodDetails

Volatility

Not too volatileDetails

Hype Condition

Under hypedDetails

Current Valuation

UndervaluedDetails

Odds Of Distress

SmallDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Actively responds to the marketDetails

Investor Sentiment

ImpartialDetails

Analyst Consensus

BuyDetails

Financial Strenth (F Score)

HealthyDetails

Financial Leverage

Not RatedDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

Unlikely ManipulatorDetails
For the selected time horizon Dave Busters Entertainment has a Risk Adjusted Performance of 0.0948, Jensen Alpha of 0.3865, Total Risk Alpha of 0.1771, Sortino Ratio of 0.1245 and Treynor Ratio of 0.248
Our trade advice tool can cross-verify current analyst consensus on Dave Busters Enterta and to analyze the company potential to grow in the current economic cycle. To make sure Dave Busters is not overpriced, please confirm all Dave Busters Enterta fundamentals, including its book value per share, and the relationship between the net income and number of employees . Given that Dave Busters Enterta has a price to earning of 14.38 X, we urge you to verify Dave Busters Entertainment market performance and probability of bankruptcy to ensure the company can sustain itself in the current economic cycle given your prevailing risk tolerance and investing horizon.

Dave Busters Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

Dave Busters Enterta appears to be risky and price may revert if volatility continues
Dave Busters Entertainment currently holds 3.14 B in liabilities with Debt to Equity (D/E) ratio of 8.11, indicating the company may have difficulties to generate enough cash to satisfy its financial obligations. Dave Busters Enterta has a current ratio of 0.52, indicating that it has a negative working capital and may not be able to pay financial obligations when due. Note, when we think about Dave Busters' use of debt, we should always consider it together with its cash and equity.
Over 98.0% of Dave Busters shares are owned by institutional investors
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Dave Busters Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of Dave Busters' historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of Dave Busters' future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of Dave Busters daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use Dave Busters Entertainment price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of Dave Busters returns is essential to provide solid investment analysis for Dave Busters.
Mean Return
0.51
Value At Risk
-5.66
Potential Upside
7.62
Standard Deviation
4.29
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of Dave Busters historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

Dave Stock Institutional Investors

Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument, such as Dave Busters, soars without any apparent reason? This usually happens because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Dave Busters Entertainment back and forth among themselves.
Shares
Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership2025-06-30
999.6 K
Millennium Management Llc2025-06-30
997.6 K
Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc.2025-06-30
700.2 K
Geode Capital Management, Llc2025-06-30
676.9 K
Point72 Asset Management, L.p.2025-06-30
643.7 K
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc2025-06-30
544.9 K
Lsv Asset Management2025-06-30
417.8 K
Nomura Holdings Inc2025-06-30
381 K
Cibc World Markets Corp2025-06-30
337.4 K
Hill Path Capital Lp2025-06-30
7.1 M
Blackrock Inc2025-06-30
M
Note, although Dave Busters' institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

Dave Busters Cash Flow Accounts

202120222023202420252026 (projected)
Capital Expenditures92.2M234.2M330.2M530.2M609.7M640.2M
Net Income108.6M137.1M126.9M58.3M67.0M40.1M
Change To Netincome15.7M22.6M16.8M56.4M64.9M68.1M
Change To Inventory(16.5M)(176K)8.1M(2.6M)(2.3M)(2.2M)
End Period Cash Flow25.9M181.6M37.3M6.9M7.9M7.5M
Change In Cash14.0M155.7M(144.3M)(30.4M)(27.4M)(26.0M)
Free Cash Flow190.9M210.2M34M(217.9M)(250.6M)(238.1M)
Depreciation138.3M169.3M208.5M238.2M273.9M287.6M
Other Non Cash Items19.7M17.2M36.1M60.9M70.0M73.5M
Investments(91.5M)(1.1B)(329.1M)(529.8M)(476.8M)(453.0M)
Net Borrowings(170M)805.4M131.4M370.2M425.7M447.0M

Dave Busters Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to Dave Busters or Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that Dave Busters' price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a Dave stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over Dow Jones
0.39
β
Beta against Dow Jones2.00
σ
Overall volatility
4.34
Ir
Information ratio 0.10

Dave Busters Volatility Alert

Dave Busters Entertainment shows above-average downside volatility for the selected time horizon. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Dave Busters' stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Dave Busters' stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

Dave Busters Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing Dave Busters' fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze Dave Busters' direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between Dave Busters and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as Dave Busters or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of Dave Busters' fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Dave Busters by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
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FundamentalsDave BustersPeer Average
Return On Equity0.0017-0.31
Return On Asset0.025-0.14
Profit Margin0.0001 %(1.27) %
Operating Margin(0.03) %(5.51) %
Current Valuation3.88 B16.62 B
Shares Outstanding34.68 M571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders2.09 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions97.91 %39.21 %
Number Of Shares Shorted8.68 M4.71 M
Price To Earning14.38 X28.72 X
Price To Book5.15 X9.51 X
Price To Sales0.32 X11.42 X
Revenue2.13 B9.43 B
Gross Profit846.9 M27.38 B
EBITDA443.4 M3.9 B
Net Income58.3 M570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents100.39 M2.7 B
Cash Per Share2.08 X5.01 X
Total Debt3.14 B5.32 B
Debt To Equity8.11 %48.70 %
Current Ratio0.53 X2.16 X
Book Value Per Share3.77 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations312.3 M971.22 M
Short Ratio8.23 X4.00 X
Earnings Per Share(0.01) X3.12 X
Price To Earnings To Growth1.48 X4.89 X
Target Price26.22
Number Of Employees23.42 K18.84 K
Beta1.76-0.15
Market Capitalization673.84 M19.03 B
Total Asset4.02 B29.47 B
Retained Earnings657.5 M9.33 B
Working Capital(339.5 M)1.48 B
Note: Disposition of 438 shares by Klohn Steve of Dave Busters subject to Rule 16b-3 [view details]

Dave Busters Market Momentum

Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as Dave . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.

Dave Busters Target Price Consensus

Dave target price is determined by taking all analyst projections and averaging them out. There is no one specific way to measure analysts' performance other than comparing it to past results via a very sophisticated attribution analysis. Dave Busters' target price projections below should be used in combination with other traditional price prediction techniques such as stock price forecasting, investor sentiment analysis, technical analysis, earnings estimate, and various momentum models.
   10  Buy
Most Dave analysts issue ratings four times a year, at intervals of three months. Ratings are usually accompanied by a target price to help potential investors understand Dave stock's fair price compared to its market value. Analysts arrive at stock ratings after researching the public financial statements of Dave Busters Enterta, talking to its executives and customers, or listening to those companies' conference calls.
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Dave Busters Target Price Projection

Dave Busters' current and average target prices are 18.81 and 26.22, respectively. The current price of Dave Busters is the price at which Dave Busters Entertainment is currently trading. On the other hand, Dave Busters' target price is what analysts think the stock is worth. The more significant the discrepancy between the two prices, the more it stimulates investors to act.

Current Price

Dave Busters Market Quote on 5th of February 2026

Low Price18.56Odds
High Price19.95Odds

18.81

Target Price

Analyst Consensus On Dave Busters Target Price

Low Estimate23.86Odds
High Estimate29.11Odds

26.2222

Historical Lowest Forecast  23.86 Target Price  26.22 Highest Forecast  29.11
Note that most analysts generally publish their price targets in research reports on specific companies, along with recommendations for the company's stock.Although price targets are often quoted in the financial news media, there could be a delay between the publication of the latest analyst outlook on Dave Busters Entertainment and the information provided on this page.

Dave Busters Analyst Ratings

Dave Busters' analyst stock recommendations are determined by taking an average estimate of all analysts we track and classifying them as Strong Buy, Buy, Hold, Strong Sell, or Sell. Ratings generally communicate what analysts sense about Dave Busters stock, and they use a lot of effort and time to analyze it and arrive at a rating. That suggests that analyst recommendations are the outcome of an objective and thorough examination of Dave Busters' financials, market performance, and future outlook by experienced professionals. Dave Busters' historical ratings below, therefore, can serve as a valuable tool for investors.

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