Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (PLAY) Q1 2027 Earnings Call

Concluded Jun 15, 2026

Jun 15, 2026 0 turns

Period: FY2027 Q1
Runtime: —
Sources: 2 artifacts

8-K 10-Q

Executive readout · one minute

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Same-store sales recovery 44 Games reinvestment and new attractions 29 Free cash flow guidance 26 Marketing strategy and promotions 16 Food and beverage performance 15 Capital allocation and new unit growth 7

Management tone

Positive

Net tone +25 · moderate hedging

Grounding quotes

“Our priorities this year remain clear. Turn same-store sales sustainably positive and generate meaningful free cash flow. This management team is highly confident we will generate positive comparable store sales growth in the remainder of the year, driving revenue and adjusted EBITDA growth and more than $100 million in free cash flow for the full year.”
“we are still in the early innings of our marketing optimization”
“We're making significant progress, but want to remind you that we are in the early innings”
“We started the quarter well in February. The spring break calendar shift between March and April played out largely as expected. but the macro backdrop elevated gas prices geopolitical uncertainty and a meaningful softness and consumer sentiment they all were a real headwind in april that said we are not here to make excuses we have a resilient business model and expect to be able to navigate these obstacles”

Forward guidance

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Revenue $559.20M -1.5% YoY

Diluted EPS $0.16 -74.2% YoY

Net income $5.70M -73.7% YoY

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8-K earnings release Filed Jun 15, 2026 10-Q report Filed Jun 15, 2026 Company webcastOpen the original investor-relations page

Forward guidance

From the 8-K filed Jun 15, 2026.

Metric	Period	Guided	Basis
Free cash flow Initiated fiscal 2026	fiscal 2026	at least $100M	Non-GAAP

Quarter detail

How the reported period landed and where the business moved.

Revenue · products & services

Game Play Credit Usage$339.50M -5.5% YoY

Food and Nonalcoholic Beverages$148.60M +8.1% YoY

Alcoholic Beverage$65.50M +3% YoY

Other Entertainment$5.60M -25.3% YoY

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