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Dave & Buster's Entertainment (Dave & Buster's Entertainment) Debt-to-EBITDA : 5.35 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Dave & Buster's Entertainment Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $72 Mil. Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $2,843 Mil. Dave & Buster's Entertainment's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $544 Mil. Dave & Buster's Entertainment's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 5.35.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

PLAY' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -16.35   Med: 2.8   Max: 6.84
Current: 5.93

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Dave & Buster's Entertainment was 6.84. The lowest was -16.35. And the median was 2.80.

PLAY's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
83.53% of 674 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.65 vs PLAY: 5.93

Dave & Buster's Entertainment Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Dave & Buster's Entertainment Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Dave & Buster's Entertainment Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.84 -16.35 5.56 6.78 5.93

Dave & Buster's Entertainment Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.05 4.22 6.40 10.44 5.35

Competitive Comparison of Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Entertainment subindustry, Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Dave & Buster's Entertainment Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(72.1 + 2842.5) / 491.9
=5.93

Dave & Buster's Entertainment's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(72.1 + 2842.5) / 544.4
=5.35

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Jan. 2024) EBITDA data.


Dave & Buster's Entertainment  (NAS:PLAY) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


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Dave & Buster's Entertainment (Dave & Buster's Entertainment) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1221 Beltline Road, Suite 500, Coppell, TX, USA, 75019
Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc owns and operates nearly a hundred entertainment and dining establishments in the United States where customers can eat, drink, play games, and watch televised sports. The play division includes amusement, simulation, and video games, accounts for more than half of total company revenue. Food and beverage accounts for the rest. About one third of food and beverage revenue comes from alcoholic drinks, with the rest coming from food and nonalcoholic beverages.
Executives
John Mulleady officer: SVP, RE & Dev DAVE & BUSTER'S ENTERTAINMENT, INC., 2481 MANANA DRIVE, DALLAS TX 75220
Michael J Griffith director DAVE & BUSTER'S ENTERTAINMENT, INC., 2481 MANANA DRIVE, DALLAS TX 75220
Antonio Pineiro officer: SVP, Chief Int'l Dev Ofc 1221 S. BELT LINE RD., SUITE 500, COOPELL TX 75220
Randall L Jones officer: VP Accounting and Controller 1221 S. BELT LINE RD., SUITE 500, COPPELL TX 75019
Ashley Zickefoose officer: SVP, Chief Marketing Officer 1221 S. BELT LINE RD., SUITE 500, COPPELL TX 75019
Hill Path Capital Partners Lp other: SEE EXPLANATION OF RESPONSES 150 EAST 58TH STREET, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10155
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Steve Klohn officer: SVP Chief Information Officer 1221 S. BELT LINE RD., SUITE 500, COPPELL TX 75019
Michael Quartieri officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORPORATION, 6601 BERMUDA ROAD, LAS VEGAS NV 89119
Tony Wehner officer: SVP, Chief Operating Officer 1221 S. BELT LINE RD., SUITE 500, COPPELL TX 75019
Les Lehner officer: SVP, Chief Procurement Ofc 1221 S. BELT LINE RD., SUITE 500, COPPELL TX 75019