Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ: PLAY) is -5.79% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $22.83 and a high of $69.82 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The PLAY stock was last observed hovering at around $28.84 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.34%.
Currently trading at $27.50, the stock is -1.83% and -13.67% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.32 million and changing -4.65% at the moment leaves the stock -28.63% off its SMA200. PLAY registered -46.34% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -22.10%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $31.8532 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $38.532.
The stock witnessed a 0.36% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -20.41%, and is 10.75% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 7.62% over the week and 5.93% over the month.
Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc (PLAY) has around 23258 employees, a market worth around $1.06B and $2.20B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 13.58 and Fwd P/E is 9.34. Profit margin for the company is 3.88%. Distance from 52-week low is 20.46% and -60.61% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (2.49%).
with sales reaching $548.77M over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -30.82% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -2.64% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -8.40% in year-over-year returns.
Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc (PLAY) Top Institutional Holders
303.0 institutions hold shares in Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc (PLAY), with institutional investors hold 125.81% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 38.50M, and float is at 37.76M with Short Float at 16.98%. Institutions hold 124.02% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is HILL PATH CAPITAL LP with over 7.12 million shares valued at $283.42 million. The investor’s holdings represent 17.6569% of the PLAY Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 5.21 million shares valued at $207.56 million to account for 12.9313 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 4.06 million shares representing 10.0672% and valued at over $161.59 million, while EMINENCE CAPITAL, LP holds 9.3464 of the shares totaling 3.77 million with a market value of $150.02 million.
Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc (PLAY) Insider Activity
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Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Dec 26 ’24 that Mulleady John (SVP, RE & Dev) sold a total of 6,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Dec 26 ’24 and was made at $29.33 per share for $0.18 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 51183.0 shares of the PLAY stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 19 ’24, SHEEHAN KEVIN M (Interim CEO) acquired 19,025 shares at an average price of $26.44 for $0.5 million. The insider now directly holds 69,025 shares of Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc (PLAY).