Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ: PLAY) is -16.31% 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 $24.21 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.22%.
Currently trading at $24.43, the stock is -7.36% and -15.09% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.01 million and changing 0.91% at the moment leaves the stock -33.04% off its SMA200. PLAY registered -60.09% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -23.34%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $29.0708 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $36.6211.
The stock witnessed a -3.21% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -40.31%, and is -9.99% down 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 5.09% over the week and 5.88% over the month.
Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc (PLAY) has around 23258 employees, a market worth around $940.62M and $2.20B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 12.06 and Fwd P/E is 8.29. Profit margin for the company is 3.88%. Distance from 52-week low is 7.01% and -65.01% 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.
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 17.40%. 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
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).
