Dave & Buster's Entertainment price to free cash flow PLAY
Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2015.
- Today, Oct 23, 2026
- n/m
- not a meaningful number
- Last meaningful
- 57.9×
- Jun 2024
- 10-year median
- 17.5×
- 10-year range
- 2.6× to 223×
- Peer median
- 9.1×
Dave & Buster's Entertainment's price to free cash flow is not a meaningful number today: free cash flow over the last twelve months was zero, negative or not reported.
It was last meaningful in Jun 2024, at 57.9×.
On the days it had one over the last ten years, its median was 17.5×, from 2.6× in Mar 2020 to 223× in Sep 2020.
Price to free cash flow over time
The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.
Year by year
| Year | End of year | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 57.9× | 14.7× | 76.6× |
| 2023 | 16.3× | 7.6× | 16.3× |
| 2022 | 8.9× | 6.7× | 19.6× |
| 2021 | 17.4× | 13.9× | 19.1× |
| 2020 | 223× | 2.6× | 223× |
| 2019 | 13.4× | 12.8× | 29.8× |
| 2018 | 25.6× | 25.1× | 71.1× |
| 2017 | 38.5× | 26.5× | 56.8× |
| 2016 | 36.6× | 30.8× | 112× |
| 2015 | 118× | 111× | 130× |
Against its peers
Companies in Restaurants nearest Dave & Buster's Entertainment's size, closest first, today.
| Company | Price to free cash flow |
|---|---|
| PLAYDave & Buster's Entertainment | n/m |
| JACKJack in the Box | 7.5× |
| PTLOPortillo's | n/m |
| NATHNathans Famous | 21.9× |
| LOCOEl Pollo Loco | 10.7× |
| BRCBBlack Rock Coffee Bar | n/m |
| PZZAPapa Johns International | 17.4× |
| FWRGFirst Watch Restaurant | n/m |
| BLMNBloomin' Brands | 5.1× |
| SGSweetgreen | n/m |
| WENWendy's | 4.5× |
| Peer median | 9.1× |
What the price to free cash flow tells you
Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.
Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.
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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.