Dave & Buster's Entertainment, — Earnings Quality Grade F
PLAY · Communication Services
Major red flags
Screening Summary
管理层信号
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 3 days, change -0 days YoY
AR growth -4.0% vs revenue growth -1.4%
Revenue -1.4%, CFFO -6.9%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory 0.3% vs COGS -4.5%. Normal
CapEx growth -26.2% vs revenue -1.4%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = 36.2%. Normal
Gross margin 85.7%, change +0.5pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = -5.97. Below 1.0
FCF < 50% of Net Income for 2 years
Accruals ratio = -8.2%. Low accruals
Cash $0.0B covers only 1% of debt $3.2B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $0.9B = 1010% of equity. Over 50%
Debt/EBITDA = 8.9x (>4x). Interest coverage = 0.7x (<2x). Financial stress
Other assets 8.0% vs revenue -1.4%. Normal
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions negative for 2/3 years
Goodwill+Intangibles change 0% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.94 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator
Beneish M-Score
Altman Z-Score
Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25
