Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. dividend history

Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.'s dividend was $0.620 a share in fiscal 2020, up 100.0% on the year before. That was 15.7% of net income.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2027 Q2 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $0
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $496M
Diluted share count: −6.7%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 0.0%; dividends 0.0% + buybacks 0.0% of market value

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	2013Feb 2013	2014Feb 2014	2015Feb 2015	2016Jan 2016	2017Jan 2017	2018Feb 2018	2019Feb 2019	2020Feb 2020	2021Jan 2021	2022Jan 2022	2023Jan 2023	2024Feb 2024	2025Feb 2025	2026Feb 2026	LTMAug 2026
Dividend per share	—	—	—	—	—	—	$0.310	$0.620	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Dividend per share growth	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	+100.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Dividends paid	—	—	—	—	—	—	12	16	5	0	0	—	—	—	—
Share buybacks	—	—	—	—	29	152	149	297	0	0	25	300	172	24	0
Dividends ÷ net income	—	—	—	—	—	—	9.9%	15.7%	—	0.0%	0.0%	—	—	—	—
Dividends ÷ free cash flow	—	—	—	—	—	—	9.5%	25.8%	—	0.0%	0.0%	—	—	—	—

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

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Figures from Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.