{"id":2250324,"date":"2026-01-26T01:29:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T01:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2250324"},"modified":"2026-01-26T01:29:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T01:29:32","slug":"benchmark-sees-q1-same-store-sales-inflection-for-dave-busters-entertainment-inc-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/benchmark-sees-q1-same-store-sales-inflection-for-dave-busters-entertainment-inc-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Benchmark Sees Q1 Same-Store Sales Inflection for Dave & Buster\u2019s Entertainment, Inc. (PLAY)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We recently compiled a list of the 12 Cheap Small-Cap Stocks to Invest In Before the Next Breakout<\/a><\/strong>. Dave & Buster\u2019s Entertainment, Inc. stands fourth on our list of best small-cap stocks.<\/p>\n

TheFly reported on January 16 that Benchmark upgraded PLAY from Hold to Buy with a $30 price target. The firm cited a \u201ccredible setup\u201d for positive same-store sales in Q1, which would mark the first such inflection in roughly 13 quarters. Benchmark\u2019s conviction is supported by improving food and beverage execution and incremental traffic from the expanded Half Price Games promotion launched on January 4.<\/p>\n

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Benchmark Sees Q1 Same-Store Sales Inflection for Dave & Buster\u2019s Entertainment, Inc. (PLAY) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Separately, earlier this month, on January 5, Truist Securities analyst Jake Bartlett lowered the price target on Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLAY) to $18 from $23 and gave it a Hold rating. Bartlett noted that after a challenging year for restaurants, the outlook for 2026 is mixed, with temporary tailwinds from tax refunds and favorable weather offset by ongoing headwinds from slowing job growth, declining consumer confidence, and commodity inflation.<\/p>\n

Dave & Buster\u2019s Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLAY) is a U.S. restaurant and entertainment company combining full\u2011service dining, bars, arcade games, and live sports viewing in \u201cEat Drink Play Watch\u201d venues.<\/p>\n

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Disclosure: None.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source uk.finance.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We recently compiled a list of the 12 Cheap Small-Cap Stocks to Invest In Before the Next Breakout. Dave & Buster\u2019s Entertainment, Inc. stands fourth on our list of best small-cap stocks. TheFly reported on January 16 that Benchmark upgraded PLAY from Hold to Buy with a $30 price target. The firm cited a \u201ccredible […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2240748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[402856,21796,23859,25517,22043,300977,24624,402857,65699,96700,402858,402859,402860,370086,21802,353342,370079,279166,300978,352736,402861,31622,402862],"class_list":["post-2250324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-401k","tag-business","tag-business-news","tag-economy","tag-finance","tag-financial-information","tag-investing","tag-investment-tools","tag-investor","tag-market-news","tag-mortgage","tag-mutual-funds","tag-personal-finance","tag-quote","tag-real-estate","tag-retirement","tag-stock","tag-stock-research","tag-stock-valuation","tag-stocks","tag-suze-orman","tag-tax","tag-track-portfolio"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JP-Morgan-Downgrades-Melco-Resorts-Entertainment-MLCO-To-Hold.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2250324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2250324"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2250324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2250325,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2250324\/revisions\/2250325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2240748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2250324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2250324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2250324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}