{"id":2472225,"date":"2026-06-23T15:51:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T15:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2472225"},"modified":"2026-06-23T15:51:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T15:51:16","slug":"bmo-lowers-expectations-after-dave-busters-entertainment-inc-plays-ebitda-miss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/bmo-lowers-expectations-after-dave-busters-entertainment-inc-plays-ebitda-miss\/","title":{"rendered":"BMO Lowers Expectations After Dave &#038; Buster\u2019s Entertainment, Inc. (PLAY)\u2019s EBITDA Miss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Dave &amp; Buster\u2019s Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/PLAY\" data-ylk=\"slk:PLAY;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;PLAY&quot;}\" class=\"link \">PLAY<\/a>) is among the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insidermonkey.com\/blog\/10-best-low-priced-stocks-to-get-rich-in-2026-1785635\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:best low priced stocks to get rich in 2026;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;best low priced stocks to get rich in 2026&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><strong>best low priced stocks to get rich in 2026<\/strong><\/a>. Andrew Strelzik, an analyst at BMO Capital, trimmed the price target on Dave &amp; Buster\u2019s Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLAY) to $22 from $24 on June 16. As highlighted by the analyst, the company\u2019s Q1 EBITDA missed consensus by $14 million. This was mainly due to muted comps and sales de-leverage.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->However, the firm said that the company\u2019s QTD trends have modestly strengthened, with management projecting positive comps for the remainder of the year. The firm\u2019s Outperform rating for Dave &amp; Buster\u2019s Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLAY) is driven by the stock\u2019s attractive risk-reward profile, favorable business developments, and readiness to reallocate capex from store expansion toward reinvestment. Indeed, PLAY is among the best low-priced stocks to get rich in 2026.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"article-figure-image\" class=\"yf-750ceo\">\n<div class=\"image-container yf-lglytj\" style=\"--max-height: 641px;\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper yf-lglytj\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 960 \/ 641; --img-max-width: 960px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->On the same day, UBS also cut the price target on Dave &amp; Buster\u2019s Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLAY) to $12 from $13 and maintained a Neutral rating. Despite weaker macro conditions in March and April, management remains optimistic about same-store sales improvement through 2026, the analyst highlighted. From effective marketing to investments in innovation, the company has many growth drivers.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Dave &amp; Buster\u2019s Entertainment, Inc. 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(NASDAQ:PLAY) is among the best low priced stocks to get rich in 2026. Andrew Strelzik, an analyst at BMO Capital, trimmed the price target on Dave &amp; Buster\u2019s Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLAY) to $22 from $24 on June 16. As highlighted by the analyst, the company\u2019s Q1 EBITDA missed consensus by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2472226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[486477],"class_list":["post-2472225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-low-priced-stocks"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BMO-Lowers-Expectations-After-Dave-Busters-Entertainment-Inc-PLAYs.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472225","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=2472225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2472227,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472225\/revisions\/2472227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2472226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2472225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2472225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2472225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}