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Stockholders' Equity and Share-Based Compensation
 9 Months Ended
Nov. 04, 2025
Equity [Abstract]  
Stockholders' Equity and Share-Based Compensation Stockholders' Equity and Share-Based Compensation
Share issuances and repurchases
The Company treats shares withheld for tax purposes on behalf of its employees in connection with the vesting of time-based and performance-based restricted stock units as common stock repurchases because they reduce the number of shares that would have been issued upon vesting. These were immaterial for all periods presented.
In March 2023, our Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program with an initial authorized limit of $100.0. Subsequently, our Board of Directors approved additional repurchases for a total authorized limit of $600.0 under the plan as of November 4, 2025. During the nine months ended November 4, 2025, the Company repurchased 1.04 shares at an average of $23.03 per share. The remaining dollar value of shares that may be repurchased under the program was $104.1 as of November 4, 2025. Future decisions to repurchase shares continue to be at the discretion of the Board of Directors and will be dependent on our operating performance, financial condition, capital expenditure requirements and other factors that the Board of Directors considers relevant.
Share-based compensation
In October 2024, the Dave and Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan expired pursuant to its terms. On December 5, 2024, the Board of Directors adopted the Dave and Buster’s Entertainment Inc. 2025 Omnibus Incentive Plan, and the stockholders approved the 2025 Plan at the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders held on June 18, 2025.
Our share-based compensation expense, which is included in General and administrative expenses on the consolidated statements of income, was as follows for the periods presented:
Three Months EndedNine Months Ended
November 4, 2025November 5, 2024November 4, 2025November 5, 2024
Share-based compensation expense$8.9 $2.8 $19.8 $9.1 
Share-based awards
The Company’s long-term incentive compensation plan provides awards to executive and management personnel, as well as directors, and issues share-based awards. We also grant stock options or restricted stock units to executive and management personnel and members of our Board of Directors. Options granted to employees generally become exercisable ratably over a three-year period from the grant date. Performance-based restricted stock units and market stock units awarded to employees generally either vest ratably over three years or fully vest after three years, subject to the achievement of specified performance or market conditions, as applicable. Time-based restricted stock units have various service periods not exceeding five years.
Our share-based compensation award activity during the nine months ended November 4, 2025 was as follows:
Options
Restricted
Stock Units (1)
Total
Outstanding as of February 4, 20250.660.931.59
Granted1.421.172.59
RSUs vested—(0.24)(0.24)
Forfeited or cancelled(0.22)(0.59)(0.81)
Outstanding as of November 4, 20251.861.273.13
Remaining unrecognized compensation expense$17.2 $28.5 $45.7 
(1)    Includes performance-based restricted stock units, market-based restricted stock units and time-based restricted stock units.
The fair value of our time-based and performance-based restricted stock units was based on our closing stock price on the date of grant. The grant date fair value of stock options was determined using the Black-Scholes option valuation model. The grant date fair value of performance-based awards with market conditions was determined using the Monte Carlo valuation model. The unrecognized expense will be substantially recognized by the end of fiscal 2028.
During the second and third quarters of fiscal 2025, the Company granted certain options, time-based, performance-based, and market-based restricted stock units to the Company’s recently appointed Chief Executive Officer, executive officers, the Board of Directors, and employees. The majority of these grants vest over three years, but the market-based restricted stock units can vest earlier if the targets are achieved prior to that time. As a result, the requisite service period for such grants was determined to be less than the explicit service period.