Research News and Market Data on LUCK
08/28/2025
- Total Revenue Growth of 6.1% in Fourth Quarter 2025
- Rapid expansion of Lucky Strike brand with 55 current Lucky Strike locations, targeting 100 by calendar year end
- Continued efforts to deploy capital efficiently, driving long-term returns
RICHMOND, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Lucky Strike Entertainment (NYSE: LUCK), one of the world’s premier owner/operators of location-based entertainment, today provided financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of fiscal year 2025, which ended on June 29, 2025.
Quarter Highlights:
- Total revenue increased 6.1% to $301.2 million versus 4Q24
- Same-Store Revenue decreased 4.1% versus 4Q24
- Net loss of $74.7 million versus net loss of $62.2 million in 4Q24
- Adjusted EBITDA of $88.7 million versus $83.4 million in 4Q24
- From March 31, 2025, through August 28, 2025, we acquired three family entertainment centers and two water parks
Fiscal Year Highlights:
- Revenue increased 4.0% to $1,201.3 million versus the prior year
- Same Store Revenue decreased 3.7% versus the prior year
- Net loss of $10.0 million versus prior year net loss of $83.6 million
- Adjusted EBITDA of $367.7 million versus prior year of $361.5 million
- Added 14 locations during the fiscal year, 10 through acquisitions and four new builds
- Total locations in operation as of August 28, 2025, were 370
“We closed fiscal year 2025 on a true high note, with organic revenue momentum accelerating every single month in the quarter and inflecting solidly positive as we entered June and July,” said Thomas Shannon, Founder and CEO. “Total growth in those two months reached double digits, powered by the incredible response to our revamped Summer Season Pass program and the continued integration of our recent acquisitions. Guests recognized the high quality and strong value we delivered — and they showed up in record numbers. Season Pass sales alone generated $13.4 million at our bowling locations and $4.2 million across our water parks and family entertainment centers.”
“The Season Pass is more than just a ticket — it’s a connection point. With millions of visits each year, these passes give us access to rich customer data, enabling us to personalize and target offerings all year long. That means we’re not only driving visits in peak season but also building deeper loyalty, stronger repeat visitation, and new upsell opportunities across our entire portfolio.”
“Even as we’ve navigated through a period of complex macro volatility, the underlying story of Lucky Strike Entertainment remains clear and compelling: we are the leading out-of-home entertainment platform, built to thrive in every environment. Our ability to generate positive growth through uncertainty, and accelerate even further in stable economies, proves the resilience and scalability of our model. The future of connected play, events, and entertainment belongs to Lucky Strike.”
Fiscal Year 2026 Guidance
We remain focused on delivering profitable growth by driving revenues, expanding operating cash flow, and increasing free cash flow – including FCF/share. Our outlook reflects attractive growth supported by organic operating leverage and increased investment in high-ROI, revenue-generating initiatives. Additionally, recent acquisitions typically take 12-18 months to achieve our company-wide margins. For fiscal year 2026, the Company is issuing the following performance guidance.
| Total Revenue Growth: | 5% to 9% |
| Total Revenue: | $1,260M to $1,310M |
| Adjusted EBITDA: | $375M to $415M |
Share Repurchase and Capital Return Program Update
From March 31, 2025, through June 29, 2025, the Company repurchased 0.8 million shares of Class A common stock for approximately $7 million. The Company has $92 million currently remaining under the share repurchase program. For fiscal year 2025, the Company repurchased 6.8 million shares of Class A common stock for approximately $72 million.
On August 19, 2025, the Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.055 per share of common stock for the first quarter of fiscal year 2026. The dividend will be payable on September 12, 2025, to stockholders of record on August 29, 2025.
Investor Webcast Information
Listeners may access an investor webcast hosted by Lucky Strike Entertainment. The webcast and results presentation will be accessible at 10:00 AM ET on August 28, 2025, in the Events & Presentations section of the Lucky Strike Entertainment Investor Relations website at https://ir.luckystrikeent.com/
About Lucky Strike Entertainment
Lucky Strike Entertainment is one of the world’s premier location-based entertainment platforms. With over 360 locations across North America, Lucky Strike Entertainment provides experiential offerings in bowling, amusements, water parks, and family entertainment centers. The company also owns the Professional Bowlers Association, the major league of bowling and a growing media property that boasts millions of fans around the globe. For more information on Lucky Strike Entertainment, please visit IR.LuckyStrikeEnt.com.
Forward Looking Statements
Some of the statements contained in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that involve risk, assumptions, and uncertainties, such as statements of our plans, objectives, expectations, intentions, and forecasts. These forward-looking statements reflect our views with respect to future events as of the date of this release and are based on our management’s current expectations, estimates, forecasts, projections, assumptions, beliefs, and information. Although management believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that these expectations will prove to have been correct. All such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside of our control, and could cause future events or results to be materially different from those stated or implied in this document. It is not possible to predict or identify all such risks. These risks include, but are not limited to: our ability to design and execute our business strategy; changes in consumer preferences and buying patterns; our ability to compete in our markets; the occurrence of unfavorable publicity; risks associated with long-term non-cancellable leases for our locations; our ability to retain key managers; risks associated with our substantial indebtedness and limitations on future sources of liquidity; our ability to carry out our expansion plans; our ability to successfully defend litigation brought against us; failure to hire and retain qualified employees and personnel; cybersecurity breaches, cyber-attacks and other interruptions to our and our third-party service providers’ technological and physical infrastructures; catastrophic events, including war, terrorism and other conflicts; public health emergencies and pandemics, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, or natural catastrophes and accidents; fluctuations in our operating results; economic conditions, including the impact of increasing interest rates, inflation and recession; and other factors described under the section titled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by the Company on August 28, 2025, as well as other filings that the Company will make, or has made, with the SEC, such as Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K. These factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are included in this press release and in other filings. We expressly disclaim any obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statements, except as required by applicable law.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To provide investors with information in addition to our results as determined under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), we disclose Same Store Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA as “non-GAAP measures”, which management believes provide useful information to investors because each measure assists both investors and management in analyzing and benchmarking the performance and value of our business. Accordingly, management believes that these measurements are useful for comparing general operating performance from period to period, and management relies on these measures for planning and forecasting of future periods. Additionally, these measures allow management to compare our results with those of other companies that have different financing and capital structures. These measures are not financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered as a substitute for revenue or net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP, and may not be comparable to a similarly titled measure reported by other companies. Our fiscal year 2026 guidance measures (other than revenue) are provided on a non-GAAP basis without a reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP measure because the Company is unable to predict with a reasonable degree of certainty certain items contained in the GAAP measures without unreasonable efforts. For the same reasons, the Company is unable to address the probable significance of the unavailable information. Such items include, but are not limited to, acquisition-related expenses, share-based compensation, and other items not reflective of the company’s ongoing operations.
Same Store Revenue represents total Revenue less Non-Location Related Revenue, Revenue from Closed Locations, Service Fee Revenue, if applicable, and Acquired Revenue. Adjusted EBITDA represents Net Income (Loss) before Interest Expense, Income Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization, Impairment and Other Charges, Share-based Compensation, EBITDA from Closed Locations, Foreign Currency Exchange Loss (Gain), Asset Disposition Loss (Gain), Transactional and other advisory costs, changes in the value of earnouts, and other.
The Company considers Same Store Revenue as an important financial measure because it provides comparable revenue for locations open for the entire duration of both the current and comparable measurement periods.
The Company considers Adjusted EBITDA as an important financial measure because it provides a financial measure of the quality of the Company’s earnings. Other companies may calculate Adjusted EBITDA differently than we do, which might limit its usefulness as a comparative measure. Adjusted EBITDA is used by management in addition to and in conjunction with the results presented in accordance with GAAP. We have presented Adjusted EBITDA solely as a supplemental disclosure because we believe it allows for a more complete analysis of results of operations and assists investors and analysts in comparing our operating performance across reporting periods on a consistent basis by excluding items that we do not believe are indicative of our core operating performance. Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider it in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP.
Lucky Strike Entertainment Corporation Investor Relations
IR@LSEnt.com
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