analysts raised their price targets on dave  buster’s after the restaurant and entertainment chain topped wall street’s earnings expectations and ceo brian jenkins confidently stated that the brand “is back” earnings of 107 a share for the company’s fiscal second quarter nearly doubled estimates that called for a profit of 58 cents revenue jumped to 3776 million from 508 million a year earlier—a time when the us was deep into the pandemic—and 3446 million in the second quarter of 2019 samestore sales in the second quarter rose 36 compared with the same period in 2019 the company said dave  buster’s expects thirdquarter samestore sales to increase but slow to 13 compared with 2019 “dave  buster’s second quarter was clear evidence that the brand is back posting record revenues and ebitda with all 142 stores open as of the end of the quarter” jenkins said in a statement “the entire team has demonstrated great resilience navigating the pandemic and positioning the company to achieve new levels of performance through continued execution of our strategic initiatives including our new menu optimized marketing and technology investments we are excited to move forward with a strong foundation to drive sustained profitable growth” he added the stock gained 73 to 3804 in trading friday analysts clearly liked the results bmo research raised its price target on the stock to 58 which it estimates is nine times fiscal ebitda “reflecting the stronger business momentum” it rates the stock at outperform analysts at raymond james reiterated their strong buy rating on dave  buster’s saying that samestore sales “accelerated meaningfully through the quarter” and remain positive quarter to date … despite “decelerating on delta variant concerns thus potential to improve if casesconcerns ease earlier back to school and the impact of hurricane ida”