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Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.

PLAY
Exchange
Nasdaq
Industry
Retail-Eating Places
SEC CIK
0001525769

In the last 90 days, Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. insiders filed 2 open-market purchases and 0 sales; 169 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $474.4M in total; no superinvestor holds it.

13F holders, Q4 2023

Institutional positions in Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. as of Dec 31, 2023. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works

Institutional holders
213
+6 vs. Q3 2023
Shares held
43.8M
−354.0K (−0.8%) vs. Q3 2023
Total value
$2.36B
+$722.0M (+44.2%) vs. Q3 2023
New holders
47
47 more added
Sold out
41
92 more reduced

2 institutions that held it in Q3 2023 haven't filed for Q4 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q3 2023: new holders, sold out and not filed yet

Holders and value by quarter

Institutions reporting PLAY on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.

Institutional holdersQ4 2023: 213 institutions
Q1 2021: 216 institutionsQ2 2021: 210 institutionsQ3 2021: 202 institutionsQ4 2021: 220 institutionsQ1 2022: 243 institutionsQ2 2022: 233 institutionsQ3 2022: 224 institutionsQ4 2022: 229 institutionsQ1 2023: 224 institutionsQ2 2023: 213 institutionsQ3 2023: 209 institutionsQ4 2023: 213 institutionsQ1 2024: 236 institutionsQ2 2024: 220 institutionsQ3 2024: 223 institutionsQ4 2024: 192 institutionsQ1 2025: 187 institutionsQ2 2025: 194 institutionsQ3 2025: 188 institutionsQ4 2025: 188 institutionsQ1 2026: 186 institutionsQ2 2026: 169 institutions
Value heldQ4 2023: $2.36B
Q1 2021: $2.32BQ2 2021: $1.84BQ3 2021: $1.73BQ4 2021: $1.71BQ1 2022: $2.32BQ2 2022: $1.60BQ3 2022: $1.56BQ4 2022: $1.81BQ1 2023: $1.85BQ2 2023: $1.98BQ3 2023: $1.63BQ4 2023: $2.36BQ1 2024: $2.92BQ2 2024: $1.84BQ3 2024: $1.64BQ4 2024: $1.42BQ1 2025: $800.3MQ2 2025: $1.21BQ3 2025: $768.6MQ4 2025: $673.2MQ1 2026: $439.5MQ2 2026: $474.4M
Institutions holding PLAY and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 2026169$474.4M
Q1 2026186$439.5M
Q4 2025188$673.2M
Q3 2025188$768.6M
Q2 2025194$1.21B
Q1 2025187$800.3M
Q4 2024192$1.42B
Q3 2024223$1.64B
Q2 2024220$1.84B
Q1 2024236$2.92B
Q4 2023213$2.36B
Q3 2023209$1.63B
Q2 2023213$1.98B
Q1 2023224$1.85B
Q4 2022229$1.81B
Q3 2022224$1.56B
Q2 2022233$1.60B
Q1 2022243$2.32B
Q4 2021220$1.71B
Q3 2021202$1.73B
Q2 2021210$1.84B
Q1 2021216$2.32B

Institutions, Q4 2023

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.; share changes are against Q3 2023.

Institutions holding PLAY in Q4 2023
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
CIBC World Markets Corp795,000$42.8M0.23%00.0%Unchanged
Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC795,159$42.8M0.15%+795,159New
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP1,138,457$61.3M0.02%−35,102−3.0%Reduced
Morgan Stanley1,290,504$69.5M0.01%+523,709+68.3%Added
State Street Corp1,307,627$70.4M0.00%−20,287−1.5%Reduced
Wolf Hill Capital Management, LP1,350,610$72.7M6.26%+1,350,610New
American Century Companies Inc1,522,043$82.0M0.06%−500,372−24.7%Reduced
Candlestick Capital Management LP1,597,515$86.0M2.77%+839,680+110.8%Added
Nomura Holdings Inc2,448,650$131.9M1.18%−43,921−1.8%Reduced
Eminence Capital, LP3,191,559$171.9M3.35%−443,876−12.2%Reduced
Vanguard Group Inc4,412,548$237.6M0.01%−69,954−1.6%Reduced
BlackRock Inc.5,332,323$287.1M0.01%+145,838+2.8%Added
Hill Path Capital LP7,119,255$383.4M17.79%00.0%Unchanged
J. Goldman & Co LP0$00.00%−864,253−100.0%Sold out
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.0$00.00%−312,489−100.0%Sold out
Q Global Advisors, LLC0$00.00%−200,000−100.0%Sold out
Kennedy Capital Management, Inc.0$00.00%−185,175−100.0%Sold out
Balyasny Asset Management LLC0$00.00%−161,782−100.0%Sold out
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd0$00.00%−159,780−100.0%Sold out
HRT Financial LP0$00.00%−152,892−100.0%Sold out
Capital Fund Management S.A.0$00.00%−107,097−100.0%Sold out
Braun Stacey Associates Inc0$00.00%−101,826−100.0%Sold out
Maverick Capital LtdSuperinvestorMaverick Capital0$00.00%−69,068−100.0%Sold out
Dark Forest Capital Management LP0$00.00%−42,880−100.0%Sold out
Renaissance Technologies LLC0$00.00%−39,500−100.0%Sold out
Fund 1 Investments, LLC0$00.00%−38,807−100.0%Sold out
Trexquant Investment LP0$00.00%−38,082−100.0%Sold out
Factorial Partners, LLC0$00.00%−29,000−100.0%Sold out
Vontobel Holding Ltd.0$00.00%−25,114−100.0%Sold out
Sciencast Management LP0$00.00%−22,230−100.0%Sold out
ClariVest Asset Management LLC0$00.00%−22,146−100.0%Sold out
Quantbot Technologies LP0$00.00%−18,355−100.0%Sold out
Aigen Investment Management, LP0$00.00%−18,028−100.0%Sold out
Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund0$00.00%−16,000−100.0%Sold out
Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC0$00.00%−14,423−100.0%Sold out
Gotham Asset Management, LLC0$00.00%−10,164−100.0%Sold out
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.0$00.00%−9,611−100.0%Sold out
Los Angeles Capital Management LLC0$00.00%−9,468−100.0%Sold out
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.0$00.00%−9,426−100.0%Sold out
Algert Global LLC0$00.00%−8,850−100.0%Sold out
Clearview Wealth Advisors LLC0$00.00%−7,686−100.0%Sold out
Teza Capital Management LLC0$00.00%−6,157−100.0%Sold out
Wolverine Trading, LLC0$00.00%−6,017−100.0%Sold out
CenterBook Partners LP0$00.00%−5,977−100.0%Sold out
Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd0$00.00%−5,939−100.0%Sold out
PEAK6 Investments LLC0$00.00%−4,818−100.0%Sold out
Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA0$00.00%−3,603−100.0%Sold out
Cutler Group LP0$00.00%−2,956−100.0%Sold out
Newbridge Financial Services Group, Inc.0$00.00%−2,685−100.0%Sold out
Focused Wealth Management, Inc0$00.00%−2,000−100.0%Sold out
Armstrong Advisory Group, Inc0$00.00%−1,067−100.0%Sold out
L2 Asset Management, LLC0$00.00%−27,780−100.0%Sold out
First Manhattan Co0$00.00%−5−100.0%Sold out
Motco0$00.00%−2−100.0%Sold out
Virginia Retirement Systems Et Al––––Not filed
Steward Financial Group LLC––––Not filed