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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 1 open-market purchase 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, Q2 2025

Institutional positions in Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. as of Jun 30, 2025. 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
194
+9 vs. Q1 2025
Shares held
40.5M
−4.99M (−11.0%) vs. Q1 2025
Total value
$1.22B
+$417.3M (+52.2%) vs. Q1 2025
New holders
37
47 more added
Sold out
28
86 more reduced

2 institutions that held it in Q1 2025 haven't filed for Q2 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q1 2025: 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 holdersQ2 2025: 194 institutions
Q1 2021: 216 institutionsQ2 2021: 210 institutionsQ3 2021: 202 institutionsQ4 2021: 220 institutionsQ1 2022: 243 institutionsQ2 2022: 233 institutionsQ3 2022: 225 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 heldQ2 2025: $1.22B
Q1 2021: $2.32BQ2 2021: $1.84BQ3 2021: $1.73BQ4 2021: $1.72BQ1 2022: $2.32BQ2 2022: $1.69BQ3 2022: $1.57BQ4 2022: $1.83BQ1 2023: $1.86BQ2 2023: $2.00BQ3 2023: $1.65BQ4 2023: $2.46BQ1 2024: $3.11BQ2 2024: $1.84BQ3 2024: $1.67BQ4 2024: $1.42BQ1 2025: $800.3MQ2 2025: $1.22BQ3 2025: $770.2MQ4 2025: $673.3MQ1 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$673.3M
Q3 2025188$770.2M
Q2 2025194$1.22B
Q1 2025187$800.3M
Q4 2024192$1.42B
Q3 2024223$1.67B
Q2 2024220$1.84B
Q1 2024236$3.11B
Q4 2023213$2.46B
Q3 2023209$1.65B
Q2 2023213$2.00B
Q1 2023224$1.86B
Q4 2022229$1.83B
Q3 2022225$1.57B
Q2 2022233$1.69B
Q1 2022243$2.32B
Q4 2021220$1.72B
Q3 2021202$1.73B
Q2 2021210$1.84B
Q1 2021216$2.32B

Institutions, Q2 2025

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.; share changes are against Q1 2025.

Institutions holding PLAY in Q2 2025
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Hill Path Capital LP7,119,255$214.1M11.02%00.0%Unchanged
BlackRock, Inc.4,043,332$121.6M0.00%−687,812−14.5%Reduced
Vanguard Group Inc3,048,011$91.7M0.00%−474,593−13.5%Reduced
Eminence Capital, LP2,905,454$87.4M1.29%00.0%Unchanged
Patient Capital Management, LLC2,133,287$64.2M2.90%−68,220−3.1%Reduced
Morgan Stanley1,451,842$43.7M0.00%−54,926−3.6%Reduced
Goldman Sachs Group Inc1,400,558$42.1M0.01%+98,723+7.6%Added
Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC1,371,546$41.3M0.14%−3,847−0.3%Reduced
Clearline Capital LP1,345,423$40.5M3.56%−3,813−0.3%Reduced
State Street Corp1,134,282$34.1M0.00%−77,138−6.4%Reduced
Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund1,016,400$30.6M0.06%−237,000−18.9%Reduced
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership999,554$30.1M0.02%+499,412+99.9%Added
Millennium Management LLC997,602$30.0M0.03%+665,324+200.2%Added
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP700,181$21.1M0.00%−97,232−12.2%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC676,899$20.4M0.00%−69,506−9.3%Reduced
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.643,718$19.4M0.05%+643,718New
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc544,895$16.4M0.00%+28,060+5.4%Added
LSV Asset Management417,786$12.6M0.03%−5,200−1.2%Reduced
Nomura Holdings Inc381,005$11.5M0.09%−2,038,486−84.3%Reduced
CIBC World Markets Corp337,351$10.1M0.07%−53,633−13.7%Reduced
CastleKnight Management LP332,374$10.0M0.66%−802,640−70.7%Reduced
JPMorgan Chase & Co329,008$9.90M0.00%+195,834+147.1%Added
Northern Trust Corp317,664$9.56M0.00%−33,177−9.5%Reduced
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.311,589$9.37M0.01%+95,031+43.9%Added
NewEdge Wealth, LLC323,809$8.32M0.13%−404,654−55.5%Reduced
Royal Bank of Canada234,758$7.06M0.00%+115,938+97.6%Added
UBS Group AG215,008$6.47M0.00%−731,815−77.3%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.200,187$6.02M0.00%−43,662−17.9%Reduced
Bank of New York Mellon Corp199,275$5.99M0.00%−14,095−6.6%Reduced
Bank of America Corp191,058$5.75M0.00%−93,635−32.9%Reduced
Incline Global Management LLC178,076$5.36M2.11%+20,531+13.0%Added
Citadel Advisors LLC168,486$5.07M0.00%+167,736+22,364.8%Added
PEAK6 LLC157,252$4.73M0.09%+129,709+470.9%Added
Barclays PLC152,274$4.58M0.00%+7,722+5.3%Added
Woodline Partners LP141,162$4.25M0.02%−18,494−11.6%Reduced
Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC137,500$4.14M0.01%+17,360+14.4%Added
Principal Financial Group Inc137,128$4.12M0.00%−16,726−10.9%Reduced
ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP126,344$3.80M0.05%+61,768+95.7%Added
Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.124,612$3.75M0.00%+46,112+58.7%Added
Raymond James Financial Inc121,847$3.67M0.00%+637+0.5%Added
Manatuck Hill Partners, LLC120,000$3.61M1.36%+120,000New
Intech Investment Management LLC119,183$3.59M0.03%+81,177+213.6%Added
Maverick Capital LtdSuperinvestorMaverick Capital117,308$3.53M0.05%+117,308New
Verition Fund Management LLC113,409$3.41M0.02%+48,345+74.3%Added
Engineers Gate Manager LP110,401$3.32M0.04%+96,144+674.4%Added
Nuveen, LLC101,817$3.06M0.00%−37,796−27.1%Reduced
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc100,121$3.01M0.00%+12,772+14.6%Added
CIBC World Markets Inc.100,000$3.01M0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Ameriprise Financial Inc99,384$2.99M0.00%+148+0.1%Added
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.96,952$2.92M0.00%−125,063−56.3%Reduced
American Century Companies Inc96,651$2.91M0.00%−7,363−7.1%Reduced
Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH95,986$2.89M0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Public Sector Pension Investment Board94,267$2.84M0.01%−3,391−3.5%Reduced
Nebula Research & Development LLC93,218$2.80M0.24%−3,211−3.3%Reduced
Sapience Investments, LLC92,185$2.77M1.85%−14,742−13.8%Reduced
Rhumbline Advisers84,141$2.53M0.00%−14,903−15.0%Reduced
HRT Financial LP79,891$2.40M0.01%+79,891New
Legal & General Group Plc78,878$2.37M0.00%−7,632−8.8%Reduced
M.E. Allison & Co., Inc.77,775$2.34M1.88%−10,000−11.4%Reduced
Gamco Investors, Inc. Et Al74,333$2.24M0.02%+74,333New
Wells Fargo & Company70,583$2.12M0.00%+50,016+243.2%Added
Kazazian Asset Management, LLC68,635$2.06M2.85%−47,332−40.8%Reduced
LMR Partners LLP66,000$1.99M0.03%00.0%Unchanged
XTX Topco Ltd65,309$1.96M0.08%+45,165+224.2%Added
Saba Capital Management, L.P.60,000$1.80M0.05%+60,000New
Citigroup Inc59,925$1.80M0.00%+14,184+31.0%Added
Susquehanna International Group, LLP58,804$1.77M0.00%+20,777+54.6%Added
Quantbot Technologies LP53,368$1.61M0.04%+29,524+123.8%Added
Swiss National Bank52,773$1.59M0.00%−10,700−16.9%Reduced
Group One Trading, L.P.49,788$1.50M0.05%+33,902+213.4%Added
State of Wisconsin Investment Board46,737$1.41M0.00%+23,825+104.0%Added
New York State Teachers Retirement System44,029$1.32M0.00%−5,200−10.6%Reduced
SG Americas Securities, LLC37,284$1.12M0.00%−219,061−85.5%Reduced
Boston Partners36,724$1.10M0.00%−541,915−93.7%Reduced
SEI Investments Co36,483$1.10M0.00%−1,388−3.7%Reduced
Alliancebernstein L.P.35,319$1.06M0.00%−303−0.9%Reduced
Jennison Associates LLC31,893$959.3K0.00%+302+1.0%Added
Easterly Investment Partners LLC31,261$940.3K0.07%−50,822−61.9%Reduced
California State Teachers Retirement System30,495$917.3K0.00%−659−2.1%Reduced
Great West Life Assurance Co30,265$911.0K0.00%−1,645−5.2%Reduced
Landscape Capital Management, L.L.C.30,141$906.6K0.07%+30,141New
Prudential Financial Inc29,289$881.0K0.00%−7,060−19.4%Reduced
Jane Street Group, LLC28,934$870.3K0.00%+28,934New
Price T Rowe Associates Inc27,743$835.0K0.00%−175−0.6%Reduced
Ausdal Financial Partners, Inc.25,220$758.6K0.05%+2,078+9.0%Added
Brevan Howard Capital Management LP25,009$752.3K0.01%+25,009New
Virtu Financial LLC22,772$685.0K0.03%+22,772New
Cerity Partners LLC22,654$681.4K0.00%+2,644+13.2%Added
Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc22,448$675.2K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Deutsche Bank AG21,605$649.9K0.00%−5,873−21.4%Reduced
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans20,329$611.0K0.00%−2,296−10.1%Reduced
State of Alaska, Department of Revenue16,466$495.0K0.01%−602−3.5%Reduced
MetLife Investment Management16,275$489.6K0.00%−3,933−19.5%Reduced
Beese Fulmer Investment Management, Inc.15,653$470.8K0.04%+15,653New
Jain Global LLC15,473$465.4K0.01%+15,473New
GDS Wealth Management15,202$457.3K0.03%00.0%Unchanged
Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd.14,901$448.2K0.00%−3,766−20.2%Reduced
Caption Management, LLC14,153$425.7K0.04%+12,200+624.7%Added
Squarepoint Ops LLC14,085$423.7K0.00%+14,085New
AQR Capital Management LLC13,978$420.5K0.00%−10,484−42.9%Reduced