Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.
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- 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, Q3 2025
Institutional positions in Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. as of Sep 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
- 188
- −5 vs. Q2 2025
- Shares held
- 42.4M
- +2.46M (+6.2%) vs. Q2 2025
- Total value
- $768.6M
- −$430.1M (−35.9%) vs. Q2 2025
- New holders
- 28
- 52 more added
- Sold out
- 33
- 70 more reduced
1 institution that held it in Q2 2025 haven't filed for Q3 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q2 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.
| Quarter | Holders | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 169 | $474.4M |
| Q1 2026 | 186 | $439.5M |
| Q4 2025 | 188 | $673.3M |
| Q3 2025 | 188 | $770.2M |
| Q2 2025 | 194 | $1.22B |
| Q1 2025 | 187 | $800.3M |
| Q4 2024 | 192 | $1.42B |
| Q3 2024 | 223 | $1.67B |
| Q2 2024 | 220 | $1.84B |
| Q1 2024 | 236 | $3.11B |
| Q4 2023 | 213 | $2.46B |
| Q3 2023 | 209 | $1.65B |
| Q2 2023 | 213 | $2.00B |
| Q1 2023 | 224 | $1.86B |
| Q4 2022 | 229 | $1.83B |
| Q3 2022 | 225 | $1.57B |
| Q2 2022 | 233 | $1.69B |
| Q1 2022 | 243 | $2.32B |
| Q4 2021 | 220 | $1.72B |
| Q3 2021 | 202 | $1.73B |
| Q2 2021 | 210 | $1.84B |
| Q1 2021 | 216 | $2.32B |
Institutions, Q3 2025
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.; share changes are against Q2 2025.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hill Path Capital LP | 7,119,255 | $129.3M | 6.34% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 4,080,775 | $74.1M | 0.00% | +37,443+0.9% | Added |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 2,922,194 | $53.1M | 0.00% | −125,817−4.1% | Reduced |
| Nomura Holdings Inc | 2,411,191 | $43.8M | 0.20% | +2,030,186+532.9% | Added |
| Eminence Capital, LP | 2,361,149 | $42.9M | 0.63% | −544,305−18.7% | Reduced |
| Patient Capital Management, LLC | 2,137,257 | $38.8M | 1.55% | +3,970+0.2% | Added |
| Clearline Capital LP | 1,619,964 | $29.4M | 2.54% | +274,541+20.4% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 1,407,140 | $25.6M | 0.00% | −44,702−3.1% | Reduced |
| Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC | 1,294,746 | $23.5M | 0.07% | −76,800−5.6% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1,145,527 | $20.8M | 0.00% | −255,031−18.2% | Reduced |
| Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund | 1,081,000 | $19.6M | 0.04% | +64,600+6.4% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 1,078,139 | $19.6M | 0.00% | −56,143−4.9% | Reduced |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | 971,717 | $17.6M | 0.01% | −27,837−2.8% | Reduced |
| CastleKnight Management LP | 873,885 | $15.9M | 0.85% | +541,511+162.9% | Added |
| Incline Global Management LLC | 846,219 | $15.4M | 4.56% | +668,143+375.2% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 680,936 | $12.4M | 0.00% | −19,245−2.7% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 662,969 | $12.0M | 0.00% | −13,930−2.1% | Reduced |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 558,608 | $10.1M | 0.00% | +13,713+2.5% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 509,924 | $9.26M | 0.00% | +294,916+137.2% | Added |
| Fund 1 Investments, LLC | 429,000 | $7.79M | 0.96% | +429,000 | New |
| LSV Asset Management | 408,286 | $7.41M | 0.02% | −9,500−2.3% | Reduced |
| Millennium Management LLC | 338,274 | $6.14M | 0.00% | −659,328−66.1% | Reduced |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | 336,900 | $6.12M | 0.01% | +236,900+236.9% | Added |
| CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. | 336,899 | $6.12M | 0.04% | +336,899 | New |
| Northern Trust Corp | 308,700 | $5.61M | 0.00% | −8,964−2.8% | Reduced |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 284,336 | $5.16M | 0.00% | +115,850+68.8% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 272,182 | $4.94M | 0.00% | +71,995+36.0% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 263,492 | $4.79M | 0.00% | +72,434+37.9% | Added |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | 234,631 | $4.26M | 0.01% | −409,087−63.6% | Reduced |
| Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC | 199,120 | $3.62M | 0.01% | +61,620+44.8% | Added |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 195,820 | $3.56M | 0.00% | −115,769−37.2% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 191,964 | $3.49M | 0.00% | −7,311−3.7% | Reduced |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 190,840 | $3.47M | 0.01% | +153,556+411.9% | Added |
| NewEdge Wealth, LLC | 220,660 | $3.15M | 0.05% | −103,149−31.9% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 168,799 | $3.07M | 0.00% | +16,525+10.9% | Added |
| Intech Investment Management LLC | 165,393 | $3.00M | 0.03% | +46,210+38.8% | Added |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 163,535 | $2.97M | 0.01% | +149,450+1,061.1% | Added |
| Verition Fund Management LLC | 158,100 | $2.87M | 0.02% | +44,691+39.4% | Added |
| Maverick Capital LtdSuperinvestorMaverick Capital | 151,249 | $2.75M | 0.04% | +33,941+28.9% | Added |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 148,647 | $2.70M | 0.01% | +86,341+138.6% | Added |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 130,419 | $2.37M | 0.00% | −6,709−4.9% | Reduced |
| Dark Forest Capital Management LP | 124,745 | $2.27M | 0.09% | +124,745 | New |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 113,007 | $2.05M | 0.00% | −8,840−7.3% | Reduced |
| American Century Companies Inc | 110,931 | $2.01M | 0.00% | +14,280+14.8% | Added |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | 105,158 | $1.91M | 0.01% | +10,891+11.6% | Added |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | 101,000 | $1.83M | 0.00% | +101,000 | New |
| Nuveen, LLC | 100,972 | $1.83M | 0.00% | −845−0.8% | Reduced |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH | 95,986 | $1.74M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 95,309 | $1.73M | 0.06% | +35,309+58.8% | Added |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 88,587 | $1.61M | 0.00% | +59,653+206.2% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 87,291 | $1.59M | 0.00% | +3,150+3.7% | Added |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 86,525 | $1.57M | 0.00% | −12,859−12.9% | Reduced |
| M.E. Allison & Co., Inc. | 86,025 | $1.56M | 1.09% | +8,250+10.6% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 83,470 | $1.51M | 0.00% | −33,909−28.9% | Reduced |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 80,127 | $1.46M | 0.00% | +80,127 | New |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 78,009 | $1.42M | 0.00% | −18,943−19.5% | Reduced |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP | 76,934 | $1.40M | 0.02% | −33,467−30.3% | Reduced |
| Kazazian Asset Management, LLC | 75,693 | $1.37M | 1.66% | +7,058+10.3% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 73,998 | $1.34M | 0.00% | −4,880−6.2% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 73,848 | $1.34M | 0.00% | −255,160−77.6% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 73,798 | $1.34M | 0.00% | +3,215+4.6% | Added |
| Gamco Investors, Inc. Et Al | 63,583 | $1.15M | 0.01% | −10,750−14.5% | Reduced |
| Blueshift Asset Management, LLC | 60,508 | $1.10M | 0.34% | +51,394+563.9% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 59,331 | $1.08M | 0.00% | −40,790−40.7% | Reduced |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | 55,139 | $1.00M | 0.02% | +55,139 | New |
| Swiss National Bank | 53,673 | $974.7K | 0.00% | +900+1.7% | Added |
| Citigroup Inc | 51,859 | $941.8K | 0.00% | −8,066−13.5% | Reduced |
| LMR Partners LLP | 49,707 | $902.7K | 0.01% | −16,293−24.7% | Reduced |
| Gsa Capital Partners LLP | 46,064 | $837.0K | 0.07% | +46,064 | New |
| New York State Teachers Retirement System | 43,023 | $781.0K | 0.00% | −1,006−2.3% | Reduced |
| CenterBook Partners LP | 42,032 | $763.3K | 0.04% | +42,032 | New |
| Hussman Strategic Advisors, Inc. | 42,000 | $762.7K | 0.17% | +42,000 | New |
| SEI Investments Co | 33,576 | $609.7K | 0.00% | −2,907−8.0% | Reduced |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 30,265 | $574.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 30,966 | $562.3K | 0.00% | +22,900+283.9% | Added |
| Wolverine Trading, LLC | 29,170 | $553.9K | 0.01% | +16,887+137.5% | Added |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 30,496 | $553.8K | 0.00% | +10.0% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 28,550 | $519.0K | 0.00% | +807+2.9% | Added |
| Prudential Financial Inc | 27,704 | $503.1K | 0.00% | −1,585−5.4% | Reduced |
| Freestone Grove Partners LP | 24,707 | $448.7K | 0.00% | +24,707 | New |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 24,053 | $436.8K | 0.00% | +2,448+11.3% | Added |
| Boston Partners | 22,809 | $414.2K | 0.00% | −13,915−37.9% | Reduced |
| Mangrove Partners | 21,217 | $385.3K | 0.03% | +21,217 | New |
| Group One Trading, L.P. | 19,564 | $355.3K | 0.01% | −30,224−60.7% | Reduced |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 19,456 | $353.0K | 0.00% | −873−4.3% | Reduced |
| Capital Fund Management S.A. | 18,959 | $344.3K | 0.00% | +18,959 | New |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC | 18,896 | $343.2K | 0.03% | +18,896 | New |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 18,779 | $341.0K | 0.00% | −16,540−46.8% | Reduced |
| PEAK6 LLC | 18,109 | $328.9K | 0.01% | −60,517−77.0% | Reduced |
| Brevan Howard Capital Management LP | 18,006 | $327.0K | 0.00% | −7,003−28.0% | Reduced |
| Sapience Investments, LLC | 17,533 | $318.4K | 1.25% | −74,652−81.0% | Reduced |
| XTX Topco Ltd | 17,080 | $310.2K | 0.02% | −48,229−73.8% | Reduced |
| Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund | 16,715 | $303.5K | 0.00% | +16,715 | New |
| MetLife Investment Management | 16,275 | $295.6K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Beese Fulmer Investment Management, Inc. | 15,653 | $284.3K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| GDS Wealth Management | 15,202 | $276.1K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Caption Management, LLC | 14,153 | $257.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc | 13,998 | $254.2K | 0.00% | −8,450−37.6% | Reduced |
| Skopos Labs, Inc. | 8,296 | $252.6K | 0.03% | −94−1.1% | Reduced |
| AlTi Global, Inc. | 13,585 | $246.7K | 0.01% | +13,585 | New |