Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.
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- 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, 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 | $673.2M |
| Q3 2025 | 188 | $768.6M |
| Q2 2025 | 194 | $1.21B |
| Q1 2025 | 187 | $800.3M |
| Q4 2024 | 192 | $1.42B |
| Q3 2024 | 223 | $1.64B |
| Q2 2024 | 220 | $1.84B |
| Q1 2024 | 236 | $2.92B |
| Q4 2023 | 213 | $2.36B |
| Q3 2023 | 209 | $1.63B |
| Q2 2023 | 213 | $1.98B |
| Q1 2023 | 224 | $1.85B |
| Q4 2022 | 229 | $1.81B |
| Q3 2022 | 224 | $1.56B |
| Q2 2022 | 233 | $1.60B |
| Q1 2022 | 243 | $2.32B |
| Q4 2021 | 220 | $1.71B |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 18,779 | $341.0K | 0.00% | −16,540−46.8% | Reduced |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC | 18,896 | $343.2K | 0.03% | +18,896 | New |
| Capital Fund Management S.A. | 18,959 | $344.3K | 0.00% | +18,959 | New |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 19,456 | $353.0K | 0.00% | −873−4.3% | Reduced |
| Group One Trading, L.P. | 19,564 | $355.3K | 0.01% | −30,224−60.7% | Reduced |
| Mangrove Partners | 21,217 | $385.3K | 0.03% | +21,217 | New |
| Boston Partners | 22,809 | $414.2K | 0.00% | −13,915−37.9% | Reduced |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 24,053 | $436.8K | 0.00% | +2,448+11.3% | Added |
| Freestone Grove Partners LP | 24,707 | $448.7K | 0.00% | +24,707 | New |
| Prudential Financial Inc | 27,704 | $503.1K | 0.00% | −1,585−5.4% | Reduced |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 28,550 | $519.0K | 0.00% | +807+2.9% | Added |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 30,496 | $553.8K | 0.00% | +10.0% | Added |
| Wolverine Trading, LLC | 29,170 | $553.9K | 0.01% | +16,887+137.5% | Added |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 30,966 | $562.3K | 0.00% | +22,900+283.9% | Added |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 30,265 | $574.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| SEI Investments Co | 33,576 | $609.7K | 0.00% | −2,907−8.0% | Reduced |
| Hussman Strategic Advisors, Inc. | 42,000 | $762.7K | 0.17% | +42,000 | New |
| CenterBook Partners LP | 42,032 | $763.3K | 0.04% | +42,032 | New |
| New York State Teachers Retirement System | 43,023 | $781.0K | 0.00% | −1,006−2.3% | Reduced |
| Gsa Capital Partners LLP | 46,064 | $837.0K | 0.07% | +46,064 | New |
| LMR Partners LLP | 49,707 | $902.7K | 0.01% | −16,293−24.7% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 51,859 | $941.8K | 0.00% | −8,066−13.5% | Reduced |
| Swiss National Bank | 53,673 | $974.7K | 0.00% | +900+1.7% | Added |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | 55,139 | $1.00M | 0.02% | +55,139 | New |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 59,331 | $1.08M | 0.00% | −40,790−40.7% | Reduced |
| Blueshift Asset Management, LLC | 60,508 | $1.10M | 0.34% | +51,394+563.9% | Added |
| Gamco Investors, Inc. Et Al | 63,583 | $1.15M | 0.01% | −10,750−14.5% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 73,798 | $1.34M | 0.00% | +3,215+4.6% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 73,848 | $1.34M | 0.00% | −255,160−77.6% | Reduced |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 73,998 | $1.34M | 0.00% | −4,880−6.2% | Reduced |
| Kazazian Asset Management, LLC | 75,693 | $1.37M | 1.66% | +7,058+10.3% | Added |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP | 76,934 | $1.40M | 0.02% | −33,467−30.3% | Reduced |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 78,009 | $1.42M | 0.00% | −18,943−19.5% | Reduced |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 80,127 | $1.46M | 0.00% | +80,127 | New |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 83,470 | $1.51M | 0.00% | −33,909−28.9% | Reduced |
| M.E. Allison & Co., Inc. | 86,025 | $1.56M | 1.09% | +8,250+10.6% | Added |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 86,525 | $1.57M | 0.00% | −12,859−12.9% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 87,291 | $1.59M | 0.00% | +3,150+3.7% | Added |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 88,587 | $1.61M | 0.00% | +59,653+206.2% | Added |
| Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 95,309 | $1.73M | 0.06% | +35,309+58.8% | Added |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH | 95,986 | $1.74M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Nuveen, LLC | 100,972 | $1.83M | 0.00% | −845−0.8% | Reduced |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | 101,000 | $1.83M | 0.00% | +101,000 | New |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | 105,158 | $1.91M | 0.01% | +10,891+11.6% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 110,931 | $2.01M | 0.00% | +14,280+14.8% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 113,007 | $2.05M | 0.00% | −8,840−7.3% | Reduced |
| Dark Forest Capital Management LP | 124,745 | $2.27M | 0.09% | +124,745 | New |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 130,419 | $2.37M | 0.00% | −6,709−4.9% | Reduced |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 148,647 | $2.70M | 0.01% | +86,341+138.6% | Added |
| Maverick Capital LtdSuperinvestorMaverick Capital | 151,249 | $2.75M | 0.04% | +33,941+28.9% | Added |
| Verition Fund Management LLC | 158,100 | $2.87M | 0.02% | +44,691+39.4% | Added |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 163,535 | $2.97M | 0.01% | +149,450+1,061.1% | Added |
| Intech Investment Management LLC | 165,393 | $3.00M | 0.03% | +46,210+38.8% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 168,799 | $3.07M | 0.00% | +16,525+10.9% | Added |
| NewEdge Wealth, LLC | 220,660 | $3.15M | 0.05% | −103,149−31.9% | Reduced |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 190,840 | $3.47M | 0.01% | +153,556+411.9% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 191,964 | $3.49M | 0.00% | −7,311−3.7% | Reduced |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 195,820 | $3.56M | 0.00% | −115,769−37.2% | Reduced |
| Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC | 199,120 | $3.62M | 0.01% | +61,620+44.8% | Added |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | 234,631 | $4.26M | 0.01% | −409,087−63.6% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 263,492 | $4.79M | 0.00% | +72,434+37.9% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 272,182 | $4.94M | 0.00% | +71,995+36.0% | Added |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 284,336 | $5.16M | 0.00% | +115,850+68.8% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 308,700 | $5.61M | 0.00% | −8,964−2.8% | Reduced |
| CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. | 336,899 | $6.12M | 0.04% | +336,899 | New |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | 336,900 | $6.12M | 0.01% | +236,900+236.9% | Added |
| Millennium Management LLC | 338,274 | $6.14M | 0.00% | −659,328−66.1% | Reduced |
| LSV Asset Management | 408,286 | $7.41M | 0.02% | −9,500−2.3% | Reduced |
| Fund 1 Investments, LLC | 429,000 | $7.79M | 0.96% | +429,000 | New |
| UBS Group AG | 509,924 | $9.26M | 0.00% | +294,916+137.2% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 558,608 | $10.1M | 0.00% | +13,713+2.5% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 662,969 | $12.0M | 0.00% | −13,930−2.1% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 680,936 | $12.4M | 0.00% | −19,245−2.7% | Reduced |
| Incline Global Management LLC | 846,219 | $15.4M | 4.56% | +668,143+375.2% | Added |
| CastleKnight Management LP | 873,885 | $15.9M | 0.85% | +541,511+162.9% | Added |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | 971,717 | $17.6M | 0.01% | −27,837−2.8% | Reduced |
| State Street Corp | 1,078,139 | $19.6M | 0.00% | −56,143−4.9% | Reduced |
| Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund | 1,081,000 | $19.6M | 0.04% | +64,600+6.4% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1,145,527 | $20.8M | 0.00% | −255,031−18.2% | Reduced |
| Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC | 1,294,746 | $23.5M | 0.07% | −76,800−5.6% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 1,407,140 | $25.6M | 0.00% | −44,702−3.1% | Reduced |
| Clearline Capital LP | 1,619,964 | $29.4M | 2.54% | +274,541+20.4% | Added |
| Patient Capital Management, LLC | 2,137,257 | $38.8M | 1.55% | +3,970+0.2% | Added |
| Eminence Capital, LP | 2,361,149 | $42.9M | 0.63% | −544,305−18.7% | Reduced |
| Nomura Holdings Inc | 2,411,191 | $43.8M | 0.20% | +2,030,186+532.9% | Added |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 2,922,194 | $53.1M | 0.00% | −125,817−4.1% | Reduced |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 4,080,775 | $74.1M | 0.00% | +37,443+0.9% | Added |
| Hill Path Capital LP | 7,119,255 | $129.3M | 6.34% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Woodline Partners LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −141,162−100.0% | Sold out |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −126,344−100.0% | Sold out |
| Manatuck Hill Partners, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −120,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| Nebula Research & Development LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −93,218−100.0% | Sold out |
| HRT Financial LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −79,891−100.0% | Sold out |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −46,737−100.0% | Sold out |
| Jennison Associates LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −31,893−100.0% | Sold out |
| Easterly Investment Partners LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −31,261−100.0% | Sold out |
| Landscape Capital Management, L.L.C. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −30,141−100.0% | Sold out |
| Virtu Financial LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −22,772−100.0% | Sold out |
| Cerity Partners LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −22,654−100.0% | Sold out |
| Jain Global LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −15,473−100.0% | Sold out |