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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, 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.

Institutional holdersQ3 2025: 188 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 heldQ3 2025: $768.6M
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, Q3 2025

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.; share changes are against Q2 2025.

Institutions holding PLAY in Q3 2025
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Alliancebernstein L.P.18,779$341.0K0.00%−16,540−46.8%Reduced
Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC18,896$343.2K0.03%+18,896New
Capital Fund Management S.A.18,959$344.3K0.00%+18,959New
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans19,456$353.0K0.00%−873−4.3%Reduced
Group One Trading, L.P.19,564$355.3K0.01%−30,224−60.7%Reduced
Mangrove Partners21,217$385.3K0.03%+21,217New
Boston Partners22,809$414.2K0.00%−13,915−37.9%Reduced
Deutsche Bank AG24,053$436.8K0.00%+2,448+11.3%Added
Freestone Grove Partners LP24,707$448.7K0.00%+24,707New
Prudential Financial Inc27,704$503.1K0.00%−1,585−5.4%Reduced
Price T Rowe Associates Inc28,550$519.0K0.00%+807+2.9%Added
California State Teachers Retirement System30,496$553.8K0.00%+10.0%Added
Wolverine Trading, LLC29,170$553.9K0.01%+16,887+137.5%Added
Marshall Wace, LLP30,966$562.3K0.00%+22,900+283.9%Added
Great West Life Assurance Co30,265$574.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
SEI Investments Co33,576$609.7K0.00%−2,907−8.0%Reduced
Hussman Strategic Advisors, Inc.42,000$762.7K0.17%+42,000New
CenterBook Partners LP42,032$763.3K0.04%+42,032New
New York State Teachers Retirement System43,023$781.0K0.00%−1,006−2.3%Reduced
Gsa Capital Partners LLP46,064$837.0K0.07%+46,064New
LMR Partners LLP49,707$902.7K0.01%−16,293−24.7%Reduced
Citigroup Inc51,859$941.8K0.00%−8,066−13.5%Reduced
Swiss National Bank53,673$974.7K0.00%+900+1.7%Added
IMC-Chicago, LLC55,139$1.00M0.02%+55,139New
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc59,331$1.08M0.00%−40,790−40.7%Reduced
Blueshift Asset Management, LLC60,508$1.10M0.34%+51,394+563.9%Added
Gamco Investors, Inc. Et Al63,583$1.15M0.01%−10,750−14.5%Reduced
Wells Fargo & Company73,798$1.34M0.00%+3,215+4.6%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co73,848$1.34M0.00%−255,160−77.6%Reduced
Legal & General Group Plc73,998$1.34M0.00%−4,880−6.2%Reduced
Kazazian Asset Management, LLC75,693$1.37M1.66%+7,058+10.3%Added
Engineers Gate Manager LP76,934$1.40M0.02%−33,467−30.3%Reduced
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.78,009$1.42M0.00%−18,943−19.5%Reduced
Victory Capital Management Inc80,127$1.46M0.00%+80,127New
Royal Bank of Canada83,470$1.51M0.00%−33,909−28.9%Reduced
M.E. Allison & Co., Inc.86,025$1.56M1.09%+8,250+10.6%Added
Ameriprise Financial Inc86,525$1.57M0.00%−12,859−12.9%Reduced
Rhumbline Advisers87,291$1.59M0.00%+3,150+3.7%Added
Jane Street Group, LLC88,587$1.61M0.00%+59,653+206.2%Added
Saba Capital Management, L.P.95,309$1.73M0.06%+35,309+58.8%Added
Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH95,986$1.74M0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Nuveen, LLC100,972$1.83M0.00%−845−0.8%Reduced
First Eagle Investment Management, LLC101,000$1.83M0.00%+101,000New
Public Sector Pension Investment Board105,158$1.91M0.01%+10,891+11.6%Added
American Century Companies Inc110,931$2.01M0.00%+14,280+14.8%Added
Raymond James Financial Inc113,007$2.05M0.00%−8,840−7.3%Reduced
Dark Forest Capital Management LP124,745$2.27M0.09%+124,745New
Principal Financial Group Inc130,419$2.37M0.00%−6,709−4.9%Reduced
Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.148,647$2.70M0.01%+86,341+138.6%Added
Maverick Capital LtdSuperinvestorMaverick Capital151,249$2.75M0.04%+33,941+28.9%Added
Verition Fund Management LLC158,100$2.87M0.02%+44,691+39.4%Added
Squarepoint Ops LLC163,535$2.97M0.01%+149,450+1,061.1%Added
Intech Investment Management LLC165,393$3.00M0.03%+46,210+38.8%Added
Barclays PLC168,799$3.07M0.00%+16,525+10.9%Added
NewEdge Wealth, LLC220,660$3.15M0.05%−103,149−31.9%Reduced
SG Americas Securities, LLC190,840$3.47M0.01%+153,556+411.9%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp191,964$3.49M0.00%−7,311−3.7%Reduced
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.195,820$3.56M0.00%−115,769−37.2%Reduced
Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC199,120$3.62M0.01%+61,620+44.8%Added
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.234,631$4.26M0.01%−409,087−63.6%Reduced
Bank of America Corp263,492$4.79M0.00%+72,434+37.9%Added
Invesco Ltd.272,182$4.94M0.00%+71,995+36.0%Added
Citadel Advisors LLC284,336$5.16M0.00%+115,850+68.8%Added
Northern Trust Corp308,700$5.61M0.00%−8,964−2.8%Reduced
CIBC Bancorp USA Inc.336,899$6.12M0.04%+336,899New
CIBC World Markets Inc.336,900$6.12M0.01%+236,900+236.9%Added
Millennium Management LLC338,274$6.14M0.00%−659,328−66.1%Reduced
LSV Asset Management408,286$7.41M0.02%−9,500−2.3%Reduced
Fund 1 Investments, LLC429,000$7.79M0.96%+429,000New
UBS Group AG509,924$9.26M0.00%+294,916+137.2%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc558,608$10.1M0.00%+13,713+2.5%Added
Geode Capital Management, LLC662,969$12.0M0.00%−13,930−2.1%Reduced
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP680,936$12.4M0.00%−19,245−2.7%Reduced
Incline Global Management LLC846,219$15.4M4.56%+668,143+375.2%Added
CastleKnight Management LP873,885$15.9M0.85%+541,511+162.9%Added
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership971,717$17.6M0.01%−27,837−2.8%Reduced
State Street Corp1,078,139$19.6M0.00%−56,143−4.9%Reduced
Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund1,081,000$19.6M0.04%+64,600+6.4%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc1,145,527$20.8M0.00%−255,031−18.2%Reduced
Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC1,294,746$23.5M0.07%−76,800−5.6%Reduced
Morgan Stanley1,407,140$25.6M0.00%−44,702−3.1%Reduced
Clearline Capital LP1,619,964$29.4M2.54%+274,541+20.4%Added
Patient Capital Management, LLC2,137,257$38.8M1.55%+3,970+0.2%Added
Eminence Capital, LP2,361,149$42.9M0.63%−544,305−18.7%Reduced
Nomura Holdings Inc2,411,191$43.8M0.20%+2,030,186+532.9%Added
Vanguard Group Inc2,922,194$53.1M0.00%−125,817−4.1%Reduced
BlackRock, Inc.4,080,775$74.1M0.00%+37,443+0.9%Added
Hill Path Capital LP7,119,255$129.3M6.34%00.0%Unchanged
Woodline Partners LP0$00.00%−141,162−100.0%Sold out
ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP0$00.00%−126,344−100.0%Sold out
Manatuck Hill Partners, LLC0$00.00%−120,000−100.0%Sold out
Nebula Research & Development LLC0$00.00%−93,218−100.0%Sold out
HRT Financial LP0$00.00%−79,891−100.0%Sold out
State of Wisconsin Investment Board0$00.00%−46,737−100.0%Sold out
Jennison Associates LLC0$00.00%−31,893−100.0%Sold out
Easterly Investment Partners LLC0$00.00%−31,261−100.0%Sold out
Landscape Capital Management, L.L.C.0$00.00%−30,141−100.0%Sold out
Virtu Financial LLC0$00.00%−22,772−100.0%Sold out
Cerity Partners LLC0$00.00%−22,654−100.0%Sold out
Jain Global LLC0$00.00%−15,473−100.0%Sold out