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, Q4 2025
Institutional positions in Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. as of Dec 31, 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. Q3 2025
- Shares held
- 41.5M
- −438.2K (−1.0%) vs. Q3 2025
- Total value
- $673.3M
- −$88.1M (−11.6%) vs. Q3 2025
- New holders
- 38
- 62 more added
- Sold out
- 33
- 61 more reduced
5 institutions that held it in Q3 2025 haven't filed for Q4 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q3 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, Q4 2025
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.; share changes are against Q3 2025.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hill Path Capital LP | 7,119,255 | $115.4M | 7.43% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 4,168,127 | $67.6M | 0.00% | +87,352+2.1% | Added |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 2,453,674 | $39.8M | 0.00% | −468,520−16.0% | Reduced |
| Nomura Holdings Inc | 2,411,191 | $39.1M | 0.11% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Eminence Capital, LP | 2,346,038 | $38.0M | 0.60% | −15,111−0.6% | Reduced |
| Patient Capital Management, LLC | 1,663,341 | $27.0M | 1.04% | −473,916−22.2% | Reduced |
| Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund | 1,515,000 | $24.6M | 0.04% | +434,000+40.1% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1,511,591 | $24.5M | 0.00% | +366,064+32.0% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 1,451,586 | $23.5M | 0.00% | +44,446+3.2% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 1,106,488 | $17.9M | 0.00% | +28,349+2.6% | Added |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | 1,041,578 | $16.9M | 0.01% | +69,861+7.2% | Added |
| Clearline Capital LP | 683,408 | $11.1M | 0.83% | −936,556−57.8% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 656,282 | $10.6M | 0.00% | −6,687−1.0% | Reduced |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 634,148 | $10.3M | 0.01% | +443,308+232.3% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 628,455 | $10.2M | 0.00% | +69,847+12.5% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 500,272 | $8.11M | 0.00% | −180,664−26.5% | Reduced |
| MUFG Securities EMEA plc | 454,000 | $7.36M | 0.09% | +454,000 | New |
| Fund 1 Investments, LLC | 453,909 | $7.36M | 1.07% | +24,909+5.8% | Added |
| ING Groep NV | 451,000 | $7.31M | 0.04% | +451,000 | New |
| CastleKnight Management LP | 440,389 | $7.14M | 0.41% | −433,496−49.6% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 424,277 | $6.88M | 0.00% | +350,429+474.5% | Added |
| LSV Asset Management | 400,486 | $6.49M | 0.01% | −7,800−1.9% | Reduced |
| National Bank of Canada | 398,000 | $6.45M | 0.01% | +398,000 | New |
| Woodline Partners LP | 393,676 | $6.38M | 0.02% | +393,676 | New |
| Natixis | 374,000 | $6.06M | 0.02% | +374,000 | New |
| Invesco Ltd. | 357,133 | $5.79M | 0.00% | +84,951+31.2% | Added |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | 348,484 | $5.65M | 0.01% | +113,853+48.5% | Added |
| CIBC World Markets Corp | 335,799 | $5.44M | 0.03% | +335,799 | New |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | 335,100 | $5.43M | 0.01% | −1,800−0.5% | Reduced |
| Maverick Capital LtdSuperinvestorMaverick Capital | 325,487 | $5.28M | 0.06% | +174,238+115.2% | Added |
| Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 320,309 | $5.19M | 0.17% | +225,000+236.1% | Added |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | 296,100 | $4.80M | 0.00% | +296,100 | New |
| Northern Trust Corp | 281,764 | $4.57M | 0.00% | −26,936−8.7% | Reduced |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 272,783 | $4.42M | 0.00% | −11,553−4.1% | Reduced |
| CenterBook Partners LP | 265,155 | $4.30M | 0.21% | +223,123+530.8% | Added |
| Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC | 243,940 | $3.95M | 0.01% | +44,820+22.5% | Added |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 221,661 | $3.59M | 0.00% | +133,074+150.2% | Added |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 174,005 | $2.82M | 0.00% | −21,815−11.1% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 155,032 | $2.51M | 0.00% | −36,932−19.2% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 154,193 | $2.50M | 0.00% | −109,299−41.5% | Reduced |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 139,422 | $2.26M | 0.00% | +59,295+74.0% | Added |
| Verition Fund Management LLC | 130,604 | $2.12M | 0.01% | −27,496−17.4% | Reduced |
| Ruffer LLP | 130,065 | $2.11M | 0.10% | +130,065 | New |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 129,307 | $2.10M | 0.00% | −1,112−0.9% | Reduced |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 123,500 | $2.00M | 0.00% | −25,147−16.9% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 112,311 | $1.82M | 0.00% | −56,488−33.5% | Reduced |
| Gsa Capital Partners LLP | 110,080 | $1.78M | 0.15% | +64,016+139.0% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 107,418 | $1.74M | 0.00% | −5,589−4.9% | Reduced |
| Nuveen, LLC | 102,226 | $1.66M | 0.00% | +1,254+1.2% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 100,411 | $1.63M | 0.00% | −409,513−80.3% | Reduced |
| Kazazian Asset Management, LLC | 100,000 | $1.62M | 1.71% | +24,307+32.1% | Added |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH | 95,986 | $1.56M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | 93,415 | $1.51M | 0.01% | −11,743−11.2% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 88,822 | $1.44M | 0.00% | +1,531+1.8% | Added |
| Citigroup Inc | 87,343 | $1.42M | 0.00% | +35,484+68.4% | Added |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 85,004 | $1.38M | 0.00% | +6,995+9.0% | Added |
| M.E. Allison & Co., Inc. | 83,950 | $1.36M | 0.92% | −2,075−2.4% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 80,267 | $1.30M | 0.00% | +6,469+8.8% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 79,929 | $1.30M | 0.00% | +20,598+34.7% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 77,827 | $1.26M | 0.00% | −33,104−29.8% | Reduced |
| Incline Global Management LLC | 76,548 | $1.24M | 0.42% | −769,671−91.0% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 75,963 | $1.23M | 0.00% | −10,562−12.2% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 75,225 | $1.22M | 0.00% | +75,225 | New |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 73,118 | $1.19M | 0.00% | −880−1.2% | Reduced |
| Walleye Capital LLC | 63,533 | $1.03M | 0.01% | +63,533 | New |
| Gamco Investors, Inc. Et Al | 55,062 | $892.6K | 0.01% | −8,521−13.4% | Reduced |
| Swiss National Bank | 53,673 | $870.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC | 52,272 | $847.3K | 0.00% | +52,272 | New |
| LMR Partners LLP | 47,631 | $772.1K | 0.01% | −2,076−4.2% | Reduced |
| Intech Investment Management LLC | 44,658 | $723.9K | 0.01% | −120,735−73.0% | Reduced |
| New York State Teachers Retirement System | 42,923 | $696.0K | 0.00% | −100−0.2% | Reduced |
| HRT Financial LP | 40,980 | $664.0K | 0.00% | +40,980 | New |
| Boston Partners | 38,917 | $630.8K | 0.00% | +16,108+70.6% | Added |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 37,397 | $606.2K | 0.00% | +6,431+20.8% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 36,688 | $595.0K | 0.00% | +8,138+28.5% | Added |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 36,153 | $586.0K | 0.00% | −127,382−77.9% | Reduced |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 34,746 | $563.2K | 0.00% | +22,631+186.8% | Added |
| Landscape Capital Management, L.L.C. | 32,457 | $526.1K | 0.04% | +32,457 | New |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP | 31,734 | $514.4K | 0.01% | −45,200−58.8% | Reduced |
| Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC | 31,718 | $514.1K | 0.04% | +31,718 | New |
| Beese Fulmer Investment Management, Inc. | 29,868 | $484.2K | 0.03% | +14,215+90.8% | Added |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 26,454 | $428.8K | 0.00% | +26,454 | New |
| Sapience Investments, LLC | 25,960 | $420.8K | 1.59% | +8,427+48.1% | Added |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 25,649 | $415.8K | 0.00% | −4,847−15.9% | Reduced |
| Prudential Financial Inc | 25,594 | $414.9K | 0.00% | −2,110−7.6% | Reduced |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 25,004 | $405.3K | 0.00% | +12,893+106.5% | Added |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 24,794 | $401.9K | 0.00% | +741+3.1% | Added |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 23,794 | $385.0K | 0.00% | −6,471−21.4% | Reduced |
| Virtu Financial LLC | 22,213 | $360.0K | 0.01% | +22,213 | New |
| Creative Planning | 20,232 | $328.0K | 0.00% | +9,658+91.3% | Added |
| Caption Management, LLC | 18,906 | $306.5K | 0.01% | +4,753+33.6% | Added |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 18,580 | $301.0K | 0.00% | −876−4.5% | Reduced |
| Freestone Grove Partners LP | 18,517 | $300.2K | 0.00% | −6,190−25.1% | Reduced |
| Quest Partners LLC | 16,594 | $269.0K | 0.02% | +8,500+105.0% | Added |
| Guggenheim Capital LLC | 16,362 | $265.2K | 0.00% | +16,362 | New |
| MetLife Investment Management | 16,275 | $263.8K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Mangrove Partners | 15,352 | $248.9K | 0.02% | −5,865−27.6% | Reduced |
| Algert Global LLC | 15,290 | $247.9K | 0.00% | +15,290 | New |
| GDS Wealth Management | 15,202 | $246.4K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| AlTi Global, Inc. | 13,585 | $220.2K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |