ACCEL ENTERTAINMENT INC ACEL
COM CL A1 · Common Stock · CUSIP 00436Q106
- SectorConsumer discretionary
- IndustryServices-Amusement & Recreation Services
- HeadquartersBurr Ridge, IL
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($1.1m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 81.2m as of 2026-07-31, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $12.61. Options: 3 managers hold calls ($848.7k notional), 0 hold puts (—).
Trends to Q2 2026
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 116 |
| Q4 2022 | 117 |
| Q1 2023 | 120 |
| Q2 2023 | 128 |
| Q3 2023 | 127 |
| Q4 2023 | 139 |
| Q1 2024 | 136 |
| Q2 2024 | 126 |
| Q3 2024 | 132 |
| Q4 2024 | 146 |
| Q1 2025 | 163 |
| Q2 2025 | 155 |
| Q3 2025 | 151 |
| Q4 2025 | 164 |
| Q1 2026 | 172 |
| Q2 2026 | 171 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | 61 | 58 |
| Q4 2024 | 78 | 50 |
| Q1 2025 | 80 | 58 |
| Q2 2025 | 67 | 77 |
| Q3 2025 | 68 | 62 |
| Q4 2025 | 75 | 72 |
| Q1 2026 | 74 | 73 |
| Q2 2026 | 81 | 76 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | $674.2k | $4.0k | 0.01 |
| Q4 2025 | $3.9m | $0 | 0.00 |
| Q1 2026 | $907.7k | $0 | 0.00 |
| Q2 2026 | $848.7k | $0 | 0.00 |
Biggest buyers
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +780.5k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Added | +415.3k |
| PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC | Added | +247.0k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | +165.0k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | Added | +126.8k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Added | +115.1k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP | New | +94.6k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Added | +78.2k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | Added | +61.6k |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. | Added | +56.2k |
Biggest sellers
| 1060 Capital, LLC | Sold out | -383.2k |
| Greenvale Capital LLP | Reduced | -227.3k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Sold out | -203.1k |
| LPL Financial LLC | Reduced | -150.0k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Reduced | -139.4k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Reduced | -131.8k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Reduced | -128.1k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Reduced | -95.0k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -91.6k |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -80.1k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $558.6k44.3k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $288.8k22.9k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Unchanged | $1.3k100 shares |
Biggest puts
| None |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| Greenvale Capital LLP 13G · institution filed 2026-02-17 | 7.3% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC (0.5%, 2026-08-14)
Insider purchases and sales since 1 Apr 2026
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 4 | $3.7m | $2.7m |
| Q1 2025 | 1 | — | 3 | $624.0k | $624.0k |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 5 | $2.7m | $1.3m |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.5m | $1.5m |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 3 | $1.2m | $1.2m |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — | 4 | $10.6m | $1.2m |
| Q2 2026 | 1 | $577.5k | 4 | $2.1m | $1.4m |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | — | 3 | $654.8k | $189.6k |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | Kozlik Christen Chief Accounting Officer | Sold | $6.4k550 shares |
| 2026-09-14 | Harmer Derek Chief Compliance Officer | Sold | $152.7k13.2k shares |
| 2026-09-11 | Harmer Derek Chief Compliance Officer | Sold | $306.1k26.3k shares |
| 2026-08-05 | Rubenstein Andrew H. CEO and President, director | Sold plan | $189.6k15.0k shares |
| 2026-06-15 | Phelan Mark T. COO, President, U.S. Gaming | Sold plan | $325.0k25.0k shares |
| 2026-06-15 | Harmer Derek Chief Compliance Officer | Sold plan | $260.0k20.0k shares |
| 2026-06-01 | Rubenstein Andrew H. CEO and President, director | Sold plan | $302.2k25.0k shares |
| 2026-05-11 | WARDINSKI BRUCE D Director | Bought | $577.5k50.0k shares |
| 2026-05-08 | Rubenstein Gordon Director · See Footnote | Sold | $92.2k8.0k shares |
| 2026-05-08 | Rubenstein Gordon Director · By IRA | Sold | $57.1k4.9k shares |
| 2026-05-07 | Rubenstein Gordon Director · See Footnote | Sold | $324.5k28.6k shares |
| 2026-05-07 | Rubenstein Gordon Director · By IRA | Sold | $201.0k17.7k shares |
| 2026-04-01 | Rubenstein Andrew H. CEO and President, director | Sold plan | $497.3k45.0k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| DARLINGTON PARTNERS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP 4.51% of their portfolio | 8.1m $102.1m | Unchanged |
| Greenvale Capital LLP 7.81% of their portfolio | 5.6m $71.0m | Reduced -227.3k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.9m $62.1m | Added +780.5k |
| Hill Path Capital LP 1.83% of their portfolio | 2.8m $35.2m | Unchanged |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.5m $31.7m | Reduced -80.1k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.7m $22.0m | Added +415.3k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4m $17.2m | Added +78.2k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $17.0m | Added +115.1k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $13.5m | Reduced -12.8k |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 886.3k $11.2m | Reduced -19.6k |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 825.2k $10.4m | Added +48.4k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 801.7k $10.1m | Reduced -3.1k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 796.8k $10.0m | Reduced -150.0k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 712.1k $9.0m | Reduced -32.9k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 686.8k $8.7m | Added +3.0k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 673.6k $8.5m | Added +126.8k |
| HUB Investment Partners, LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 668.8k $8.4m | Added +313 |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. 0.15% of their portfolio | 537.0k $6.8m | Added +56.2k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 474.5k $6.0m | Added +31.7k |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 432.1k $5.4m | Added +42 |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 405.1k $5.1m | Added +3.4k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 377.4k $4.8m | Added +165.0k |
| CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 376.4k $4.7m | Reduced -161 |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.02% of their portfolio | 360.5k $4.5m | Added +61.6k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 312.9k $3.9m | Added +14.3k |
| GLOBEFLEX CAPITAL L P 0.50% of their portfolio | 308.8k $3.9m | Reduced -54.2k |
| PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 295.2k $3.7m | Added +247.0k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 259.5k $3.3m | Added +51.3k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 248.8k $3.1m | Reduced -8.0k |
| O'Connor Alternative Investments LLC 0.23% of their portfolio | 246.7k $3.1m | Unchanged |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 210.2k $2.7m | Reduced -46.7k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 209.6k $2.6m | Added +13.4k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 207.1k $2.6m | Reduced -2.8k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 177.2k $2.2m | Reduced -1.5k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 162.5k $2.0m | Reduced -128.1k |
| Orvieto Partners, L.P. 1.51% of their portfolio | 158.8k $2.0m | Added +25.0k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 148.3k $1.9m | Added +24.4k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 145.0k $1.8m | Added +27.4k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 143.3k $1.8m | Reduced -131.8k |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 124.9k $1.6m | Reduced -2.6k |
| Arkadios Wealth Advisors 0.02% of their portfolio | 110.2k $1.4m | Added +3 |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 104.6k $1.3m | Reduced -11.2k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 104.1k $1.3m | Added +30.6k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 102.3k $1.3m | Reduced -12.5k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 97.2k $1.2m | Added +52.1k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 94.6k $1.2m | New |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 93.4k $1.2m | Reduced -20.9k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 88.4k $1.1m | Reduced -95.0k |
| KORNITZER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC /KS 0.02% of their portfolio | 87.5k $1.1m | Reduced -3.0k |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 86.1k $1.1m | Reduced -53.3k |
| Cambria Investment Management, L.P. 0.05% of their portfolio | 83.3k $1.1m | Reduced -732 |
| Empowered Funds, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 83.3k $1.1m | Reduced -732 |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 83.3k $1.1m | Added +32.1k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 76.1k $960.1k | Reduced -28.2k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 60.9k $767.4k | Reduced -2.5k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 57.4k $723.4k | Reduced -4.5k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 56.0k $718.3k | Reduced -7.4k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 55.3k $697.1k | Unchanged |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 54.9k $692.0k | Added +8.5k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 54.3k $685.1k | New |
| MARTINGALE ASSET MANAGEMENT L P 0.02% of their portfolio | 54.3k $684.4k | Reduced -17 |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 51.2k $645.5k | Added +9.6k |
| BBR PARTNERS, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 49.6k $625.5k | Unchanged |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 47.9k $603.9k | Reduced -1.6k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 47.5k $599.2k | Added +29.2k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 46.2k $504.6k | Added +1.9k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 41.3k $520.6k | Reduced -27.3k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 41.2k $520.0k | Added +2.1k |
| VANGUARD ASSET MANAGEMENT, Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 40.6k $512.5k | Unchanged |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 40.5k $511.3k | Reduced -4.1k |
| Cerity Partners LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 39.3k $495.0k | Added +14.1k |
| Watershed Asset Management, L.L.C. 0.43% of their portfolio | 38.0k $479.8k | Unchanged |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 34.0k $429.2k | Added +2.2k |
| Focus Partners Wealth 0.00% of their portfolio | 33.7k $425.3k | Added +686 |
| VARCOV Co. 0.15% of their portfolio | 32.1k $404.9k | Reduced -2.9k |
| XTX Topco Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 31.7k $399.3k | Reduced -36.9k |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 29.7k $375.0k | Added +1.6k |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 29.7k $374.9k | Added +4.9k |
| State of Wyoming 0.04% of their portfolio | 29.4k $370.4k | Added +11.2k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 28.3k $357.3k | Added +17.4k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.1k $341.7k | Unchanged |
| R Squared Ltd 0.17% of their portfolio | 26.2k $330.9k | Added +861 |
| DIVERSIFIED TRUST CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 26.2k $330.0k | New |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.1k $329.7k | Reduced -14.0k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.6k $322.3k | Reduced -200 |
| Quantbot Technologies LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 25.4k $320.1k | Added +18.0k |
| Jupiter Topco LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.6k $310.0k | First filing |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.2k $305.6k | Reduced -91.6k |
| TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS 0.00% of their portfolio | 23.9k $302.0k | Reduced -59.9k |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 23.9k $301.9k | Added +343 |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 23.5k $304.0k | Added +318 |
| Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.7k $286.4k | Unchanged |
| ZACKS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.5k $271.1k | Reduced -25 |
| AdvisorShares Investments LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 21.3k $268.7k | Reduced -8.0k |
| HOHIMER WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 20.1k $254.1k | Added +77 |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.1k $253.9k | Reduced -27.6k |
| FOX RUN MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. 0.04% of their portfolio | 18.3k $230.3k | New |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.2k $230.0k | Unchanged |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.2k $229.4k | Reduced -21.7k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.1k $228.0k | Reduced -26.5k |