DAVE & BUSTERS ENTMT INC PLAY
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 238337109 · ISIN US2383371091
Restaurant and entertainment business
- SectorConsumer discretionary
- IndustryRetail-Eating Places
- HeadquartersDallas, TX
- Founded1982
- Websitedaveandbusters.com
- 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 ($1.6m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 40.3m as of 2024-03-22, 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 ≈ $62.48. Options: 25 managers hold calls ($140.8m notional), 24 hold puts ($81.5m).
Trends to Q1 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 226 |
| Q4 2022 | 230 |
| Q1 2023 | 226 |
| Q2 2023 | 214 |
| Q3 2023 | 210 |
| Q4 2023 | 214 |
| Q1 2024 | 237 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 110 | 113 |
| Q1 2023 | 108 | 121 |
| Q2 2023 | 103 | 128 |
| Q3 2023 | 90 | 134 |
| Q4 2023 | 89 | 134 |
| Q1 2024 | 110 | 125 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | $53.5m | $46.9m | 0.88 |
| Q3 2023 | $47.2m | $37.4m | 0.79 |
| Q4 2023 | $86.2m | $105.1m | 1.22 |
| Q1 2024 | $140.8m | $81.5m | 0.58 |
Biggest buyers
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +930.4k |
| Wolf Hill Capital Management, LP | Added | +880.3k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Added | +811.9k |
| Coronation Fund Managers Ltd. | Added | +736.3k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Added | +701.9k |
| Rubric Capital Management LP | New | +598.5k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +541.0k |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ | New | +500.0k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +486.9k |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC | New | +482.9k |
Biggest sellers
| Candlestick Capital Management LP | Reduced | -1.1m |
| EMINENCE CAPITAL, LP | Reduced | -965.2k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC | Reduced | -517.4k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Reduced | -475.5k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Reduced | -351.3k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Reduced | -325.2k |
| Boston Partners | Reduced | -249.8k |
| INTRINSIC EDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Sold out | -200.0k |
| MANE GLOBAL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP | Sold out | -197.0k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | Reduced | -162.9k |
Biggest calls
| Wolf Hill Capital Management, LP | New | $36.4m580.8k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $19.5m311.4k shares |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC | New | $12.9m206.5k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $12.2m194.2k shares |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Reduced | $11.7m187.2k shares |
| Interval Partners, LP | New | $9.8m1.6k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $5.5m88.4k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $4.8m76.7k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $4.2m67.6k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | New | $3.1m49.1k shares |
Biggest puts
| Portman Square Capital LLP | Unchanged | $17.1m273.6k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $14.5m231.4k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $9.5m151.9k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $8.2m130.6k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $7.2m114.8k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $5.4m86.4k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Unchanged | $3.1m50.0k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | $2.6m41.0k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $2.4m39.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $2.3m36.4k shares |
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 |
|---|---|
| Hill Path Capital LP 13D · may seek influence +2.1 pts · filed 2025-04-09 | 20.6% |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-08-13 | 6.5% |
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution -6.1 pts · filed 2026-04-07 | 6.0% |
| BlackRock Portfolio Management LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-10-27 | 5.3% |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 13G · institution new · filed 2026-08-13 | 5.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: EMINENCE CAPITAL, LP (0.0%, 2026-07-02), Patient Capital Management, LLC (3.3%, 2026-05-08), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2024
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2022 | 2 | $632.2k | 2 | $426.9k | — |
| Q3 2022 | 1 | $1.0m | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2022 | 6 | $1.9m | 1 | $262.5k | — |
| Q1 2023 | 3 | $327.7k | 1 | $262.5k | — |
| Q2 2023 | 1 | $17.4k | 1 | $324.8k | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $500.9k | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $361.9k | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-16 | Mulleady John SVP, RE & Dev | Sold | $361.9k7.5k 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, Q1 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Hill Path Capital LP 19.09% of their portfolio | 7.1m $445.7m | Unchanged |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 5.0m $313.4m | Reduced -325.2k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.9m $246.5m | Reduced -475.5k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.5m $219.8m | Added +930.4k |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC 1.26% of their portfolio | 2.5m $155.2m | Added +30.5k |
| Wolf Hill Capital Management, LP 9.20% of their portfolio | 2.2m $139.7m | Added +880.3k |
| EMINENCE CAPITAL, LP 2.56% of their portfolio | 2.2m $139.4m | Reduced -965.2k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $79.2m | Reduced -41.8k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.2m $73.3m | Reduced -351.3k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.1m $70.1m | Reduced -19.3k |
| Coronation Fund Managers Ltd. 1.71% of their portfolio | 1.0m $62.9m | Added +736.3k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 986.6k $61.8m | Added +486.9k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 950.8k $59.5m | Added +811.9k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.05% of their portfolio | 897.7k $56.2m | Added +701.9k |
| CIBC WORLD MARKETS CORP 0.33% of their portfolio | 795.0k $49.8m | Unchanged |
| BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 787.1k $49.3m | Reduced -8.1k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 760.4k $47.6m | Reduced -19.2k |
| EVR Research LP 8.41% of their portfolio | 600.0k $37.6m | Added +250.0k |
| Rubric Capital Management LP 1.11% of their portfolio | 598.5k $37.5m | New |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 562.3k $35.2m | Added +541.0k |
| Candlestick Capital Management LP 1.10% of their portfolio | 535.1k $33.5m | Reduced -1.1m |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ 0.05% of their portfolio | 500.0k $26.9m | New |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC 0.67% of their portfolio | 482.9k $30.2m | New |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.05% of their portfolio | 469.8k $29.4m | Added +391.4k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 451.3k $28.3m | Reduced -20.9k |
| SAMLYN CAPITAL, LLC 0.47% of their portfolio | 433.6k $27.1m | Added +333.3k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 395.2k $24.7m | Reduced -517.4k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 391.0k $24.5m | Added +115.9k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.04% of their portfolio | 381.2k $23.9m | New |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 368.3k $23.1m | Reduced -31.8k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 297.3k $18.6m | Added +27.6k |
| Boston Partners 0.02% of their portfolio | 295.4k $18.1m | Reduced -249.8k |
| Sea Cliff Partners Management, LP 5.55% of their portfolio | 270.0k $16.9m | Reduced -30.0k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 258.8k $16.2m | Reduced -32.2k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 256.5k $16.1m | Reduced -12.1k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 251.1k $15.7m | Added +240.0k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 243.5k $15.2m | Reduced -4.9k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 181.9k $11.4m | Reduced -162.9k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 167.8k $10.5m | Reduced -11.1k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 156.6k $9.8m | Added +112.9k |
| NISA INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 155.5k $9.7m | Added +155.1k |
| NORGES BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 154.2k $9.7m | Added +20.9k |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 154.0k $9.6m | Reduced -63.2k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 153.6k $9.6m | Reduced -40.1k |
| RIPOSTE CAPITAL LLC 3.78% of their portfolio | 150.0k $9.4m | New |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 141.1k $8.8m | Added +88.7k |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 138.5k $8.7m | Reduced -1.2k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.02% of their portfolio | 134.2k $8.4m | Reduced -5.4k |
| HIGHLAND PEAK CAPITAL, LLC 4.94% of their portfolio | 130.0k $8.1m | New |
| FORMULA GROWTH LTD 2.56% of their portfolio | 128.2k $8.0m | Added +85.0k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 128.1k $8.0m | Reduced -58.6k |
| CastleKnight Management LP 1.09% of their portfolio | 118.3k $7.4m | Reduced -63.5k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.09% of their portfolio | 114.4k $7.2m | New |
| Interval Partners, LP 0.24% of their portfolio | 103.7k $6.5m | New |
| CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. 0.02% of their portfolio | 100.0k $6.3m | Added +62.4k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 99.0k $6.2m | Reduced -7.4k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 95.8k $6.0m | Reduced -6.6k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 89.1k $5.6m | Reduced -675 |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.11% of their portfolio | 88.4k $5.5m | New |
| GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 88.2k $5.5m | Reduced -5.2k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 88.0k $5.5m | New |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 86.4k $5.4m | Reduced -1.4k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 78.4k $4.9m | New |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 78.2k $4.9m | Reduced -39.8k |
| Amundi 0.00% of their portfolio | 68.2k $3.7m | New |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 67.5k $4.2m | Reduced -1.0k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 67.4k $4.2m | Reduced -4.6k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 66.0k $4.1m | Added +2.3k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.03% of their portfolio | 65.9k $4.1m | Reduced -5.4k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 63.8k $4.0m | Added +12.3k |
| Walleye Capital LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 63.0k $3.9m | Reduced -36.3k |
| Cinctive Capital Management LP 0.18% of their portfolio | 55.1k $3.4m | New |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 49.4k $3.1m | Added +28.1k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 44.8k $2.8m | New |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd 0.05% of their portfolio | 42.3k $2.6m | Added +25.4k |
| Diametric Capital, LP 1.44% of their portfolio | 41.4k $2.6m | Reduced -8.3k |
| Ewing Morris & Co. Investment Partners Ltd. 1.56% of their portfolio | 40.4k $3.4m | Added +12.3k |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. 0.07% of their portfolio | 40.2k $2.5m | New |
| Quantbot Technologies LP 0.14% of their portfolio | 38.4k $2.4m | New |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 37.8k $2.4m | Reduced -16.3k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 37.6k $2.4m | Reduced -1.5k |
| CAPSTONE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 34.4k $2.2m | Added +19.3k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 34.1k $2.1m | Reduced -4.4k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 33.5k $2.1m | Reduced -69.6k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.2k $2.0m | Added +4.6k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 31.3k $2.0m | Reduced -8.3k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 29.4k $1.8m | Added +22.3k |
| Keeley-Teton Advisors, LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 28.8k $1.8m | New |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.00% of their portfolio | 28.2k $1.8m | Reduced -49.3k |
| TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 28.1k $1.8m | Reduced -1.5k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.9k $1.7m | Reduced -2.7k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.1k $1.6m | Reduced -103.5k |
| SEVEN EIGHT CAPITAL, LP 0.15% of their portfolio | 23.4k $1.5m | New |
| Walleye Trading LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 23.4k $1.5m | Reduced -7.5k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.8k $1.4m | Added +546 |
| Edgestream Partners, L.P. 0.07% of their portfolio | 22.6k $1.4m | New |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.4k $1.4m | Reduced -1.1k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.0k $1.4m | Reduced -1.5k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 22.0k $1.4m | Reduced -5.3k |
| Cerity Partners LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.3k $1.3m | Added +852 |