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 ($2.6m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 39.6m as of 2024-06-07, 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 ≈ $39.80. Options: 22 managers hold calls ($79.3m notional), 19 hold puts ($44.2m).
Trends to Q2 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 |
| Q2 2024 | 221 |
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 |
| Q2 2024 | 111 | 125 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | $47.2m | $37.4m | 0.79 |
| Q4 2023 | $86.2m | $105.1m | 1.22 |
| Q1 2024 | $140.8m | $81.5m | 0.58 |
| Q2 2024 | $79.3m | $44.2m | 0.56 |
Biggest buyers
| EMINENCE CAPITAL, LP | Added | +1.5m |
| Rubric Capital Management LP | Added | +626.5k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Added | +467.1k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | +350.0k |
| Amundi | Added | +316.9k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC | Added | +282.4k |
| Fund 1 Investments, LLC | New | +261.1k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +257.5k |
| Sea Cliff Partners Management, LP | Added | +245.0k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +206.8k |
Biggest sellers
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -1.9m |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Reduced | -824.5k |
| Coronation Fund Managers Ltd. | Reduced | -720.4k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -678.6k |
| Wolf Hill Capital Management, LP | Reduced | -655.6k |
| EVR Research LP | Sold out | -600.0k |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ | Sold out | -500.0k |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC | Sold out | -482.9k |
| SAMLYN CAPITAL, LLC | Sold out | -433.6k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC | Sold out | -395.2k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $17.6m441.0k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Added | $9.8m245.1k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $9.7m243.6k shares |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Added | $8.9m223.7k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $4.9m122.8k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $4.5m111.9k shares |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | Added | $4.2m104.5k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Added | $4.0m101.2k shares |
| HIGHLAND PEAK CAPITAL, LLC | New | $4.0m100.0k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $1.9m48.7k shares |
Biggest puts
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | New | $10.2m256.7k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $4.8m121.2k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $4.1m104.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $3.3m83.5k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $3.3m82.1k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Reduced | $2.9m73.5k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | New | $2.3m57.6k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $2.2m54.6k shares |
| J. Goldman & Co LP | New | $2.1m53.4k shares |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | Added | $1.5m38.6k 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 Q2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 3 | $8.1m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-04 | SHEEHAN KEVIN M Director | Sold | $3.3m50.0k shares |
| 2024-04-04 | Mulleady John SVP, RE & Dev | Sold | $2.9m42.8k shares |
| 2024-04-04 | SHEEHAN KEVIN M Director | Sold | $1.6m25.0k shares |
| 2024-04-04 | Griffith Michael J Director | Sold | $341.2k5.2k 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 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Hill Path Capital LP 13.74% of their portfolio | 7.1m $283.4m | Unchanged |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.2m $207.6m | Added +206.8k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.1m $161.6m | Added +122.1k |
| EMINENCE CAPITAL, LP 2.42% of their portfolio | 3.8m $150.0m | Added +1.5m |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC 0.62% of their portfolio | 2.4m $96.3m | Reduced -59.7k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.7m $65.7m | Reduced -1.9m |
| Wolf Hill Capital Management, LP 6.30% of their portfolio | 1.6m $62.7m | Reduced -655.6k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.4m $54.3m | Added +467.1k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $50.6m | Added +5.1k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.3m $50.4m | Added +95.5k |
| Rubric Capital Management LP 1.29% of their portfolio | 1.2m $48.8m | Added +626.5k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $45.6m | Added +25.1k |
| CIBC WORLD MARKETS CORP 0.21% of their portfolio | 795.0k $31.6m | Unchanged |
| BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 793.8k $31.6m | Added +6.7k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 762.6k $30.4m | Added +2.2k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.05% of their portfolio | 731.2k $29.1m | Added +350.0k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.04% of their portfolio | 640.1k $25.5m | Added +170.3k |
| Sea Cliff Partners Management, LP 7.02% of their portfolio | 515.0k $20.5m | Added +245.0k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 447.2k $17.8m | Reduced -4.1k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 385.6k $15.4m | Added +257.5k |
| Amundi 0.01% of their portfolio | 385.1k $14.6m | Added +316.9k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 370.4k $14.7m | Added +282.4k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 348.6k $13.9m | Reduced -19.8k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 308.0k $12.3m | Reduced -678.6k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 290.8k $11.6m | Reduced -271.5k |
| Coronation Fund Managers Ltd. 0.65% of their portfolio | 285.0k $11.3m | Reduced -720.4k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 273.5k $10.9m | Added +30.0k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 263.6k $10.5m | Added +4.8k |
| Fund 1 Investments, LLC 1.44% of their portfolio | 261.1k $10.4m | New |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 219.0k $8.7m | Added +77.9k |
| Walleye Capital LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 213.6k $8.5m | Added +150.5k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.01% of their portfolio | 207.3k $8.3m | Added +176.1k |
| NISA INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 206.5k $8.2m | Added +51.0k |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 197.0k $7.8m | Added +58.4k |
| CastleKnight Management LP 1.05% of their portfolio | 196.7k $7.8m | Added +78.4k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 187.7k $7.5m | Added +31.1k |
| Candlestick Capital Management LP 0.26% of their portfolio | 167.0k $6.6m | Reduced -368.1k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 164.4k $6.5m | Added +10.8k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 160.4k $6.4m | Reduced -7.4k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 153.0k $6.1m | Reduced -103.5k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 151.7k $6.0m | Reduced -239.3k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 151.4k $6.0m | Reduced -30.5k |
| TWINBEECH CAPITAL LP 0.11% of their portfolio | 142.4k $5.7m | Added +138.5k |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 137.2k $5.5m | Reduced -16.8k |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. 0.06% of their portfolio | 134.4k $5.3m | New |
| HENNESSY ADVISORS INC 0.20% of their portfolio | 130.4k $5.2m | New |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 126.3k $5.0m | Reduced -824.5k |
| NORGES BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 119.4k $4.8m | Reduced -34.8k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 106.8k $4.3m | Added +28.6k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 103.0k $4.1m | Added +4.0k |
| CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 100.0k $4.0m | Unchanged |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 97.8k $3.9m | New |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 95.4k $3.8m | Reduced -397 |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 89.0k $3.5m | Added +25.2k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 76.5k $3.0m | New |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 76.1k $3.0m | Reduced -10.3k |
| 1060 Capital, LLC 6.51% of their portfolio | 75.1k $3.0m | New |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.02% of their portfolio | 71.0k $2.8m | Added +5.1k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 67.4k $2.7m | Unchanged |
| NewEdge Wealth, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 66.5k $2.6m | New |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 65.0k $2.6m | Added +39.9k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 63.4k $2.5m | Reduced -233.9k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 62.3k $2.5m | Reduced -5.3k |
| GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 62.2k $2.5m | Reduced -26.0k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 62.0k $2.5m | Added +40.0k |
| SEVEN EIGHT CAPITAL, LP 0.25% of their portfolio | 59.9k $2.4m | Added +36.6k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 59.7k $2.4m | New |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.01% of their portfolio | 55.8k $2.2m | Reduced -78.3k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 50.3k $2.0m | Added +16.8k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 49.0k $2.0m | Reduced -202.1k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 44.3k $1.7m | Added +40.6k |
| Ewing Morris & Co. Investment Partners Ltd. 1.09% of their portfolio | 42.9k $1.7m | Added +2.5k |
| LANDSCAPE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. 0.14% of their portfolio | 42.6k $1.7m | New |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.00% of their portfolio | 41.1k $1.6m | Added +8.9k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 38.7k $1.5m | Added +36.8k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 38.3k $1.5m | Added +32.6k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 36.0k $1.4m | Reduced -1.8k |
| Quantitative Investment Management, LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 34.2k $1.4m | New |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 33.3k $1.3m | Reduced -798 |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 33.2k $1.3m | Added +21.2k |
| Keeley-Teton Advisors, LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 33.1k $1.3m | Added +4.3k |
| Boston Partners 0.00% of their portfolio | 29.1k $1.2m | Reduced -266.3k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.7k $1.1m | Reduced -491 |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.8k $1.1m | Reduced -1.1k |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 26.4k $1.1m | New |
| Walleye Trading LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 25.3k $1.0m | Added +2.0k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.2k $1.0m | Added +3.2k |
| OCCUDO QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIES LP 0.18% of their portfolio | 25.0k $996.7k | New |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 25.0k $995.2k | New |
| MAVERICK CAPITAL LTD 0.02% of their portfolio | 24.6k $981.2k | New |
| Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd 0.11% of their portfolio | 24.0k $956.0k | Added +10.8k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 23.1k $918.0k | Added +299 |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.8k $908.9k | Reduced -6.6k |
| Man Group plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.6k $898.8k | New |
| Cerity Partners LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.5k $895.5k | Added +1.2k |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.4k $893.7k | Unchanged |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 22.4k $891.0k | Reduced -27.0k |
| Weiss Asset Management LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 20.4k $810.7k | New |
| XTX Topco Ltd 0.07% of their portfolio | 19.8k $788.8k | New |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.1k $761.9k | Added +1.8k |