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 ($118.4k this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 34.8m as of 2026-06-10, 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 ≈ $11.40. Options: 16 managers hold calls ($27.8m notional), 14 hold puts ($21.2m).
Trends to Q2 2026
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 |
| Q3 2024 | 224 |
| Q4 2024 | 193 |
| Q1 2025 | 188 |
| Q2 2025 | 195 |
| Q3 2025 | 188 |
| Q4 2025 | 188 |
| Q1 2026 | 186 |
| Q2 2026 | 170 |
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 | 96 | 126 |
| Q4 2024 | 92 | 122 |
| Q1 2025 | 92 | 95 |
| Q2 2025 | 83 | 114 |
| Q3 2025 | 79 | 103 |
| Q4 2025 | 95 | 94 |
| Q1 2026 | 91 | 100 |
| Q2 2026 | 90 | 99 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | $53.4m | $31.6m | 0.59 |
| Q4 2025 | $31.1m | $20.8m | 0.67 |
| Q1 2026 | $13.8m | $17.1m | 1.24 |
| Q2 2026 | $27.8m | $21.2m | 0.76 |
Biggest buyers
| Wolf Hill Capital Management, LP | New | +1.4m |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +1.1m |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | New | +1.0m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +670.4k |
| Jump Financial, LLC | Added | +571.9k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | New | +534.0k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | Added | +459.1k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | New | +444.6k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP | Added | +358.6k |
| Windward Management LP | New | +350.0k |
Biggest sellers
| EMINENCE CAPITAL, LP | Sold out | -2.3m |
| Patient Capital Management, LLC | Reduced | -947.6k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -871.4k |
| CenterBook Partners LP | Reduced | -669.0k |
| MUFG Securities EMEA plc | Reduced | -513.0k |
| Clearline Capital LP | Reduced | -511.5k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -503.2k |
| Incline Global Management LLC | Sold out | -405.9k |
| Fund 1 Investments, LLC | Sold out | -383.2k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC | Sold out | -238.5k |
Biggest calls
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $6.1m532.1k shares |
| Windward Management LP | New | $5.1m450.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $3.8m333.6k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $2.6m230.4k shares |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Unchanged | $1.5m130.0k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $1.4m127.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $1.4m122.0k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $1.1m96.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $1.1m94.8k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Reduced | $907.4k79.6k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $4.1m358.7k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | $2.8m242.0k shares |
| Centiva Capital, LP | Unchanged | $2.5m217.9k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $2.2m195.7k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $2.0m177.7k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $1.9m168.5k shares |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP | New | $1.4m120.6k shares |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | $1.1m98.0k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $858.4k75.3k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $849.3k74.5k 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 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 | 5 | $2.8m | 1 | $176.0k | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $194.5k | — |
| Q3 2025 | 1 | $303.3k | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2025 | 1 | $18.4k | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2026 | 1 | $14.7k | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | — | 1 | $102.7k | — |
| Q3 2026 | 2 | $107.4k | 0 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | Hatton Cory Interim CFO | Bought | $26.0k4.0k shares |
| 2026-09-17 | Lipman Nathaniel Director | Bought | $81.4k12.0k shares |
| 2026-04-17 | Klohn Steve SVP Chief Information Officer | Sold | $102.7k7.0k 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hill Path Capital LP 4.23% of their portfolio | 7.1m $81.2m | Unchanged |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.2m $36.7m | Added +1.1m |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC 0.12% of their portfolio | 2.4m $27.5m | Unchanged |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.1m $24.4m | Added +670.4k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.8m $20.6m | Added +293.8k |
| HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.5m $16.6m | Unchanged |
| Wolf Hill Capital Management, LP 1.50% of their portfolio | 1.4m $15.5m | New |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.2m $13.3m | Added +4.5k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $12.8m | Added +459.1k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.0m $11.9m | Reduced -503.2k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.0m $11.8m | New |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 762.3k $8.7m | Added +87.5k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 686.6k $7.8m | Added +8.9k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 685.3k $7.8m | Added +203.2k |
| MUFG Securities EMEA plc 0.08% of their portfolio | 658.0k $7.5m | Reduced -513.0k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 626.9k $7.1m | Added +117.3k |
| CastleKnight Management LP 0.26% of their portfolio | 619.4k $7.1m | Unchanged |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 610.8k $7.0m | Added +571.9k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 592.9k $6.8m | Reduced -97.9k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 537.3k $6.1m | Added +358.6k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.02% of their portfolio | 534.0k $6.1m | New |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 489.6k $5.6m | Added +224.5k |
| ING GROEP NV 0.03% of their portfolio | 451.0k $5.1m | Unchanged |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 444.6k $5.1m | New |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 437.4k $5.0m | Reduced -43.1k |
| Saba Capital Management, L.P. 0.13% of their portfolio | 382.6k $4.4m | Unchanged |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 373.4k $4.3m | Added +139.4k |
| Windward Management LP 2.90% of their portfolio | 350.0k $4.0m | New |
| CenterBook Partners LP 0.19% of their portfolio | 334.7k $3.8m | Reduced -669.0k |
| Clearline Capital LP 0.23% of their portfolio | 318.1k $3.6m | Reduced -511.5k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 303.4k $3.5m | Added +153.4k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.01% of their portfolio | 297.4k $3.4m | Added +29.9k |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 293.6k $3.3m | Added +25.7k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 288.8k $3.3m | Added +33.0k |
| NATIXIS 0.02% of their portfolio | 284.5k $3.2m | Added +76.8k |
| NORGES BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 274.2k $3.1m | Not comparable |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. 0.02% of their portfolio | 257.8k $2.9m | Added +71.9k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 248.8k $2.8m | Reduced -13.5k |
| Walleye Capital LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 223.3k $2.5m | Added +202.6k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 217.5k $2.5m | Added +23.8k |
| Patient Capital Management, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 204.0k $2.3m | Reduced -947.6k |
| OCCUDO QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIES LP 0.12% of their portfolio | 200.7k $2.3m | Added +136.9k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 193.6k $2.2m | Added +7.0k |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 193.5k $2.2m | Added +9.0k |
| CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 185.5k $2.1m | Reduced -149.9k |
| LANDSCAPE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. 0.14% of their portfolio | 184.3k $2.1m | Added +111.6k |
| CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 184.0k $2.1m | Reduced -151.1k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 183.5k $2.1m | New |
| Shay Capital LLC 0.21% of their portfolio | 166.0k $1.9m | New |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 163.0k $1.9m | Reduced -83.0k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 152.6k $1.7m | Reduced -5.6k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 150.7k $1.7m | Added +76.2k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 144.3k $1.6m | Added +91.3k |
| XTX Topco Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 134.4k $1.5m | Added +47.7k |
| Quinn Opportunity Partners LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 131.4k $1.5m | Added +60.0k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 131.2k $1.5m | Added +97.5k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 124.0k $1.4m | Reduced -25 |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 123.8k $1.4m | Added +73.2k |
| Numerai GP LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 112.5k $1.3m | New |
| Kazazian Asset Management, LLC 1.15% of their portfolio | 112.4k $1.3m | Added +6.0k |
| Jain Global LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 110.2k $1.3m | New |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 109.6k $1.2m | Added +5.7k |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 108.1k $1.2m | Added +92.8k |
| GSA CAPITAL PARTNERS LLP 0.08% of their portfolio | 107.7k $1.2m | Reduced -19.2k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 99.6k $1.1m | Reduced -131.6k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 87.7k $1.0m | Reduced -14.4k |
| M.E. ALLISON & CO., INC. 0.58% of their portfolio | 87.7k $999.8k | Reduced -10.0k |
| Diametric Capital, LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 85.9k $978.8k | New |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 82.3k $933.0k | Reduced -39.3k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 79.6k $907.7k | Added +1.7k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 77.4k $881.9k | Reduced -22.5k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 59.8k $682.1k | Added +2.4k |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 57.7k $657.8k | Reduced -10.2k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 52.5k $599.0k | Added +8.4k |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 43.4k $495.0k | Added +32.8k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 36.8k $419.7k | Reduced -2.1k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 34.0k $368.3k | Added +22.3k |
| Quantbot Technologies LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 31.5k $359.0k | Reduced -7.0k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 31.1k $352.7k | New |
| Entropy Technologies, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 30.5k $348.0k | New |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.2k $344.6k | Added +14.9k |
| BEESE FULMER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.02% of their portfolio | 29.8k $339.9k | Reduced -345 |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.7k $304.5k | Reduced -635 |
| Virtu Financial LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 24.4k $279.0k | New |
| Brevan Howard Capital Management LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 23.7k $270.0k | New |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.4k $255.1k | Reduced -62.5k |
| ALLSTATE CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.1k $240.6k | Added +6.0k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.5k $199.4k | Reduced -52.5k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.2k $195.7k | Reduced -11.4k |
| Magnetar Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.1k $194.5k | New |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.1k $183.5k | Reduced -20.9k |
| Tidal Investments LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.0k $182.3k | New |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.8k $180.1k | Reduced -871.4k |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.6k $178.0k | Added +3.2k |
| GDS Wealth Management 0.01% of their portfolio | 15.2k $173.3k | Unchanged |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.0k $160.0k | New |
| PRELUDE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 13.7k $156.5k | New |
| Ausdal Financial Partners, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 13.2k $150.7k | Unchanged |
| Farringdon Capital, Ltd. 0.07% of their portfolio | 12.6k $143.9k | New |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.5k $143.1k | Reduced -391 |