Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.

NasdaqGS:PLAY Stock Report

Market Cap: US$562.2m

Dave & Buster's Entertainment Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

NasdaqGS:PLAY Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
22 Jul 25BuyUS$251,916Tarun LalIndividual8,060US$31.26
17 Jun 25SellUS$194,460John MulleadyIndividual5,931US$32.79

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of PLAY?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
State or Government7,4860.0172%
Individual Insiders775,2851.78%
Hedge Funds2,361,1495.41%
VC/PE Firms7,119,25516.3%
Institutions33,359,31376.5%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 103.37% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
20.5%
Hill Path Capital LP
7,119,255US$115.4m0%7.15%
11.8%
BlackRock, Inc.
4,080,775US$66.1m0.93%no data
8.43%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
2,922,194US$47.4m-4.13%no data
6.95%
Nomura Holdings, Inc.
2,411,191US$39.1m533%0.1%
6.81%
Eminence Capital, LP
2,361,149US$38.3m-18.7%0.54%
6.16%
Patient Capital Management, LLC
2,137,257US$34.6m0.19%1.31%
4.67%
Clearline Capital LP
1,619,964US$26.3m20.4%2.14%
3.77%
Morgan Stanley
1,306,914US$21.2m-0.51%no data
3.73%
Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC
1,294,746US$21.0m-5.6%0.06%
3.13%
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
1,085,217US$17.6m-19.6%0.01%
3.12%
Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund
1,081,000US$17.5m6.36%0.03%
3.11%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
1,078,139US$17.5m-4.95%no data
2.8%
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership
971,717US$15.8m-2.78%0.01%
2.52%
Castleknight Management LP
873,885US$14.2m163%0.73%
2.44%
Incline Global Management, LLC
846,219US$13.7m375%4.03%
1.96%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
680,936US$11.0m-2.75%no data
1.91%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
662,969US$10.7m-2.06%no data
1.64%
UBS Asset Management AG
569,255US$9.2m80.6%no data
1.61%
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
558,608US$9.1m2.52%no data
1.24%
Pleasant Lake Partners LLC
429,000US$7.0m0%0.76%
1.18%
LSV Asset Management
408,286US$6.6m-2.27%0.01%
0.98%
Millennium Management LLC
338,274US$5.5m-66.1%no data
0.97%
CIBC World Markets Corp.
337,351US$5.5m0%0.03%
0.97%
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
336,900US$5.5m237%0.01%
0.97%
CIBC Private Wealth Advisors, Inc.
336,899US$5.5m0%0.01%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/01/02 12:20
End of Day Share Price 2026/01/02 00:00
Earnings2025/11/04
Annual Earnings2025/02/04

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. is covered by 17 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Michael HickeyBenchmark Company
Andrew StrelzikBMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Lynne CollierCanaccord Genuity