Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.

NasdaqGS:PLAY Stock Report

Market Cap: US$535.5m

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
16 Jan 26BuyUS$14,673Rodolfo RodriguezIndividual730US$20.10
22 Jul 25BuyUS$251,916Tarun LalIndividual8,060US$31.26
17 Jun 25SellUS$194,460John MulleadyIndividual5,931US$32.79

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: PLAY 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 Government6,9380.0164%
Individual Insiders682,9181.61%
Hedge Funds2,346,0385.53%
VC/PE Firms7,119,25516.8%
Institutions32,241,57876%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 96.67% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
20.5%
Hill Path Capital LP
7,119,255US$109.9m0%6.97%
12%
BlackRock, Inc.
4,168,127US$64.4m2.14%no data
7.08%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
2,453,674US$37.9m-16%no data
6.95%
Nomura Holdings, Inc.
2,411,191US$37.2m0%0.1%
6.76%
Eminence Capital, LP
2,346,038US$36.2m-0.64%0.55%
4.8%
Patient Capital Management, LLC
1,663,341US$25.7m-22.2%0.92%
4.37%
Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund
1,515,000US$23.4m40.1%0.04%
4.2%
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
1,456,905US$22.5m34.3%0.01%
3.9%
Morgan Stanley
1,353,172US$20.9m3.54%no data
3.19%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
1,106,488US$17.1m2.63%no data
3%
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership
1,041,578US$16.1m7.19%0.01%
1.97%
Clearline Capital LP
683,408US$10.6m-57.8%0.66%
1.89%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
656,282US$10.1m-1.01%no data
1.83%
SG Americas Securities, LLC
634,148US$9.8m232%0.01%
1.81%
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
628,467US$9.7m12.5%no data
1.44%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
500,272US$7.7m-26.5%no data
1.31%
MUFG Securities EMEA plc
454,000US$7.0m0%0.07%
1.31%
Pleasant Lake Partners LLC
453,909US$7.0m5.81%0.9%
1.3%
ING Groep N.V.
451,000US$7.0m0%0.02%
1.27%
Castleknight Management LP
440,389US$6.8m-49.6%0.31%
1.22%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
422,967US$6.5m481%no data
1.15%
LSV Asset Management
400,486US$6.2m-1.91%0.01%
1.15%
National Bank Investments Inc.
398,000US$6.1m0%0.01%
1.14%
Woodline Partners LP
393,676US$6.1m0%0.02%
1.08%
Natixis S.A.
374,000US$5.8m0%0.02%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/03/05 07:37
End of Day Share Price 2026/03/05 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