Company Analysis

Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (PLAY)

Nasdaq: PLAY · Retail-Eating Places · Dallas, TX · filing with the SEC since 2011
Grade4.4
◀ Past 6.4● Present 3.8▶ Future 3.5

Who owns Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.

As filed with the SEC
Holders of 5% or more
5
Hill Path Capital LP holds 20.6% of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, as its SCHEDULE 13D/A filed Apr 9, 2025 says.
Directors and officers
21
report now, of 53 people on the record since 2014. Their holdings as a group are not read here.
Institutions as a whole
n/a
The record does not read the share held by managers that file Form 13F, so none is printed and no split of the rest is estimated. What it holds is the 5 named at left.
Holders of 5% or moreshare of the class, as filed
Hill Path Capital LP
SCHEDULE 13D/A · filed Apr 9, 2025 · Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share · 18.5% in Feb 3, 2025
20.6%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
SCHEDULE 13G · filed Aug 13, 2026 · Common Stock $0.01 par value
6.5%
Blackrock, Inc.
SCHEDULE 13G/A · filed Apr 7, 2026 · Common Stock · 12.1% in Apr 30, 2025
6%
BlackRock Portfolio Management LLC
5.3%
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership
5.2%
Patient Capital Management, LLC
SCHEDULE 13G/A · filed May 8, 2026 · Common Stock · reported falling below 5%, from 5.72% in Apr 30, 2025
under 5%
Eminence Capital, LP
SCHEDULE 13G/A · filed Jul 2, 2026 · Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share · reported falling below 5%, from 7.5% in May 15, 2025
under 5%
The Vanguard Group
SCHEDULE 13G/A · filed Mar 26, 2026 · Common Stock · reported falling below 5%, from 7.07% in Jan 30, 2026
under 5%
What PLAY reports owning in othersstakes of 5% or more, and other ties

62 subsidiaries in 2 countries, from the list filed with the 10-K filed Mar 31, 2026.

Insider tradesForm 4
1sales
4purchases
0sales on a scheduled plan
1people selling
$100,000sold, in dollars
$200,000bought, in dollars
Open-market trades on Form 4 from Nov 9, 2025 to Nov 9, 2026. A scheduled plan is a selling program set in advance under SEC rule 10b5-1. The trades are listed as filed and do not feed the grade.
By calendar yearSoldBought
17181920212223242526
2026 runs to Nov 9, 2026. Dollars as filed, summed by the transaction date.
People who traded in the window4 of 73 on the roster
PersonRole as filedSalesSoldOn a planBuysBought
Klohn SteveSVP Chief Information Officer1$100,00000$0
Lipman Nathanieldirector0$002$200,000
Hatton CoryInterim CFO0$001$0
Rodriguez Rodolfo JrSVP, Chief Legal Officer0$001$0
SI Assistanton PLAY · research, not advice