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

Institutions by Trading Activity

Ownership Statistics

34,508,197Shares Outstanding

9,799,427Shares held by institutions

$155,124,929Value of institutional holdings

119.68%Institutional ownership %

3.43%Shares Changed QoQ

180No. of institutional investors

Shares Owned by Institutions

Shares Purchased/Sold by Institutions

Ownership Summary

Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLAY) currently has 180 active institutional owners and shareholders as of today (December 2025), that have filed 13F forms with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).

Institutional ownership in Dave & Buster's Entertainment edged down to 119.7% in December 2025, compared to 156.1% in September 2025.
On a quarter-over-quarter basis, institutional holdings shifted by 3.43%, with a year-over-year a decrease of 7.69% in the count of filers.
Of these 180 institutional investors, 94 increased their holdings in Dave & Buster's Entertainment, while 60 of them reduced positions, and 26 investors maintained their exposure.
The total number of shares held by institutions in Dave & Buster's Entertainment increased to 41.30Mn as of December 2025, a net change of up by 1.37Mn shares quarter on quarter, and down 8.40Mn shares year over year.
As of December 31, 2025, Hill Path Capital LP held Dave & Buster's Entertainment's largest shareholding position with over 7.12Mn shares, representing 20.63% of total outstanding shares.
Among the most significant buyers of Dave & Buster's Entertainment during December 2025 were MUFG Securities EMEA plc (454.00K), ING GROEP NV (451.00K), SG Americas Securities, LLC (443.31K), HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND (434.00K), NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ (398.00K).
Leading sellers of Dave & Buster's Entertainment stock in December 2025 included Clearline Capital LP (936.56K), Incline Global Management LLC (769.67K), Patient Capital Management, LLC (473.92K), VANGUARD GROUP INC (468.52K), CastleKnight Management LP (433.50K).
The top 10 institutional holders of Dave & Buster's Entertainment for the quarter ending December 2025 included Hill Path Capital LP (7.12Mn), BlackRock, Inc. (4.17Mn), VANGUARD GROUP INC (2.45Mn), NOMURA HOLDINGS INC (2.41Mn), EMINENCE CAPITAL, LP (2.35Mn), Patient Capital Management, LLC (1.66Mn), HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND (1.51Mn), GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC (1.51Mn), MORGAN STANLEY (1.45Mn), STATE STREET CORP (1.11Mn).

180 Institutional Holders

9,799,427 Total Shares Held

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Owner Name	Date	Shares Held	Change (QoQ)	Change (%)	Value (USD)
Hill Path Capital LP	31 Dec, 2025	7,119,255	0	0.00%	$115,403,124.00
BlackRock, Inc.	31 Dec, 2025	4,168,127	87,352	2.14%	$67,565,339.00
VANGUARD GROUP INC	31 Dec, 2025	2,453,674	-468,520	-16.03%	$39,774,057.00
NOMURA HOLDINGS INC	31 Dec, 2025	2,411,191	0	0.00%	$39,085,406.00
EMINENCE CAPITAL, LP	31 Dec, 2025	2,346,038	-15,111	-0.64%	$38,029,276.00
Patient Capital Management, LLC	31 Dec, 2025	1,663,341	-473,916	-22.17%	$26,962,752.00
HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND	31 Dec, 2025	1,515,000	434,000	40.15%	$24,558,150.00
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC	31 Dec, 2025	1,511,591	276,064	22.34%	$24,502,890.00
MORGAN STANLEY	31 Dec, 2025	1,451,586	44,446	3.16%	$23,530,218.00
STATE STREET CORP	31 Dec, 2025	1,106,488	28,349	2.63%	$17,936,170.00
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP	31 Dec, 2025	1,041,578	69,861	7.19%	$16,883,979.00
Clearline Capital LP	31 Dec, 2025	683,408	-936,556	-57.81%	$11,078,044.00
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	31 Dec, 2025	656,282	-6,687	-1.01%	$10,639,909.00
SG Americas Securities, LLC	31 Dec, 2025	634,148	443,308	232.29%	$10,280.00
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC	31 Dec, 2025	628,455	69,847	12.50%	$10,187,256.00
JANE STREET GROUP, LLC	31 Dec, 2025	532,961	128,374	31.73%	$8,639,298.00
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP	31 Dec, 2025	500,272	-180,664	-26.53%	$8,108,554.00
MUFG Securities EMEA plc	31 Dec, 2025	454,000	454,000	0.00%	$7,359,340.00
ING GROEP NV	31 Dec, 2025	451,000	451,000	0.00%	$7,310,710.00
CastleKnight Management LP	31 Dec, 2025	440,389	-433,496	-49.61%	$7,138,706.00

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