Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.
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Range $9 – $13
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About the company
Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. oversees and manages hospitality and amusement establishments designed for both adults and families throughout North America. These locations present guests with a varied menu featuring main courses and appetizers, complemented by a selection of both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.
- CEO
- Darin Harper
- IPO
- 2014
- Employees
- 23,610
- HQ
- Coppell, TX, US
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- Market Cap
- $235.17M
- P/E
- -2.64
- PEG
- -0.05
- P/S
- 0.11
- P/B
- 2.68
- EV/EBITDA
- 11.12
- Div Yield
- 0.00%
- Gross Margin
- 46.70%
- Op Margin
- 2.88%
- Net Margin
- -4.26%
- ROE
- -86.54%
- ROIC
- 1.20%
Latest fiscal year · YoY change
- Revenue
- $2.10B-1.4%
- Gross Profit
- $1.80B-0.9%
- Op Income
- $105.10M
- Net Income
- $-48,700,000-183.5%
- EPS
- $-1.40-194.0%
- OCF Growth
- -6.9%
- FCF Growth
- +53.8%
- 52W High
- $22.10
- 52W Low
- $6.26
- 50D MA
- $8.84
- 200D MA
- $12.49
- Beta
- 1.82
- RSI (14)
- 38
- Avg Volume
- 2.08M
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- Free Float
- 97.1%
- Shares Outstanding
- 34.79M
- Float Shares
- 33.78M
of shares held by institutions
215 13F filers
Congressional trading
Senate and House stock disclosures for PLAY, newest first.
Source: public STOCK Act disclosures. Filed weeks after the trade — a lagging signal, not a real-time one.
Top institutional holders
Largest 13F positions, with quarter-over-quarter change.
| Holder | Shares | Δ Quarter |
|---|---|---|
| Hill Path Capital LP | 7.12M | 0 |
| Blackrock, Inc. | 3.22M | ▲ 1.07M |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 2.45M | ▼ 468.52K |
| Nomura Holdings Inc | 2.41M | 0 |
| Eminence Capital, LP | 2.35M | 0 |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 2.14M | ▲ 670.39K |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | 1.80M | ▲ 293.80K |
| Healthcare Of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund | 1.46M | 0 |
| Wolf Hill Capital Management, LP | 1.36M | ▲ 1.36M |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 1.16M | ▲ 4.47K |
| Sg Americas Securities, LLC | 1.12M | ▲ 459.12K |
| Morgan Stanley | 1.05M | ▼ 503.17K |
Held by 137 ETFs
Biggest fund positions in PLAY by dollar value.
Recent insider transactions
Who's buying, who's selling, and how much.
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 26 | Harper Darin | other | 820 |
| Sep 28, 26 | Hatton Cory | buy | 4,000 |
| Sep 25, 26 | Lipman Nathaniel | other | 10,572 |
| Sep 25, 26 | Protell Charles | other | 10,572 |
| Sep 25, 26 | Morgan Rachel | other | 15,106 |
| Sep 25, 26 | Morgan Rachel | other | 22,659 |
| Sep 25, 26 | Weiss Allen R | other | 10,572 |
| Sep 17, 26 | Lipman Nathaniel | buy | 12,000 |
| Sep 17, 26 | Lipman Nathaniel | buy | 12,000 |
| Aug 31, 26 | Busby Amanda | other | 72,464 |
A “Sell” may be a pre-scheduled 10b5-1 plan sale rather than a discretionary decision — read insider selling with that in mind.
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