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PLAY — Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.

US Consumer Discretionary Restaurants equity mkt cap 342.7M
10.25 +4.06% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 9.54 · high 25.89

Anonymous view is capped at two years of history. A free account extends it to five, and Pro opens the whole archive back to 2016-01-04.

Performance

1 day+4.06%
1 week+0.59%
1 month+5.13%
3 months-11.33%
6 months-33.48%
Year to date-39.85%
1 year-57.49%
3 years-74.96%
5 years-71.26%

Technicals

RSI 1434.0
vs 50-day avg-4.42%
vs 200-day avg-25.40%
Volatility 1y70.8%
Max drawdown 1y-63.15%
Avg volume 30d1.4M
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Measured signals that fired on PLAY

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-05Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-02Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-22Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-04-22Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-04-01Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-03-09Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-08-18Protell Charles
Director
Grant or award11.2K0.000
2026-08-10Harper Darin
Chief Executive Officer
Grant or award203.0K0.000
2026-08-10Hatton Cory
Interim CFO
Grant or award50.8K0.000
2026-08-10Rosales Aldo
Chief Strategy & Revenue Ofc
Grant or award50.8K0.000
2026-08-10SHEEHAN KEVIN M
Director
Grant or award35.5K0.000
2026-08-10Hatton Cory
Interim CFO
Grant or award50.8K0.000
2026-08-05Hill Path Capital Partners LP
Grant or award9520.000
2026-08-05Hill Path Capital Co-Investment Partners LP
Grant or award9520.000
2026-08-05ROSS SCOTT I
Director
Grant or award9520.000
2026-08-05CHAMBERS JAMES P.
Director
Grant or award1.1K0.000

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
Hill Path Capital LP77.1M7.1M
NOMURA HOLDINGS INC26.1M2.4M
EMINENCE CAPITAL, LP25.4M2.3M
BlackRock, Inc.23.3M2.2M
MORGAN STANLEY16.8M1.6M
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP16.4M1.5M
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC16.0M1.5M
HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND15.8M1.5M
MUFG Securities EMEA plc12.7M1.2M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC12.6M1.2M

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Latest SEC filings

formfiledperiod
SCHEDULE 13G2026-08-13on EDGAR ↗
4/A2026-08-132026-08-10on EDGAR ↗
SCHEDULE 13G2026-08-13on EDGAR ↗
42026-08-132026-08-10on EDGAR ↗
42026-08-132026-08-10on EDGAR ↗
42026-08-132026-08-10on EDGAR ↗
32026-08-132026-08-03on EDGAR ↗
32026-08-132026-08-03on EDGAR ↗

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d40.3% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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