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PLAY

Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.
Nasdaq· Retail-Eating Places· Inc. DE· CIK 0001525769 Consumer & Retail
$7.07 +0.11 (+1.58%)
Oct 26 4:00 PM ET · prev $6.96
Market cap
$259.8M
Micro cap
Consensus
Buy
53% Buy or better · 17 analysts
Median target
$11.00
+56% · range $9.00–22.00
1 year
−60.1%
from $17.72 · Oct 27
30 days
+10.3%
from $6.41
52-week range
$6.38–21.17
−67% from high · low Sep 30
Avg volume 20D
1.73M
shares / day
Short interest
🔒 Subscribers only
Insider net
+$188.6K
2 buyers · 0 sellers · since Jun 2
New fund stakes
0
Q2 2026 13F · 0 exits
Filing reports
9
analyzed by SecBot
SecBot read BEARISH 5 reports · 90 days
Balance 3 bearish · 1 bullish · 1 neutral oldest → newest, height = score
Avg score ·High conf. 4/5
Strongest BEARISH Dave & Buster's Q2 2026 revenue fell 2.4% YoY to $544.1M, missing consensus of $556.8M, and the company…
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Price

Daily candles with volume. Pins mark insider trades, rating changes, 13F stakes, reports, catalysts and short-interest jumps.

Signal stack

Where each data set points today.

  • InsidersBULLISH

    2 insiders bought $188.6K at an average $6.74. No open-market sales.

  • InstitutionsMIXED

    Q2 2026: 23 added (0 new), 21 trimmed or exited.

  • AnalystsBULLISH

    9 of 17 rate it Buy or better. Every target is above the price.

  • EstimatesFALLING

    Current-quarter EPS estimate −$1.238 → −$1.428 over 90 days. 0 up, 8 down in 30 days.

  • TrendRANGE

    10% below its 50-day average.

Who's buying

13F· Q2 2026
0
new positions
0
exits
FundMoveSharesValue
BlackRock, Inc.ADD3,221,499$36.7M
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCADD2,144,687$24.4M
MORGAN STANLEYTRIM1,047,369$11.9M
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.ADD685,330$7.8M
Jump Financial, LLCDOUBLED610,800$7.0M
UBS Group AGADD489,616$5.6M
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.ADD373,429$4.3M
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/DOUBLED303,445$3.5M

Quarterly 13F filings are due 45 days after each quarter ends.

The Street

17 analysts
Buy 53% rate it Buy or better
Strong Buy3Buy6Hold8Sell0Strong Sell0
12-month targets · 6 analysts

Price is below the lowest target. Median implies +56%.Targets as of Oct 26, 2026.

Recent actions
DateFirmActionRating
Sep 15, 2026UBS
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINNeutral
Sep 15, 2026BMO Capital
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINOutperform
Sep 15, 2026Freedom Capital Markets
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINHold
Jun 29, 2026Citizens
INITIATE
INITIATEMarket Perform
Jun 16, 2026Benchmark
DOWNGRADE
DOWNGRADEHold
Jun 16, 2026BMO Capital
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINOutperform

Insider ledger

Form 4
$188.6K
bought · 2 insiders
$0
sold · 0 insiders
+5.0%
vs their $6.74 cost
DateInsiderTypeValue
Oct 7, 2026
Hatton Cory
Interim CFO
TAX W/H$4.8K
Oct 7, 2026
Rosales Aldo
Chief Strategy & Revenue Ofc
TAX W/H$5.9K
Oct 7, 2026
Harper Darin
Chief Executive Officer
TAX W/H$11.7K
Oct 7, 2026
Lehner Les
SVP, Chief Development Officer
TAX W/H$10.7K
Oct 7, 2026
Wehner Tony
President Main Event
TAX W/H$10.7K
Oct 7, 2026
Pineiro Antonio
President, International
TAX W/H$10.7K
Sep 30, 2026
Harper Darin
Chief Executive Officer
TAX W/H$5.2K
Sep 28, 2026
Hatton Cory
Interim CFO
BUY$26.0K

Earnings setup

Estimates
−$1.43
EPS estimate, this quarter
−15%
estimate change, 90 days
0↑ 8↓
revisions, 30 days
Current-quarter EPS estimate
PeriodEPS est.Range30D rev.Revenue
Current Q-$1.43-$1.54–-$1.31-0.5%$449.0M
Next Q🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only
Current FY🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only
Next FY🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only

Short side

FINRA· Oct 15, 2026
🔒 Subscribers only
shares short
Recent activity
The latest filings, insider trades, analyst actions, press and options flow — newest first.
Oct 7, 2026 Insider
Hatton Cory surrendered for taxes 735 shares
Interim CFO @ $6.56 ($4.8K)
Oct 7, 2026 Insider
Rosales Aldo surrendered for taxes 895 shares
Chief Strategy & Revenue Ofc @ $6.56 ($5.9K)
Oct 7, 2026 Insider
Harper Darin surrendered for taxes 1,788 shares
Chief Executive Officer @ $6.56 ($11.7K)
Sep 21, 2026 SEC
Dave & Buster's filed an 8-K announcing the appointment of Amanda Busby as Chief Operations Officer and Derek Sample…
8-K — Impact 3/10
Sep 17, 2026 SEC
Director Nathaniel Lipman purchased 24,000 shares of Dave & Buster's for $163K at $6.78/share on September 17, 2026…
INSIDER-BUY — Impact 5/10
Sep 17, 2026 SEC
Director Nathaniel Lipman purchased $81K of PLAY stock on the open market at $6.78/share on 2026-09-17, three days…
INSIDER-BUY — Impact 4/10
Sep 14, 2026 Earnings
Dave & Buster’s Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
DALLAS, Sept. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLAY) (“Dave
Jun 30, 2026 Inst.
BlackRock, Inc. — ADD
3,221,499 shares ($36.7M)
Catalysts
Scheduled dates and disclosed events: earnings, FDA and trial readouts, halts, press releases. Colored dot = impact.
Recent
Sep 14, 2026
Earnings
Dave & Buster’s Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
DALLAS, Sept. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLAY) (“Dave & Buster's” or “the Company”), an owner…
Sep 14, 2026
Earnings date
PLAY Q2 2027 Earnings Scheduled — 2026-09-14
Aug 24, 2026
Press release
Dave & Buster's Strengthens Executive Leadership Team to Support Growth, Operational Excellence and Innovation
DALLAS, Aug. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLAY) (“Dave & Buster's” or “the Company”), an owner…
Jun 15, 2026
Earnings
Dave & Buster’s Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results
DALLAS, June 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLAY) (“Dave & Buster's” or “the Company”), an owner…
Jun 8, 2026
Earnings date
PLAY Q1 2027 Earnings Scheduled — 2026-06-08

SecBot reports

9 filings · 1 press release · 1 bullish · 7 bearish · 1 neutral
All PLAY filing & press-release reports (10)