Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc’s recent filing unveils that its Director DODDS HAMISH acquired Company’s shares for reported $0.4 million on Dec 18 ’25. In the deal valued at $18.21 per share,21,911 shares were bought.
Then, Lal Tarun bought 8,060 shares, generating $251,916 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $31.26, the Chief Executive Officer now owns 8,060 shares.
Before that, Mulleady John sold 5,931 shares. Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc shares valued at $194,460 were divested by the SVP, RE & Dev at a price of $32.79 per share. As a result of the transaction, Mulleady John now holds 42,550 shares, worth roughly $0.75 million.
William Blair downgraded its Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc [PLAY] rating to a Mkt perform from a an Outperform in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Truist’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in mid December from “a Buy” to “a Hold”. Gordon Haskett also remained covering PLAY and has decreased its forecast on December 11, 2024 with a “Hold” recommendation from previously “Buy” rating. The Benchmark Company started covering the stock on October 07, 2024. It rated PLAY as “a Hold”.
Price Performance Review of PLAY
On Monday, Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc [NASDAQ:PLAY] saw its stock jump 2.31% to $17.7. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 4.86%. Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc shares have fallen nearly -39.75% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 9.19% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc stocks on 2025-12-31, dropping by -1.02 million shares to a total of 9.21 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-11-28 was 10.23 million shares. There was a decline of -11.02%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
