Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc’s recently made public that its SVP, Chief Legal Officer Rodriguez Rodolfo Jr acquired Company’s shares for reported $14673.0 on Jan 16 ’26. In the deal valued at $20.10 per share,730 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, Rodriguez Rodolfo Jr now holds 14,500 shares worth roughly $0.3 million.
Then, DODDS HAMISH bought 21,911 shares, generating $398,891 in total proceeds.
Before that, Lal Tarun bought 8,060 shares. Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc shares valued at $251,916 were divested by the Chief Executive Officer at a price of $31.26 per share. As a result of the transaction, Lal Tarun now holds 8,060 shares, worth roughly $0.17 million.
The Benchmark Company upgraded its Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc [PLAY] rating to a Buy from a a Hold in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including William Blair’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in mid December from “an Outperform” to “a Mkt perform”. Truist also remained covering PLAY and has decreased its forecast on December 11, 2024 with a “Hold” recommendation from previously “Buy” rating. Gordon Haskett revised its rating on December 11, 2024. It rated PLAY as “a Hold” which previously was an “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of PLAY
On Tuesday, Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc [NASDAQ:PLAY] saw its stock jump 4.93% to $20.65. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 16.67%. Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc shares have fallen nearly -16.83% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 27.39% 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.
The most recent change occurred on October 07, 2024 when The Benchmark Company began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Hold”‘ rating.
