Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.
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Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLAY) is a publicly traded company in the Trade & Services sector. Wiseek has independently scored 14 items for PLAY at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-09-21, rated 7/10. Across its 14 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 8/10, with 8 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for PLAY spans 8-K, 10-Q, DEF 14A, 10-K.
Recent high-impact activity:
- Dave & Buster's Names New COO and CAO, Reshapes Entire C-Suite
- Dave & Buster's Q2 Loss Widens to $12.5M as Comparable Sales Fall 2.9%
- Dave & Buster's Q2 Loss Deepens to $12.5M as New CEO Takes Helm with $6.5M Equity Package
- Dave & Buster's Posts $12.5M Q2 Loss as Sales Slide
- Dave & Buster's CEO Retires; CFO Darin Harper Takes Helm Amid Turnaround Push
Financial Snapshot
Short Interest & Short Volume
2.49 days to coverFINRA reported short interest of 9,831,307 shares in PLAY as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 13.2% increase from the prior period — about 2.5 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 47.0% of PLAY volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.
Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.