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How shorted is Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.? PLAY

#28most shorted US stockof 3,805 ranked stocks, more shorted than 99%

28.23%
of shares outstanding reported short · settlement date 15 Sep 2026
vs previous report
+3.27
5 reports (~10 weeks)
−4.96
days to cover
2.49
Aggregate net short position time series for Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.

Markers along the chart's base: ▲ results announced (an 8-K reporting results was filed) ▲ quarterly or annual report filed. Dates are SEC filing dates; hover a point to see events since the previous settlement.

Days to cover

FINRA's own figure: reported shares short divided by the stock's average daily trading volume, published alongside each settlement. It expresses the short position in days of typical trading rather than as a percentage of the company; the two can move differently.

Aggregate net short position time series for Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. days to cover

Short interest around results

For each results announcement (an 8-K reporting results, by its SEC filing date), the FINRA settlement before it and the first one after. Settlements fall twice a month, so the two figures can sit up to a month apart and much else changes in between: this shows what was reported, not why.

Reported short interest before and after each results announcement
Results filedSettlement beforeSettlement afterChange
14 Sep 202624.96% 31 Aug 202628.23% 15 Sep 2026+3.27
15 Jun 202625.83% 29 May 202633.19% 30 Jun 2026+7.36
31 Mar 202628.27% 13 Mar 202623.66% 15 Apr 2026−4.61
9 Dec 202529.50% 28 Nov 202525.79% 15 Dec 2025−3.71
15 Sep 202517.46% 29 Aug 202519.75% 30 Sep 2025+2.29
10 Jun 202520.71% 30 May 202523.88% 13 Jun 2025+3.17
7 Apr 202517.94% 31 Mar 202522.24% 15 Apr 2025+4.30
10 Dec 202414.94% 29 Nov 202417.91% 13 Dec 2024+2.97

Fails to deliver

The SEC's fails-to-deliver figure for PLAY: the aggregate net balance of shares that failed to be delivered at each settlement date, published by the SEC twice a month and shown here verbatim for the trailing window. A balance is not a daily flow, and a fail has many ordinary causes; the SEC says it cannot guarantee the accuracy of the data. See what fails to deliver are and the largest balances today.

Last balance on file
136
8 Sep 2026
Highest in window
211,275
18 Jun 2026
Days with a balance
102
Window
16 Sep 2025 to 14 Sep 2026
Aggregate net short position time series for Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. fails to deliver

Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, fails-to-deliver data (public domain). Only settlement days with a positive balance appear; the largest balance in the window was 211K shares.

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History

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShort %Change
15 Sep 202628.23%+3.27
31 Aug 202624.96%+0.79
14 Aug 202624.17%−3.99
31 Jul 202628.16%−4.41
15 Jul 202632.57%−0.62
30 Jun 202633.19%+2.43
15 Jun 202630.76%+4.93
29 May 202625.83%−0.96
15 May 202626.79%+0.33
30 Apr 202626.46%+2.80
15 Apr 202623.66%−0.35
31 Mar 202624.01%−4.26
13 Mar 202628.27%+2.57
27 Feb 202625.70%−0.17
13 Feb 202625.87%+1.64
30 Jan 202624.23%−0.81
15 Jan 202625.04%−1.52
31 Dec 202526.56%+0.77
15 Dec 202525.79%−3.71
28 Nov 202529.50%+3.15
14 Nov 202526.35%+0.68
31 Oct 202525.67%+3.59
15 Oct 202522.08%+2.33
30 Sep 202519.75%−2.52
15 Sep 202522.27%+4.81
29 Aug 202517.46%−0.19
15 Aug 202517.65%+0.35
31 Jul 202517.30%−0.70
15 Jul 202518.00%−0.38
30 Jun 202518.38%−5.50
13 Jun 202523.88%+3.17
30 May 202520.71%+0.32
15 May 202520.39%−2.07
30 Apr 202522.46%+0.22
15 Apr 202522.24%+4.30
31 Mar 202517.94%−1.36
14 Mar 202519.30%+1.51
28 Feb 202517.79%+0.84
14 Feb 202516.95%−0.11
31 Jan 202517.06%+0.05
15 Jan 202517.01%+0.36
31 Dec 202416.65%−1.26
13 Dec 202417.91%+2.97
29 Nov 202414.94%−1.13
15 Nov 202416.07%−5.63
31 Oct 202421.70%+2.29
15 Oct 202419.41%+4.09
30 Sep 202415.32%−1.20
13 Sep 202416.52%+6.87
30 Aug 20249.65%+0.37
15 Aug 20249.28%−0.65
31 Jul 20249.93%−0.29
15 Jul 202410.22%−1.81
28 Jun 202412.03%−3.57
14 Jun 202415.60%−2.27
31 May 202417.87%−0.03
15 May 202417.90%+1.79
30 Apr 202416.11%+2.71
15 Apr 202413.40%+2.64
28 Mar 202410.76%−0.62
15 Mar 202411.38%−0.08
29 Feb 202411.46%−2.17
15 Feb 202413.63%+0.94
31 Jan 202412.69%−0.40
12 Jan 202413.09%+0.77
29 Dec 202312.32%+1.20
15 Dec 202311.12%+0.01
30 Nov 202311.11%+1.42
15 Nov 20239.69%−1.62
31 Oct 202311.31%+0.53
13 Oct 202310.78%−0.99
29 Sep 202311.77%+0.43
15 Sep 202311.34%−0.94
31 Aug 202312.28%+1.52
15 Aug 202310.76%−0.18
31 Jul 202310.94%+0.51
14 Jul 202310.43%+0.80
30 Jun 20239.63%−0.96
15 Jun 202310.59%+1.09
31 May 20239.50%−0.81
15 May 202310.31%+1.03
28 Apr 20239.28%+0.26
14 Apr 20239.02%−0.49
31 Mar 20239.51%−0.63
15 Mar 202310.14%+0.79
28 Feb 20239.35%+0.62
15 Feb 20238.73%+0.38
31 Jan 20238.35%−0.91
13 Jan 20239.26%−1.07
30 Dec 202210.33%+0.44
15 Dec 20229.89%+0.24
30 Nov 20229.65%−0.55
15 Nov 202210.20%−0.73
31 Oct 202210.93%−0.96
14 Oct 202211.89%+0.40
30 Sep 202211.49%−2.26
15 Sep 202213.75%+0.42
31 Aug 202213.33%+2.46
15 Aug 202210.87%−0.81
29 Jul 202211.68%−1.28
15 Jul 202212.96%+2.08
30 Jun 202210.88%−0.76
15 Jun 202211.64%+0.20
31 May 202211.44%+1.25
13 May 202210.19%+0.41
29 Apr 20229.78%+0.52
14 Apr 20229.26%−0.03
31 Mar 20229.29%−1.15
15 Mar 202210.44%+0.48
28 Feb 20229.96%−0.17
15 Feb 202210.13%+0.47
31 Jan 20229.66%−1.70
14 Jan 202211.36%−0.16
31 Dec 202111.52%−1.10
15 Dec 202112.62%+0.74
30 Nov 202111.88%−0.15
15 Nov 202112.03%+0.25
29 Oct 202111.78%+0.06
15 Oct 202111.72%−0.73
30 Sep 202112.45%−1.19
15 Sep 202113.64%+0.84
31 Aug 202112.80%−2.70
13 Aug 202115.50%+0.89
30 Jul 202114.61%+0.29
15 Jul 202114.32%+0.08
30 Jun 202114.24%−1.10
15 Jun 202115.34%−1.08
28 May 202116.42%−0.87
14 May 202117.29%−0.06
30 Apr 202117.35%+0.66
15 Apr 202116.69%−0.17
31 Mar 202116.86%−1.11
15 Mar 202117.97%+2.54
26 Feb 202115.43%−0.73
12 Feb 202116.16%−1.40
29 Jan 202117.56%−2.93
15 Jan 202120.49%−0.68
31 Dec 202021.17%−0.07
15 Dec 202021.24%+1.03
30 Nov 202020.21%−0.07
13 Nov 202020.28%−1.44
30 Oct 202021.72%−1.85
15 Oct 202023.57%+1.04
30 Sep 202022.53%−1.56
15 Sep 202024.09%−4.79
31 Aug 202028.88%−4.15
14 Aug 202033.03%−2.65
31 Jul 202035.68%+0.09
15 Jul 202035.59%+9.24
30 Jun 202026.35%+11.16
15 Jun 202015.19%−5.90
29 May 202021.09%−0.79
15 May 202021.88%−4.32
30 Apr 202026.20%+1.37
15 Apr 202024.83%+2.46
31 Mar 202022.37%+4.53
13 Mar 202017.84%−0.77
28 Feb 202018.61%−0.38
14 Feb 202018.99%−0.12
31 Jan 202019.11%+0.10
15 Jan 202019.01%−0.08
31 Dec 201919.09%+0.26
13 Dec 201918.83%−0.16
29 Nov 201918.99%+0.24
15 Nov 201918.75%+0.36
31 Oct 201918.39%−2.03
15 Oct 201920.42%−2.48
30 Sep 201922.90%+1.16
13 Sep 201921.74%+2.37
30 Aug 201919.37%+1.67
15 Aug 201917.70%+1.18
31 Jul 201916.52%−1.34
15 Jul 201917.86%+0.60
28 Jun 201917.26%−1.84
14 Jun 201919.10%+0.44
31 May 201918.66%+0.40
15 May 201918.26%−0.95
30 Apr 201919.21%+0.94
15 Apr 201918.27%+3.52
29 Mar 201914.75%+2.31
15 Mar 201912.44%−1.83
28 Feb 201914.27%−0.03
15 Feb 201914.30%+0.21
31 Jan 201914.09%+0.06
15 Jan 201914.03%+1.46
31 Dec 201812.57%+0.08
14 Dec 201812.49%+1.44
30 Nov 201811.05%+0.35
15 Nov 201810.70%−0.72
31 Oct 201811.42%−0.91
15 Oct 201812.33%+1.04
28 Sep 201811.29%−0.58
14 Sep 201811.87%+0.02
31 Aug 201811.85%−0.02
15 Aug 201811.87%−1.32
31 Jul 201813.19%+1.32
13 Jul 201811.87%−0.62
29 Jun 201812.49%−2.21
15 Jun 201814.70%−1.04
31 May 201815.74%−0.57
15 May 201816.31%+0.61
30 Apr 201815.70%−0.37
13 Apr 201816.07%+0.28
29 Mar 201815.79%+0.65
15 Mar 201815.14%+0.77
28 Feb 201814.37%−2.53
15 Feb 201816.90%−1.35
31 Jan 201818.25%+3.45
12 Jan 201814.80%+2.23
29 Dec 201712.57%–

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Frequently asked questions

How shorted is Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. right now?
28.23% of Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.'s (PLAY) shares outstanding were reported short for settlement date 15 Sep 2026, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report. That makes it the 28th most shorted US stock, out of 3,805 we rank.
What does this number include?
FINRA member firms must report their short positions in all US equities twice a month; FINRA consolidates them per security. We divide that official share count by the company's shares outstanding from its SEC filings. This is the regulatory figure, not a daily estimate.
Why does it only update twice a month?
US short interest is reported for settlement on the 15th and the last business day of each month, and FINRA publishes the consolidated figures about nine business days later. That cadence is set by regulation; no daily official figure exists.
Is this PLAY's short float?
No. This is short interest as a percentage of shares outstanding, the count in the company's SEC filings. "Short float" divides the same FINRA short count by the public float, which excludes closely held shares, so it comes out higher for the same company. We publish no float estimates: the float is not a regulatory figure.
What is PLAY's days to cover?
2.49 days for settlement date 15 Sep 2026: FINRA's own short interest ratio, the reported shares short divided by average daily trading volume. It is published in the same FINRA file and shown verbatim; we hold no volume data ourselves.
Which funds are short?
US public short interest is aggregate-only: individual short sellers are not named. Only some EU markets publish named positions.