Hollywood Bowl Group (BOWL) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Hollywood Bowl Group plc is a leading international leisure operator of ten-pin bowling and mini-golf centres, bringing families and friends together for affordable fun and safe, healthy competition. Our unique purpose-led culture and proven investment-led strategy are enabling us to capitalise on the significant growth opportunities in the markets we operate in, and achieve strong returns on capital invested. We are market leader in the UK and Canada, and one of the largest operators of ten-pin bowling centres in the world. We operate a high-quality, well-invested estate with diverse revenue streams and multiple levers to drive further growth. The Group operates more than 80 centres, each equipped with state of the art bowling lanes (or mini-golf courses), a licensed bar, a diner and an amusements zone featuring the latest games designed to keep everyone entertained. Through our customer focus and insight-led service, product and technological innovation, we are on a mission to continually enhance our customers’ experience of the inclusive competitive socialising activities of ten-pin bowling and indoor mini-golf. Find out more at www.hollywoodbowlgroup.com

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 278 to 287
• 50-Day Range: 274.50 to 302.52
• 52-Week Range: 227.50 to 312
• Volume: 469,206 shs
• Average Volume: 2.07 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £468.53 million
• P/E Ratio: 14.16
• Dividend Yield: 4.94%
• Price Target: GBX 397.75
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Hollywood Bowl Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Hollywood Bowl Group scored higher than 91% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Hollywood Bowl Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Hollywood Bowl Group has a consensus price target of GBX 397.75, representing about 41.5% upside from its current price of GBX 281.01.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Hollywood Bowl Group has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Hollywood Bowl Group is 14.16, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.63.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Hollywood Bowl Group is 14.16, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 46.76.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Hollywood Bowl Group has a PEG Ratio of 0.87. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Hollywood Bowl Group has a P/B Ratio of 3.17. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for BOWL.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Hollywood Bowl Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.94%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Hollywood Bowl Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Hollywood Bowl Group is 66.90%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Hollywood Bowl Group has a news sentiment score of 0.20. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.65 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Hollywood Bowl Group this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Hollywood Bowl Group insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought GBX 0 in company stock and sold £277,508.10 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

3.52% of the stock of Hollywood Bowl Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

68.26% of the stock of Hollywood Bowl Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/27/2026
• Today: 8/14/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Leisure Products
• Sub-Industry: Leisure Products
• Current Symbol: LON:BOWL
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.hollywoodbowlgroup.com
• Phone: +44-1442-840200
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2,787
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Hollywood Bowl Group: GBX 397.75
• High Price Target: GBX 450
• Low Price Target: GBX 350
• Potential Upside/Downside: +41.5%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 19.85
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 14.16
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.46
• P/E Growth: 0.87
• Net Income: £35.41 million
• Net Margins: 12.75%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 21.75%
• Return on Assets: 10.35%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 149.86
• Current Ratio: 0.71
• Quick Ratio: 1.62

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £262.95 million
• Price / Sales: 1.78
• Cash Flow: GBX 39.18 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.17
• Book Value: GBX 88.66 per share
• Price / Book: 3.17

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 166,730,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £468.53 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.36