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Hollywood Bowl Group (BOWL) Competitors

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GBX 253 -0.50 (-0.20%)
As of 07:46 AM Eastern

BOWL vs. PHTM, TEG, GYM, TUNE, CCT, ESC, GOAL, XPF, TND, and PIER

Should you be buying Hollywood Bowl Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hollywood Bowl Group include Photo-Me International (PHTM), Ten Entertainment Group (TEG), The Gym Group (GYM), Focusrite (TUNE), The Character Group (CCT), Escape Hunt (ESC), Goals Soccer Centres (GOAL), XP Factory (XPF), Tandem Group (TND), and The Brighton Pier Group (PIER). These companies are all part of the "leisure" industry.

Hollywood Bowl Group vs. Its Competitors

Photo-Me International (LON:PHTM) and Hollywood Bowl Group (LON:BOWL) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

82.9% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Hollywood Bowl Group had 5 more articles in the media than Photo-Me International. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Hollywood Bowl Group and 0 mentions for Photo-Me International. Hollywood Bowl Group's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Photo-Me International's score of 0.00 indicating that Hollywood Bowl Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Photo-Me International Neutral
Hollywood Bowl Group Positive

Hollywood Bowl Group has a consensus target price of GBX 390, indicating a potential upside of 54.15%. Given Hollywood Bowl Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hollywood Bowl Group is more favorable than Photo-Me International.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Photo-Me International
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Hollywood Bowl Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Hollywood Bowl Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Photo-Me International. Photo-Me International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hollywood Bowl Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Photo-Me International£235.08M0.00N/A£0.08N/A
Hollywood Bowl Group£225.13M1.94£35.41M£20.4312.39

Hollywood Bowl Group has a net margin of 15.73% compared to Photo-Me International's net margin of 0.00%. Hollywood Bowl Group's return on equity of 23.23% beat Photo-Me International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Photo-Me InternationalN/A N/A N/A
Hollywood Bowl Group 15.73%23.23%10.35%

Summary

Hollywood Bowl Group beats Photo-Me International on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BOWL vs. The Competition

MetricHollywood Bowl GroupLeisure IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£436.98M£7.87B£3.83B£3.17B
Dividend Yield4.43%4.42%3.55%5.04%
P/E Ratio12.391,204.8979.07168.30
Price / Sales1.94127.2868.88464,808.10
Price / Cash7.1712.6231.1627.93
Price / Book2.852.873.596.98
Net Income£35.41M£212.68M£264.31M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-2.13%-0.22%-0.16%0.16%
1 Month Performance4.76%-1.04%-0.08%49.92%
1 Year Performance-24.48%332.99%38.17%154.86%

Hollywood Bowl Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BOWL
Hollywood Bowl Group
4.3643 of 5 stars
GBX 253
-0.2%
GBX 390
+54.2%
-23.6%£436.98M£225.13M12.392,787Dividend Increase
Gap Down
PHTM
Photo-Me International
N/AN/AN/AN/A£404.47M£235.08M1,337.501,056
TEG
Ten Entertainment Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£281.54M£128.73M1,370.001,742
GYM
The Gym Group
1.8634 of 5 stars
GBX 144
flat
GBX 190
+31.9%
-2.6%£256.11M£214.81M-122.811,837News Coverage
TUNE
Focusrite
3.9435 of 5 stars
GBX 154
-2.2%
GBX 355
+130.5%
-46.2%£89.94M£167.75M7.67557Positive News
CCT
The Character Group
N/AGBX 318
-0.6%
N/A+4.9%£58.78M£116.84M11.261,540Dividend Increase
ESC
Escape Hunt
N/AN/AN/AN/A£45.26M£2.53M-4.37146Gap Up
GOAL
Goals Soccer Centres
N/AN/AN/AN/A£20.46M£31.85M5.55691News Coverage
XPF
XP Factory
N/AGBX 10
+2.6%
N/A-27.5%£17.52M£48.62M-49.19716Gap Up
TND
Tandem Group
N/AGBX 198
+1.5%
N/AN/A£10.83M£22.28M-12.2372
PIER
The Brighton Pier Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£4.29M£32.47M-1.13684Gap Down
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:BOWL) was last updated on 8/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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