BOWL vs. GYM, TUNE, CCL, MOON, XPS, AO, PPH, DOCS, CRST, and CVSG
Should you be buying Hollywood Bowl Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hollywood Bowl Group include The Gym Group (GYM), Focusrite (TUNE), Carnival Co. & (CCL), Moonpig Group (MOON), XPS Pensions Group (XPS), AO World (AO), PPHE Hotel Group (PPH), Dr. Martens (DOCS), Crest Nicholson (CRST), and CVS Group (CVSG). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
The Gym Group (LON:GYM) and Hollywood Bowl Group (LON:BOWL) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
The Gym Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 121, indicating a potential upside of 9.60%. Hollywood Bowl Group has a consensus price target of GBX 410, indicating a potential upside of 22.44%. Given The Gym Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hollywood Bowl Group is more favorable than The Gym Group.
82.2% of The Gym Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of The Gym Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
The Gym Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Hollywood Bowl Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. The Gym Group pays out -2,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hollywood Bowl Group pays out 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Hollywood Bowl Group has a net margin of 15.88% compared to Hollywood Bowl Group's net margin of -4.12%. The Gym Group's return on equity of 23.85% beat Hollywood Bowl Group's return on equity.
The Gym Group received 130 more outperform votes than Hollywood Bowl Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.57% of users gave Hollywood Bowl Group an outperform vote while only 78.90% of users gave The Gym Group an outperform vote.
The Gym Group has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hollywood Bowl Group has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, The Gym Group and The Gym Group both had 1 articles in the media. Hollywood Bowl Group's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat The Gym Group's score of 0.29 indicating that The Gym Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hollywood Bowl Group has higher revenue and earnings than The Gym Group. The Gym Group 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.
Summary
Hollywood Bowl Group beats The Gym Group on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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