Hollywood Bowl Group (BOWL) Competitors GBX 235 -0.50 (-0.21%) As of 07/4/2025 Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock BOWL vs. PHTM, TEG, GYM, TUNE, CCT, ESC, XPF, GOAL, TND, and PIERShould 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), XP Factory (XPF), Goals Soccer Centres (GOAL), 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 Ten Entertainment Group The Gym Group Focusrite The Character Group Escape Hunt XP Factory Goals Soccer Centres Tandem Group The Brighton Pier Group Photo-Me International (LON:PHTM) and Hollywood Bowl Group (LON:BOWL) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership. Do analysts prefer PHTM or BOWL? Hollywood Bowl Group has a consensus price target of GBX 440, indicating a potential upside of 87.23%. Given Hollywood Bowl Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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) 0.00Hollywood Bowl Group 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in PHTM or BOWL? 82.9% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Is PHTM or BOWL more profitable? 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% Which has higher valuation & earnings, PHTM or BOWL? 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 RatioPhoto-Me International£235.08M0.00N/A£0.08N/AHollywood Bowl Group£225.13M1.80£35.41M£20.4311.50 Does the media refer more to PHTM or BOWL? In the previous week, Hollywood Bowl Group had 7 more articles in the media than Photo-Me International. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Hollywood Bowl Group and 0 mentions for Photo-Me International. Hollywood Bowl Group's average media sentiment score of 0.21 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 Neutral SummaryHollywood Bowl Group beats Photo-Me International on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Hollywood Bowl Group News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BOWL and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BOWL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart BOWL vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricHollywood Bowl GroupLeisure IndustryCyclical SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£405.89M£3.15B£3.36B£2.96BDividend Yield4.43%4.42%3.53%5.02%P/E Ratio11.501,100.4871.36147.88Price / Sales1.80126.8470.99258,917.23Price / Cash7.1712.6231.1627.97Price / Book2.652.883.764.61Net Income£35.41M£212.68M£264.31M£5.90B7 Day Performance-7.11%0.19%0.66%1.04%1 Month Performance-9.79%1.80%2.47%4.36%1 Year Performance-24.56%274.93%2,651.87%82.36% Hollywood Bowl Group Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BOWLHollywood Bowl Group3.9982 of 5 starsGBX 235-0.2%GBX 440+87.2%-24.6%£405.89M£225.13M11.502,787Dividend IncreaseHigh Trading VolumePHTMPhoto-Me InternationalN/AN/AN/AN/A£404.47M£235.08M1,337.501,056TEGTen Entertainment GroupN/AN/AN/AN/A£281.54M£128.73M1,370.001,742GYMThe Gym Group1.4652 of 5 starsGBX 154+1.3%GBX 190+23.4%+32.2%£273.90M£214.81M-131.331,837TUNEFocusriteN/AGBX 163-4.1%GBX 355+117.8%-57.4%£95.19M£167.75M8.12557CCTThe Character GroupN/AGBX 270.05+0.0%N/A-10.3%£49.91M£116.84M9.561,540Dividend IncreaseESCEscape HuntN/AN/AN/AN/A£45.26M£2.53M-4.37146News CoverageGap UpXPFXP FactoryN/AGBX 12.25-3.2%N/A-19.6%£21.46M£48.62M-60.26716GOALGoals Soccer CentresN/AN/AN/AN/A£20.46M£31.85M5.55691News CoverageTNDTandem GroupN/AGBX 185.25-1.2%N/A+31.3%£10.14M£22.28M-11.4472News CoverageInsider TradeHigh Trading VolumePIERThe Brighton Pier GroupN/AN/AN/AN/A£4.29M£32.47M-1.13684News CoverageGap DownHigh Trading Volume Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Photo-Me International Alternatives Ten Entertainment Group Alternatives The Gym Group Alternatives Focusrite Alternatives The Character Group Alternatives Escape Hunt Alternatives XP Factory Alternatives Goals Soccer Centres Alternatives Tandem Group Alternatives The Brighton Pier Group Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:BOWL) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersINVESTOR ALERT: Tiny “$3 AI Wonder Stock” on the Verge of Blasting OffRight now, we’re witnessing a monumental shift in the world.Traders Agency | SponsoredThis Signal Only Flashes Once Every 4 Years – And It Just TriggeredThis same signal has appeared twice before in the past 8 years — both times, it kicked off major moves in cryp...Crypto Swap Profits | SponsoredA new rule goes live in July — and the banks are quietly cashing inA little-known regulation quietly goes into effect this July. 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