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Games Workshop Group (GAW) Competitors

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£152.10 +340.00 (+2.29%)
As of 12:05 PM Eastern

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

Should you be buying Games Workshop Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Games Workshop Group include Hollywood Bowl Group (BOWL), 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), and Tandem Group (TND). These companies are all part of the "leisure" industry.

Games Workshop Group vs. Its Competitors

Hollywood Bowl Group (LON:BOWL) and Games Workshop Group (LON:GAW) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and dividends.

Hollywood Bowl Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Games Workshop Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Hollywood Bowl Group pays out 0.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Games Workshop Group pays out 0.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Hollywood Bowl Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Hollywood Bowl Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 390, indicating a potential upside of 37.58%. Games Workshop Group has a consensus target price of £165, indicating a potential upside of 8.48%. Given Hollywood Bowl Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Hollywood Bowl Group is more favorable than Games Workshop Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hollywood Bowl Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Games Workshop Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Hollywood Bowl Group has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Games Workshop Group has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Games Workshop Group has a net margin of 28.74% compared to Hollywood Bowl Group's net margin of 15.73%. Games Workshop Group's return on equity of 60.82% beat Hollywood Bowl Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hollywood Bowl Group15.73% 23.23% 10.35%
Games Workshop Group 28.74%60.82%37.68%

In the previous week, Hollywood Bowl Group had 4 more articles in the media than Games Workshop Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Hollywood Bowl Group and 0 mentions for Games Workshop Group. Hollywood Bowl Group's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Games Workshop Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Hollywood Bowl Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Hollywood Bowl Group Neutral
Games Workshop Group Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hollywood Bowl Group£240.46M1.97£35.41M£16.5517.13
Games Workshop Group£617.50M8.12£151.83M£593.5025.63

62.5% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.1% of Games Workshop Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of Games Workshop Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Games Workshop Group beats Hollywood Bowl Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GAW vs. The Competition

MetricGames Workshop GroupLeisure IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£5.02B£6.29B£3.92B£2.59B
Dividend Yield2.21%4.29%3.56%5.38%
P/E Ratio25.631,097.6477.21414.66
Price / Sales8.12114.56229.6397,398.97
Price / Cash33.9012.6231.1627.90
Price / Book19.932.833.627.57
Net Income£151.83M£212.68M£264.31M£5.89B
7 Day Performance3.96%1.66%0.79%-0.69%
1 Month Performance2.69%-1.85%-0.13%0.83%
1 Year Performance26.64%301.70%35.69%118.76%

Games Workshop Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GAW
Games Workshop Group
2.6381 of 5 stars
£152.10
+2.3%
£165
+8.5%
+24.6%£5.02B£617.50M25.632,700Dividend Cut
BOWL
Hollywood Bowl Group
4.1258 of 5 stars
GBX 277
+5.5%
GBX 390
+40.8%
-16.6%£462.18M£240.46M1,673.722,787Dividend Increase
High Trading Volume
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
2.8009 of 5 stars
GBX 138.40
+0.9%
GBX 200
+44.5%
-11.5%£242.99M£235.20M3,375.611,837
TUNE
Focusrite
N/AGBX 190.25
+2.8%
GBX 355
+86.6%
-21.7%£111.53M£162.55M5,595.59557
CCT
The Character Group
N/AGBX 271
-1.5%
N/A+2.6%£48.52M£118.82M919.891,540Dividend Increase
ESC
Escape Hunt
N/AN/AN/AN/A£45.26M£2.53M-4.37146Gap Up
XPF
XP Factory
N/AGBX 13
-3.7%
N/A+0.8%£22.77M£57.82M-1,830.99716High Trading Volume
GOAL
Goals Soccer Centres
N/AN/AN/AN/A£20.46M£31.85M5.55691News Coverage
TND
Tandem Group
N/AGBX 185.30
-2.5%
N/A+10.1%£10.23M£26.01M5,977.4272Positive News
Insider Trade
Gap Down

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This page (LON:GAW) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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