GAW vs. BOWL, PHTM, TEG, GYM, TUNE, CCT, ESC, GOAL, XPF, 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), Goals Soccer Centres (GOAL), XP Factory (XPF), 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 better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.
82.9% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Games Workshop Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Games Workshop Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Hollywood Bowl Group has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Games Workshop Group has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hollywood Bowl Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Games Workshop Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 375 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Hollywood Bowl Group pays out 63.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Games Workshop Group pays out 82.1% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
Hollywood Bowl Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 390, indicating a potential upside of 50.87%. Games Workshop Group has a consensus target price of £165, indicating a potential upside of 3.77%. Given Hollywood Bowl Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Hollywood Bowl Group is more favorable than Games Workshop Group.
In the previous week, Games Workshop Group had 1 more articles in the media than Hollywood Bowl Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Games Workshop Group and 2 mentions for Hollywood Bowl Group. Games Workshop Group's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat Hollywood Bowl Group's score of 0.33 indicating that Games Workshop Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Summary
Games Workshop Group beats Hollywood Bowl Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:GAW) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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