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
Games Workshop Group (LON:GAW) and Hollywood Bowl Group (LON:BOWL) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk and media sentiment.
56.1% of Games Workshop Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.5% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are held by institutional investors. 7.9% of Games Workshop Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Games Workshop Group presently has a consensus price target of £165, suggesting a potential upside of 11.49%. Hollywood Bowl Group has a consensus price target of GBX 390, suggesting a potential upside of 55.88%. Given Hollywood Bowl Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hollywood Bowl Group is more favorable than Games Workshop Group.
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.
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 an annual dividend of GBX 0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Games Workshop Group pays out 87.6% 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 pays out 72.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hollywood Bowl Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Games Workshop Group has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hollywood Bowl Group has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hollywood Bowl Group had 2 more articles in the media than Games Workshop Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Hollywood Bowl Group and 2 mentions for Games Workshop Group. Games Workshop Group's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Hollywood Bowl Group's score of 0.54 indicating that Games Workshop Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
