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Games Workshop Group (GAW) Competitors

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£158.70 -210.00 (-1.31%)
As of 12:25 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.

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

Hollywood Bowl Group received 29 more outperform votes than Games Workshop Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.88% of users gave Hollywood Bowl Group an outperform vote while only 75.77% of users gave Games Workshop Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Hollywood Bowl GroupOutperform Votes
276
82.88%
Underperform Votes
57
17.12%
Games Workshop GroupOutperform Votes
247
75.77%
Underperform Votes
79
24.23%

Hollywood Bowl Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 440, suggesting a potential upside of 46.67%. Given Hollywood Bowl Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly 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)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Hollywood Bowl Group had 1 more articles in the media than Games Workshop Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Hollywood Bowl Group and 2 mentions for Games Workshop Group. Hollywood Bowl Group's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Games Workshop Group's score of 0.59 indicating that Hollywood Bowl Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hollywood Bowl Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Games Workshop Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

82.9% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Games Workshop Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Games Workshop Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

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£225.13M2.30£35.41M£20.4314.69
Games Workshop Group£528.22M9.94£151.83M£456.6934.73

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%

Hollywood Bowl Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. 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.

Summary

Hollywood Bowl Group beats Games Workshop Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GAW vs. The Competition

MetricGames Workshop GroupLeisure IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£5.25B£2.36B£3.35B£2.65B
Dividend Yield3.06%4.42%3.49%5.05%
P/E Ratio34.731,497.6689.53133.43
Price / Sales9.94119.8366.99228,589.14
Price / Cash33.9011.9631.0728.02
Price / Book20.792.643.743.79
Net Income£151.83M£197.21M£262.99M£5.88B
7 Day Performance3.39%0.18%0.04%0.41%
1 Month Performance8.56%407.80%29.20%21.88%
1 Year Performance63.51%357.77%2,598.93%120.83%

Games Workshop Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GAW
Games Workshop Group
N/A£158.70
-1.3%
N/A+64.9%£5.25B£528.22M34.752,700News Coverage
Dividend Cut
BOWL
Hollywood Bowl Group
4.2531 of 5 stars
GBX 299.11
+1.1%
GBX 440
+47.1%
-9.3%£516.62M£225.13M14.642,787Dividend Increase
Gap Up
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
2.3161 of 5 stars
GBX 152.18
+0.9%
GBX 190
+24.9%
+12.4%£270.66M£214.81M-129.781,837Gap Up
TUNE
Focusrite
3.8163 of 5 stars
GBX 160
+1.8%
GBX 355
+121.9%
-60.0%£93.44M£167.75M7.97557
CCT
The Character Group
N/AGBX 257
-1.2%
N/A-25.8%£47.50M£116.84M9.101,540Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
ESC
Escape Hunt
N/AN/AN/AN/A£45.26M£2.53M-4.37146News Coverage
Gap Up
XPF
XP Factory
N/AGBX 13.30
+8.6%
N/A-8.2%£23.30M£48.62M-65.42716
GOAL
Goals Soccer Centres
N/AN/AN/AN/A£20.46M£31.85M5.55691News Coverage
TND
Tandem Group
N/AGBX 164.70
+9.8%
N/A-9.8%£9.01M£22.28M-10.1772Gap Down
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:GAW) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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