Games Workshop Group (GAW) Competitors

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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BOWL or GAW?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hollywood Bowl Group	Outperform Votes 276 82.88%	Underperform Votes 57 17.12%
Games Workshop Group	Outperform Votes 247 75.77%	Underperform Votes 79 24.23%

Do analysts prefer BOWL or GAW?

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

Does the media prefer BOWL or GAW?

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BOWL or GAW?

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.

Which has more risk and volatility, BOWL or GAW?

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.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, BOWL or GAW?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hollywood Bowl Group	£225.13M	2.30	£35.41M	£20.43	14.69
Games Workshop Group	£528.22M	9.94	£151.83M	£456.69	34.73

Is BOWL or GAW more profitable?

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 Group	15.73%	23.23%	10.35%
Games Workshop Group	28.74%	60.82%	37.68%

Is BOWL or GAW a better dividend stock?

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.