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 superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

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 4.4%. 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.

Does the media refer more to BOWL or GAW?

In the previous week, Hollywood Bowl Group and Hollywood Bowl Group both had 1 articles in the media. Hollywood Bowl Group's average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat Games Workshop Group's score of 0.00 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Games Workshop Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger 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	2.29	£35.41M	£20.43	14.59
Games Workshop Group	£528.22M	9.70	£151.83M	£456.69	33.87

Do analysts prefer BOWL or GAW?

Hollywood Bowl Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 440, suggesting a potential upside of 47.65%. Given Hollywood Bowl Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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

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%

Which has more volatility & risk, 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.

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%

Summary

Hollywood Bowl Group beats Games Workshop Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.