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Games Workshop Group (GAW) Competitors

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£163.30 +40.00 (+0.25%)
As of 08/1/2025 11:50 AM Eastern

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 dividends, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and profitability.

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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£225.13M1.87£35.41M£20.4311.92
Games Workshop Group£528.22M10.24£151.83M£456.6935.76

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

Hollywood Bowl Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 390, indicating a potential upside of 60.16%. Games Workshop Group has a consensus price target of £165, indicating a potential upside of 1.04%. Given Hollywood Bowl Group's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly 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)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Hollywood Bowl Group had 8 more articles in the media than Games Workshop Group. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Hollywood Bowl Group and 8 mentions for Games Workshop Group. Games Workshop Group's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Hollywood Bowl Group's score of 0.38 indicating that Games Workshop Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Hollywood Bowl Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Games Workshop Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 375 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. 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

Games Workshop Group beats Hollywood Bowl Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GAW vs. The Competition

MetricGames Workshop GroupLeisure IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£5.41B£3.18B£3.40B£3.03B
Dividend Yield3.06%4.42%3.55%5.02%
P/E Ratio35.761,041.0168.63176.74
Price / Sales10.24129.4770.01264,367.15
Price / Cash33.9012.6231.1627.97
Price / Book21.402.913.704.54
Net Income£151.83M£212.68M£264.31M£5.90B
7 Day Performance4.68%-1.84%-2.02%-0.92%
1 Month Performance3.79%0.43%-0.23%6.15%
1 Year Performance63.46%283.81%1,793.69%71.63%

Games Workshop Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GAW
Games Workshop Group
2.0368 of 5 stars
£163.30
+0.2%
£165
+1.0%
+58.5%£5.41B£528.22M35.762,700News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Cut
Analyst Forecast
BOWL
Hollywood Bowl Group
4.2698 of 5 stars
GBX 248
-0.4%
GBX 440
+77.4%
-26.5%£428.34M£225.13M12.142,787Dividend 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
1.5795 of 5 stars
GBX 153.80
-0.1%
GBX 190
+23.5%
-2.6%£273.54M£214.81M-131.161,837
TUNE
Focusrite
N/AGBX 165
-1.5%
GBX 355
+115.2%
-59.7%£96.36M£167.75M8.22557
CCT
The Character Group
N/AGBX 278.40
+0.5%
N/A+2.7%£51.46M£116.84M9.861,540News Coverage
Dividend Increase
ESC
Escape Hunt
N/AN/AN/AN/A£45.26M£2.53M-4.37146Gap Up
GOAL
Goals Soccer Centres
N/AN/AN/AN/A£20.46M£31.85M5.55691
XPF
XP Factory
N/AGBX 10.97
+1.3%
N/A-25.8%£19.22M£48.62M-53.96716
TND
Tandem Group
N/AGBX 217
-0.5%
N/A+25.0%£11.87M£22.28M-13.4072

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This page (LON:GAW) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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