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Games Workshop Group (GAW) Competitors

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£158.90 +10.00 (+0.06%)
As of 03:18 AM 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. Its Competitors

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

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

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

In the previous week, Hollywood Bowl Group had 3 more articles in the media than Games Workshop Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Hollywood Bowl Group and 3 mentions for Games Workshop Group. Hollywood Bowl Group's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Games Workshop Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Hollywood Bowl Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Games Workshop Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 375 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Hollywood Bowl Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. 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 pays out 63.6% 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 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
Games Workshop Group£528.22M9.96£151.83M£456.6934.79
Hollywood Bowl Group£225.13M1.80£35.41M£20.4311.50

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
Games Workshop Group28.74% 60.82% 37.68%
Hollywood Bowl Group 15.73%23.23%10.35%

Hollywood Bowl Group has a consensus price target of GBX 440, suggesting a potential upside of 87.23%. Given Hollywood Bowl Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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
Games Workshop Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Hollywood Bowl Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Hollywood Bowl Group beats Games Workshop Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GAW vs. The Competition

MetricGames Workshop GroupLeisure IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£5.26B£3.15B£3.34B£2.96B
Dividend Yield3.06%4.42%3.53%5.02%
P/E Ratio34.791,100.4871.36147.88
Price / Sales9.96126.8470.99258,917.23
Price / Cash33.9012.6231.1627.97
Price / Book20.832.883.764.61
Net Income£151.83M£212.68M£264.31M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-2.03%0.02%0.31%1.09%
1 Month Performance-1.49%1.75%2.46%4.35%
1 Year Performance50.47%274.93%2,651.87%83.41%

Games Workshop Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GAW
Games Workshop Group
N/A£158.90
+0.1%
N/A+50.4%£5.26B£528.22M34.792,700Dividend Cut
BOWL
Hollywood Bowl Group
4.0005 of 5 stars
GBX 248.64
-1.3%
GBX 440
+77.0%
-24.6%£429.44M£225.13M12.172,787Dividend Increase
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
1.4586 of 5 stars
GBX 151.20
-0.5%
GBX 190
+25.7%
+32.2%£268.92M£214.81M-128.951,837
TUNE
Focusrite
N/AGBX 167.20
-1.6%
GBX 355
+112.3%
-57.4%£97.64M£167.75M8.33557Gap Up
CCT
The Character Group
N/AGBX 271.56
+0.6%
N/A-9.4%£50.19M£116.84M9.611,540Dividend Increase
ESC
Escape Hunt
N/AN/AN/AN/A£45.26M£2.53M-4.37146News Coverage
Gap Up
XPF
XP Factory
N/AGBX 12.50
-1.2%
N/A-19.6%£21.90M£48.62M-61.48716
GOAL
Goals Soccer Centres
N/AN/AN/AN/A£20.46M£31.85M5.55691
TND
Tandem Group
N/AGBX 185.50
-2.4%
N/A+26.2%£10.15M£22.28M-11.4672Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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