GYM vs. BOWL, PHTM, TEG, TUNE, CCT, ESC, GOAL, XPF, TND, and PIER
Should you be buying The Gym Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Gym Group include Hollywood Bowl Group (BOWL), Photo-Me International (PHTM), Ten Entertainment Group (TEG), Focusrite (TUNE), The Character Group (CCT), Escape Hunt (ESC), Goals Soccer Centres (GOAL), XP Factory (XPF), Tandem Group (TND), and The Brighton Pier Group (PIER). These companies are all part of the "leisure" industry.
The Gym Group vs. Its Competitors
Hollywood Bowl Group (LON:BOWL) and The Gym Group (LON:GYM) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and media sentiment.
Hollywood Bowl Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 390, suggesting a potential upside of 55.88%. The Gym Group has a consensus price target of GBX 198.33, suggesting a potential upside of 34.19%. Given Hollywood Bowl Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hollywood Bowl Group is more favorable than The Gym Group.
In the previous week, The Gym Group had 3 more articles in the media than Hollywood Bowl Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for The Gym Group and 4 mentions for Hollywood Bowl Group. Hollywood Bowl Group's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat The Gym Group's score of 0.21 indicating that Hollywood Bowl Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
62.5% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.7% of The Gym Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of The Gym Group shares are held 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.
Hollywood Bowl Group has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Gym Group has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hollywood Bowl Group has a net margin of 15.73% compared to The Gym Group's net margin of -0.97%. Hollywood Bowl Group's return on equity of 23.23% beat The Gym Group's return on equity.
Hollywood Bowl Group has higher revenue and earnings than The Gym Group. Hollywood Bowl Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Gym Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Hollywood Bowl Group beats The Gym Group on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get The Gym Group News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for GYM and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GYM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
The Gym Group Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (LON:GYM) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
Free GYM Stock Alerts