GYM vs. BOWL, PHTM, TEG, TUNE, CCT, ESC, HRN, XPF, GOAL, and TND
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), Hornby (HRN), XP Factory (XPF), Goals Soccer Centres (GOAL), and Tandem Group (TND). These companies are all part of the "leisure" industry.
The Gym Group (LON:GYM) and Hollywood Bowl Group (LON:BOWL) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
The Gym Group has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hollywood Bowl Group has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
77.6% of The Gym Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of The Gym Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Hollywood Bowl 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.
Hollywood Bowl Group has a net margin of 15.71% compared to The Gym Group's net margin of -4.12%. Hollywood Bowl Group's return on equity of 24.25% beat The Gym Group's return on equity.
The Gym Group received 131 more outperform votes than Hollywood Bowl Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.57% of users gave Hollywood Bowl Group an outperform vote while only 78.94% of users gave The Gym Group an outperform vote.
The Gym Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Hollywood Bowl Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. The Gym Group pays out -2,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hollywood Bowl Group pays out 6,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
The Gym Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 121, indicating a potential downside of 15.86%. Hollywood Bowl Group has a consensus price target of GBX 410, indicating a potential upside of 31.20%. Given Hollywood Bowl Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hollywood Bowl Group is more favorable than The Gym Group.
Hollywood Bowl Group has higher revenue and earnings than The Gym Group. The Gym Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hollywood Bowl Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, The Gym Group had 3 more articles in the media than Hollywood Bowl Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for The Gym Group and 9 mentions for Hollywood Bowl Group. The Gym Group's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Hollywood Bowl Group's score of 0.05 indicating that The Gym Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Hollywood Bowl Group beats The Gym Group on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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