GYM vs. BOWL, PHTM, TEG, TUNE, CCT, ESC, XPF, GOAL, 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), XP Factory (XPF), Goals Soccer Centres (GOAL), Tandem Group (TND), and The Brighton Pier Group (PIER). These companies are all part of the "leisure" industry.
The Gym Group vs. Its Competitors
The Gym Group (LON:GYM) and Hollywood Bowl Group (LON:BOWL) 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 earnings, risk, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
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.
77.7% of The Gym Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.9% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of The Gym Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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, Hollywood Bowl Group had 8 more articles in the media than The Gym Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Hollywood Bowl Group and 6 mentions for The Gym Group. Hollywood Bowl Group's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat The Gym Group's score of 0.30 indicating that Hollywood Bowl Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The Gym Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 190, suggesting a potential upside of 23.91%. Hollywood Bowl Group has a consensus price target of GBX 440, suggesting a potential upside of 79.23%. Given Hollywood Bowl Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hollywood Bowl Group is more favorable than The Gym Group.
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 5.3%. The Gym Group pays out -85.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hollywood Bowl Group pays out 63.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
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 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hollywood Bowl Group beats The Gym Group on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:GYM) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
