Hollywood Bowl Group (LON:BOWL) Receives Buy Rating from Shore Capital

Hollywood Bowl Group (LON:BOWL - Get Free Report)'s stock had its "buy" rating reissued by analysts at Shore Capital in a research report issued on Thursday, MarketBeat.com reports.

Separately, Berenberg Bank restated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 420 ($5.21) target price on shares of Hollywood Bowl Group in a report on Thursday, November 28th.

Hollywood Bowl Group Trading Up 2.4 %

Shares of BOWL stock traded up GBX 6.50 ($0.08) on Thursday, reaching GBX 281 ($3.48). 1,158,063 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,109,800. Hollywood Bowl Group has a 1-year low of GBX 270 ($3.35) and a 1-year high of GBX 355 ($4.40). The stock has a market cap of £483.54 million, a P/E ratio of 1,405.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.87 and a beta of 1.26. The company has a quick ratio of 1.62, a current ratio of 1.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 135.91. The firm has a 50 day moving average of GBX 301.53 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 312.30.

Hollywood Bowl Group (LON:BOWL - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, December 17th. The company reported GBX 18.82 ($0.23) EPS for the quarter. Hollywood Bowl Group had a return on equity of 24.25% and a net margin of 15.71%. On average, research analysts anticipate that Hollywood Bowl Group will post 22.5511696 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Hollywood Bowl Group

In other Hollywood Bowl Group news, insider Peter Boddy bought 100,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 13th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 320 ($3.97) per share, for a total transaction of £320,000 ($396,579.50). Also, insider Julia Porter purchased 2,000 shares of Hollywood Bowl Group stock in a transaction on Monday, January 20th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 288 ($3.57) per share, with a total value of £5,760 ($7,138.43). Insiders purchased a total of 155,210 shares of company stock worth $48,539,000 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 4.36% of the company's stock.

About Hollywood Bowl Group

Hollywood Bowl Group plc is a leading international leisure operator of ten-pin bowling and mini-golf centres, bringing families and friends together for affordable fun and safe, healthy competition. Our unique purpose-led culture and proven investment-led strategy are enabling us to capitalise on the significant growth opportunities in the markets we operate in, and achieve strong returns on capital invested. We are market leader in the UK and Canada, and one of the largest operators of ten-pin bowling centres in the world.