Hollywood Bowl Group (BOWL) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Hollywood Bowl Group plc operates ten-pin bowling and mini-golf centers in the United Kingdom. The company also supplies and installs bowling equipment. It operates centers under the Hollywood Bowl, Puttstars, and Splitsville brands. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Hemel Hempstead, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 309.50 to 314
• 50-Day Range: 303.50 to 333
• 52-Week Range: 261.50 to 355
• Volume: 50,204 shs
• Average Volume: 573,517 shs
• Market Capitalization: £540.33 million
• P/E Ratio: 1,570.00
• Dividend Yield: 4.14%
• Price Target: GBX 410
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Hollywood Bowl Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Hollywood Bowl Group scored higher than 78% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Hollywood Bowl Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Hollywood Bowl Group has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Hollywood Bowl Group is 1,565.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 136.33.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Hollywood Bowl Group is 1,565.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Cyclical sector average P/E ratio of about 384.07.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Hollywood Bowl Group has a PEG Ratio of 0.87. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Hollywood Bowl Group has a P/B Ratio of 3.56. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for BOWL.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Hollywood Bowl Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.06%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Hollywood Bowl Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Hollywood Bowl Group is 6,500.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for BOWL.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.89

News Sentiment

Hollywood Bowl Group has a news sentiment score of 0.89. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.37 average news sentiment score of Consumer Cyclical companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Hollywood Bowl Group this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Hollywood Bowl Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Hollywood Bowl Group insiders have sold 407.27% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought £320,000 in company stock and sold £1,623,250.06 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 4.36% of the stock of Hollywood Bowl Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

82.89% of the stock of Hollywood Bowl Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

BOWL Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have BOWL shares performed this year?

Hollywood Bowl Group's stock was trading at GBX 306 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, BOWL stock has increased by 2.3% and is now trading at GBX 313.
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How do I buy shares of Hollywood Bowl Group?

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What other stocks do shareholders of Hollywood Bowl Group own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Hollywood Bowl Group investors own include boohoo group (BOO), The Gym Group (GYM), Cineworld Group (CINE), NovelStem International (HOLL), (KOG) (KOG), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY) and Marston's (MARS).

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Cyclical
• Industry: Leisure
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:BOWL
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.hollywoodbowlgroup.com
• Phone: +44-1442-840200
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2,787
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 410
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 410
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 410
• Potential Upside/Downside: +30.4%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 0.20
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 1,572.50
• Forward P/E Ratio: 13.95
• P/E Growth: 0.87
• Net Income: £35.20 million
• Net Margins: 15.71%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 24.25%
• Return on Assets: 10.35%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 135.91
• Current Ratio: 1.24
• Quick Ratio: 1.62

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £224.02 million
• Price / Sales: 2.42
• Cash Flow: GBX 43.85 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.17
• Book Value: GBX 88 per share
• Price / Book: 3.57

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 172,080,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £541.19 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.26