Games Workshop Group (GAW) Competitors

Games Workshop Group (LON:GAW) and Hollywood Bowl Group (LON:BOWL) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GAW or BOWL?

80.7% of Games Workshop Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.9% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Games Workshop Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is GAW or BOWL a better dividend stock?

Games Workshop Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 375 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Hollywood Bowl Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Games Workshop Group pays out 82.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hollywood Bowl Group pays out 63.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hollywood Bowl Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer GAW or BOWL?

In the previous week, Hollywood Bowl Group had 6 more articles in the media than Games Workshop Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Hollywood Bowl Group and 1 mentions for Games Workshop Group. Hollywood Bowl Group's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Games Workshop Group's score of 0.34 indicating that Hollywood Bowl Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Games Workshop Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Hollywood Bowl Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer GAW or BOWL?

Hollywood Bowl Group has a consensus price target of GBX 440, indicating a potential upside of 82.19%. Given Hollywood Bowl Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hollywood Bowl Group is more favorable than Games Workshop Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Games Workshop Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Hollywood Bowl Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility and risk, GAW or BOWL?

Games Workshop Group has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hollywood Bowl Group has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, GAW or BOWL?

Games Workshop Group has higher revenue and earnings than Hollywood Bowl Group. Hollywood Bowl Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Games Workshop Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Games Workshop Group	£528.22M	10.16	£151.83M	£456.69	35.49
Hollywood Bowl Group	£225.13M	1.85	£35.41M	£20.43	11.82

Is GAW or BOWL more profitable?

Games Workshop Group has a net margin of 28.74% compared to Hollywood Bowl Group's net margin of 15.73%. Games Workshop Group's return on equity of 60.82% beat Hollywood Bowl Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Games Workshop Group	28.74%	60.82%	37.68%
Hollywood Bowl Group	15.73%	23.23%	10.35%

Summary

Hollywood Bowl Group beats Games Workshop Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.