GYM vs. BOWL, PHTM, TEG, TUNE, CCT, ESC, GOAL, XPF, 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), Goals Soccer Centres (GOAL), XP Factory (XPF), Tandem Group (TND), and The Brighton Pier Group (PIER). These companies are all part of the "leisure" industry.
The Gym Group vs.
Hollywood Bowl Group (LON:BOWL) and The Gym Group (LON:GYM) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.
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.
Hollywood Bowl Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. The Gym Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Hollywood Bowl Group pays out 63.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Gym Group pays out -85.3% 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.
82.9% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of The Gym Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of The Gym Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Hollywood Bowl Group has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Gym Group has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The Gym Group received 131 more outperform votes than Hollywood Bowl Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.78% of users gave Hollywood Bowl Group an outperform vote while only 79.10% of users gave The Gym Group an outperform vote.
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 1 more articles in the media than Hollywood Bowl Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for The Gym Group and 0 mentions for Hollywood Bowl Group. Hollywood Bowl Group's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat The Gym Group's score of 0.26 indicating that Hollywood Bowl Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hollywood Bowl Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 420, indicating a potential upside of 53.28%. The Gym Group has a consensus price target of GBX 190, indicating a potential upside of 37.09%. Given Hollywood Bowl Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Hollywood Bowl Group is more favorable than The Gym Group.
Summary
Hollywood Bowl Group beats The Gym Group on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:GYM) was last updated on 4/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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