GYM vs. BOWL, PHTM, TEG, TUNE, CCT, ESC, HRN, GOAL, XPF, 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), Hornby (HRN), Goals Soccer Centres (GOAL), XP Factory (XPF), 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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
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.
Hollywood Bowl Group has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Gym Group has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hollywood Bowl Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 410, indicating a potential upside of 29.54%. The Gym Group has a consensus price target of GBX 153, indicating a potential downside of 4.61%. Given Hollywood Bowl Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Hollywood Bowl Group is more favorable than The Gym Group.
The Gym Group received 133 more outperform votes than Hollywood Bowl Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.57% of users gave Hollywood Bowl Group an outperform vote while only 79.02% of users gave The Gym Group an outperform vote.
Hollywood Bowl Group has a net margin of 15.71% compared to The Gym Group's net margin of -0.97%. Hollywood Bowl Group's return on equity of 24.25% beat The Gym Group's return on equity.
82.9% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of The Gym Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of The Gym Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Hollywood Bowl Group had 1 more articles in the media than The Gym Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Hollywood Bowl Group and 1 mentions for The Gym Group. The Gym Group's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Hollywood Bowl Group's score of 0.89 indicating that The Gym Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hollywood Bowl Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. The Gym Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Hollywood Bowl Group pays out 6,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The Gym Group pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Hollywood Bowl Group beats The Gym Group on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:GYM) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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