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The Gym Group (GYM) Competitors

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GBX 147.40 +3.60 (+2.50%)
(As of 12/20/2024 11:56 AM ET)

GYM vs. BOWL, PHTM, TEG, TUNE, CCT, ESC, HRN, XPF, GOAL, 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), XP Factory (XPF), Goals Soccer Centres (GOAL), and The Brighton Pier Group (PIER). These companies are all part of the "leisure" industry.

The Gym Group vs.

The Gym Group (LON:GYM) and Hollywood Bowl Group (LON:BOWL) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

77.7% of The Gym Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.9% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of The Gym Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Hollywood Bowl Group had 18 more articles in the media than The Gym Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Hollywood Bowl Group and 0 mentions for The Gym Group. Hollywood Bowl Group's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat The Gym Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Hollywood Bowl Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
The Gym Group Neutral
Hollywood Bowl Group Positive

The Gym Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Hollywood Bowl Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. The Gym Group pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The Gym Group£216.30M1.21-£2.10M-£0.01-14,740.00
Hollywood Bowl Group£224.02M2.27£35.20M£0.201,477.50

The Gym Group has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its stock price is 75% 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.

The Gym Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 153, indicating a potential upside of 3.80%. Hollywood Bowl Group has a consensus price target of GBX 420, indicating a potential upside of 42.13%. Given Hollywood Bowl Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hollywood Bowl Group is more favorable than The Gym Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
The Gym Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Hollywood Bowl Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The Gym Group-0.97% -1.64% 2.31%
Hollywood Bowl Group 15.71%24.25%10.35%

The Gym Group received 131 more outperform votes than Hollywood Bowl Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.67% of users gave Hollywood Bowl Group an outperform vote while only 79.02% of users gave The Gym Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The Gym GroupOutperform Votes
403
79.02%
Underperform Votes
107
20.98%
Hollywood Bowl GroupOutperform Votes
272
82.67%
Underperform Votes
57
17.33%

Summary

Hollywood Bowl Group beats The Gym Group on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GYM vs. The Competition

MetricThe Gym GroupLeisure IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£262.20M£647.82M£3.01B£1.88B
Dividend Yield0.98%4.34%3.90%5.68%
P/E Ratio-14,740.00414.19346.131,808.56
Price / Sales1.21106.68347.48381,933.69
Price / Cash25.9511.9629.0128.33
Price / Book2.082.663.322.93
Net Income-£2.10M£129.21M£284.33M£156.72M
7 Day Performance-0.27%-1.41%-1.53%-1.92%
1 Month Performance-8.10%1.38%0.04%17.85%
1 Year Performance38.27%6.61%9.15%29.41%

The Gym Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GYM
The Gym Group
N/AGBX 147.40
+2.5%
GBX 153
+3.8%
+39.1%£262.20M£216.30M-14,740.001,837
BOWL
Hollywood Bowl Group
3.8033 of 5 stars
GBX 333.50
-1.9%
GBX 420
+25.9%
+0.8%£573.89M£224.02M1,682.502,787Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
News Coverage
PHTM
Photo-Me International
N/AGBX 107
+4.9%
N/A+0.0%£404.47M£235.08M1,337.501,056
TEG
Ten Entertainment Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£281.54M£128.73M1,370.001,742
TUNE
Focusrite
2.5155 of 5 stars
GBX 268
-1.6%
GBX 410
+53.0%
-56.0%£157.02M£169.11M1,362.50557News Coverage
Positive News
CCT
The Character Group
N/AGBX 270
-2.2%
N/A-9.3%£50.68M£122.32M957.141,540Dividend Increase
News Coverage
Gap Down
ESC
Escape Hunt
N/AGBX 31
+12.7%
N/A+0.0%£45.26M£2.53M-4.37146News Coverage
Gap Up
HRN
Hornby
N/AGBX 20.25
+0.6%
N/A+20.0%£34.40M£56.24M-292.86212Gap Up
XPF
XP Factory
N/AGBX 12.62
-2.9%
N/A-25.8%£22.11M£45.87M-1,725.00716
GOAL
Goals Soccer Centres
N/AGBX 27.20
flat
N/A+0.0%£20.46M£31.85M5.55691Positive News
PIER
The Brighton Pier Group
N/AGBX 31.50
+4.3%
N/A-35.1%£11.75M£32.47M-315.00684Gap Up

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This page (LON:GYM) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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