BOWL vs. TUNE, GYM, CCL, PPH, CRST, MOON, XPS, AO, TIFS, and CVSG
Should you be buying Hollywood Bowl Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hollywood Bowl Group include Focusrite (TUNE), The Gym Group (GYM), Carnival Co. & (CCL), PPHE Hotel Group (PPH), Crest Nicholson (CRST), Moonpig Group (MOON), XPS Pensions Group (XPS), AO World (AO), TI Fluid Systems (TIFS), and CVS Group (CVSG). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Hollywood Bowl Group (LON:BOWL) and Focusrite (LON:TUNE) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
Hollywood Bowl Group has a net margin of 15.88% compared to Focusrite's net margin of 6.99%. Hollywood Bowl Group's return on equity of 23.85% beat Focusrite's return on equity.
Hollywood Bowl Group received 70 more outperform votes than Focusrite when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.57% of users gave Hollywood Bowl Group an outperform vote while only 80.65% of users gave Focusrite an outperform vote.
Hollywood Bowl Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Focusrite pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Hollywood Bowl Group pays out 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Focusrite pays out 3,500.0% 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 Focusrite. Hollywood Bowl Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Focusrite, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hollywood Bowl Group has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Focusrite has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hollywood Bowl Group had 2 more articles in the media than Focusrite. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Hollywood Bowl Group and 0 mentions for Focusrite. Focusrite's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Hollywood Bowl Group's score of -0.14 indicating that Focusrite is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
81.8% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of Focusrite shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 37.0% of Focusrite 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.
Hollywood Bowl Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 410, indicating a potential upside of 22.75%. Focusrite has a consensus price target of GBX 410, indicating a potential upside of 5.13%. Given Hollywood Bowl Group's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Hollywood Bowl Group is more favorable than Focusrite.
Summary
Hollywood Bowl Group beats Focusrite on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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