Hollywood Bowl Group Plc

Hollywood Bowl Group Plc

LLSE:BOWL
274.00
GBX
-1.50
(-0.54%)
39.48BMarket Cap
Dec 22Next Earn
2013 Y
2014 Y
2015 Y
2016 Y
2017 Y
2018 Y
2019 Y
2020 Y
2021 Y
2022 Y
2023 Y
2024 Y
2025 Y
TTM
Revenue per Share
0.47
0.52
0.56
0.99
0.76
0.8
0.87
0.52
0.44
1.13
1.25
1.34
1.47
- -
Basic EPS, GAAP
-0.02
-0.02
0.02
0.01
0.12
0.13
0.15
0.01
0.01
0.22
0.2
0.17
0.2
- -
Free Cash Flow per Basic Share
0.03
0.02
0.07
0.14
0.1
0.13
0.11
0.01
0.1
0.31
0.24
0.17
0.22
- -
Dividend per Share
- -
- -
- -
- -
0.02
0.09
0.11
0.09
- -
0.03
0.15
0.15
0.12
- -
Book Value per Share
-0.02
-0.03
- -
0.5
0.6
0.63
0.68
0.47
0.61
0.81
0.86
0.88
0.91
0.94
Tangible Book Value per Share
-0.1
-0.47
-0.44
-0.03
0.07
0.11
0.15
-0.03
0.16
0.33
0.34
0.3
0.31
0.35
Basic Weighted Avg Shares
150
150
150
106
150
150
150
153
165
171
171
172
171
168
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
70
79
85
105
114
121
130
79
72
194
215
230
251
- -
Operating Margin (%)
2.05
4.11
15.4
12.39
19.41
20.65
21.9
12.41
9.41
28.6
26.29
26.32
23.68
- -
Depreciation Expense
9
9
8
10
11
11
10
20
20
21
24
27
32
- -
Net Income, GAAP
-3
-3
4
1
18
19
22
1
2
37
34
30
35
- -
Effective Tax Rate (%)
- -
- -
24.62
53.89
13.49
21.52
19.22
- -
- -
19.74
24.24
30.05
21.85
- -
Profit Margin (%)
-3.7
-3.25
4.24
1.13
16.02
15.58
17.16
1.74
2.4
19.33
15.88
12.98
13.81
- -
Working Capital
- -
-3
8
- -
10
13
12
-5
3
23
22
-2
-20
-15
LT Debt
39
88
92
29
28
27
25
183
160
177
182
204
221
220
Total Equity
-3
-4
- -
74
90
95
102
73
105
138
148
152
151
157
Return on Invested Capital (%)
- -
- -
10.74
6.54
16.59
15.44
17.51
- -
- -
14.47
12.06
10.35
11.84
- -
Return on Capital (%)
- -
- -
10.97
5.38
17.27
16.13
18.38
- -
- -
14.7
12.58
10.84
12.18
- -
Return on Common Equity (%)
- -
- -
- -
- -
22.25
20.34
22.67
1.58
1.94
30.81
23.85
19.93
22.81
- -

Capital Structure

GBP

•

in mil. unless spec.
Mar'25
Sep'25
Mar'26
ST Debt
15
15
15
LT Borrowings
- -
- -
- -
LT Finance Leases
216
221
220
Preferred Equity and Hybrid Capital
- -
- -
- -
Shares Outstanding
170
167
168
Market Capitalization
459
421
395

Working Capital

GBP

•

in mil. unless spec.
Mar'25
Sep'25
Mar'26
Total Current Assets
33
31
37
Cash, Cash Equivalents & STI
23
15
26
Accounts Receivable, Net
1
2
1
Inventories
3
4
4
Total Current Liabilities
45
50
53
Payables & Accruals
- -
- -
- -
ST Debt
15
15
15
Deferred Revenue
- -
- -
- -

Growth Rates

GBP

•

in mil. unless spec.

(avg. rate of change)

10 years
5 years
1 year
Total Equity
-2,610.26%
16.76%
-0.6%
Free Cash Flow
212.04%
432.96%
27.19%
Net Income, GAAP
338.58%
417.31%
15.71%
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
19.42%
37.38%
8.79%
Total Cash Common Dividend
- -
- -
-20.45%

Semi-annual Revenue

GBP

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

H1
H2
FY
2024
- -
- -
230
2025
- -
- -
251
2026
- -
- -
- -

Semi-annual Earnings Per Share

GBP

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

H1
H2
FY
2024
- -
- -
0.17
2025
- -
- -
0.2
2026
- -
- -
- -

Semi-annual Dividends Per Share

GBP

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

H1
H2
FY
2024
- -
- -
0.15
2025
- -
- -
0.12
2026
- -
- -
- -

Company Description

CEO
Stephen Burns
Full Time Employees
2,800
Sector
Consumer services
Industry
Movies/Entertainment
Address
Focus 31 Hemel Hempstead HD United Kingdom HP2 7BW
IPO Date
Sep 21, 2016
Business
Hollywood Bowl Group plc operates as the United Kingdom's leading operator of ten-pin bowling and mini-golf centres and Canada's largest ten-pin bowling operator, offering family-friendly entertainment experiences that include bowling lanes, licensed bars, diners serving value meals snacks and sharers, and amusement zones with traditional and state-of-the-art games such as air hockey basketball hoops video games and prize redemption machines; additional features encompass VIP lanes dynamic pricing Pins on Strings technology at-lane drink ordering Nayax tap-to-play contactless payments and Putt & Play mini-golf courses under the Hollywood Bowl brand in the UK alongside Splitsville and Stoked multi-leisure brands in Canada featuring laser tag indoor go-karts ropes courses ziplines and elevated dining. The company maintains 72 centres in the UK predominantly in out-of-town multi-use leisure and retail parks co-located with cinemas and casual dining and 13 large-format centres across Canadian provinces including Ontario British Columbia Alberta and Saskatchewan totaling over 1600 bowling lanes and serving families friends and work groups with affordable fun and healthy competition. Founded in 2010 through the merger of AMF and Hollywood Bowl portfolios and headquartered in Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire England the group listed on the London Stock Exchange Main Market in 2016 and targets 130 centres by 2035 via new builds acquisitions and refurbishments. In fiscal year 2024 ended 30 September the company achieved record revenue of 230.4 million pounds up 7.1 percent invested over 50 million pounds in its estate including ten UK and two Canadian refurbishments four new UK centres via acquisition of Lincoln Bowl and openings in Dundee Westwood Cross and Colchester four Canadian expansions with a custom-built Waterloo Ontario site and the Stoked acquisition in Saskatoon rolled out a new 1.5 million pound customer booking system across the UK with Canadian piloting installed solar panels at three more UK sites reaching 42 percent coverage advanced Pins on Strings to over 90 percent of UK lanes commenced Canadian trials launched 578 new amusement machines and announced a 10 million pound share buyback programme while proposing a final ordinary dividend of 8.08 pence per share for total ordinary payout growth of 2.1 percent.