Insider Buying: Hollywood Bowl Group (LON:BOWL) Insider Buys £5,399.46 in Stock

Hollywood Bowl Group plc (LON:BOWL) insider Melanie Dickinson purchased 2,222 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 6th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 243 per share, for a total transaction of £5,399.46.

Melanie Dickinson also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, February 5th, Melanie Dickinson sold 36,700 shares of Hollywood Bowl Group stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 263, for a total value of £96,521.

Hollywood Bowl Group Price Performance

LON:BOWL opened at GBX 258 on Thursday. Hollywood Bowl Group plc has a 52-week low of GBX 231.50 and a 52-week high of GBX 309. The stock has a fifty day moving average of GBX 265.94 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 266.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 155.86, a quick ratio of 1.62 and a current ratio of 0.61. The firm has a market capitalization of £430.48 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.81, a P/E/G ratio of 0.87 and a beta of 0.23.

Hollywood Bowl Group (LON:BOWL) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, December 16th. The company reported GBX 21.51 earnings per share for the quarter. Hollywood Bowl Group had a return on equity of 22.81% and a net margin of 13.81%. On average, research analysts expect that Hollywood Bowl Group plc will post 22.5511696 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 440 target price on shares of Hollywood Bowl Group in a research note on Monday, January 19th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of GBX 400.

Hollywood Bowl Group Company Profile

Hollywood Bowl Group plc is a leading international leisure operator of ten-pin bowling and mini-golf centres, bringing families and friends together for affordable fun and safe, healthy competition.

Our unique purpose-led culture and proven investment-led strategy are enabling us to capitalise on the significant growth opportunities in the markets we operate in, and achieve strong returns on capital invested.

We are market leader in the UK and Canada, and one of the largest operators of ten-pin bowling centres in the world.