Hollywood Bowl Group
BOWL · Main Market · Travel and Leisure · mcap £412m · 251.5p
Hollywood Bowl runs bowling centres, with mini golf and arcade games, under the Hollywood Bowl and Puttstars brands in the UK and Canada. It makes money from bowling, food and drink, and amusements, and grows mainly by opening new sites.
Negative 7 Oct 2026
Group LFL revenue turned negative (1.0%) in FY26 after 2.3% in H1Second-half LFL weakened sharply; FY26 only guided to PBT growth in line with expectations; net cash fell to £13.5m. 7 Oct 2026 27 May 2026
Mixed 7 Oct 2026
Canada target brought forward to 35 centres by 2032, group 130 by 2033Accelerated expansion timetable raises capital needs and execution weight on Canadian management. 7 Oct 2026 27 May 2026
Mixed 29 Sep 2026
Frequent Canada leadership changes: new Canada CEO again from Nov 2026Third Canada leadership change in a year. 29 Sep 2026 20 Nov 2025
Negative 27 Jul 2026
Insider sales by PDMRs and a NED after share price rise in 2026Several sales in Feb, May and July 2026; only one small NED purchase of 1,000 shares. 27 Jul 2026 1 Jun 2026 16 Feb 2026 9 Feb 2026
Positive 1 Jul 2026
Repeated buybacks of £5m-£10m annually alongside dividend growthManagement returns surplus cash consistently while funding expansion. 1 Jul 2026 7 Jul 2025
- 2026-07-01 buyback programme · £5m – £5m buyback running until 30 September 2026 1 Jul 2026
- 2025-07-07 buyback programme · £5m – £5m buyback running until 30 September 2025 7 Jul 2025
- 2025-02-18 buyback programme · £10m – £10m buyback to run until January 2026; completed April 2025, 3.76m shares at 244.1p average 18 Feb 2025
- 2024-02-05 buyback programme · £5m – Initial £5m tranche of up to £10m buyback, shares cancelled, to end by 29 Jan 2025 5 Feb 2024
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