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Hollywood Bowl - Shares smash through £3 mark

February 2020

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  • Epic Code:
  • BOWL
  • Price:
  • 302p
Shares in ten-pin bowling operator Hollywood Bowl lifted off to £3 following strong results slightly ahead of expectations and news of a special dividend for the third year running. On the back of this analysts have made small upgrades to forecasts.The group increased revenues almost 8% to £129.9m, while pretax profit increased 15.3% to £27.6m. Eps were 14.8p (ahead of 13.6p forecast).Sales growth came through a 5.5% jump in like-for-like sales, eight centre refurbishments and rebrands, which generated 46% return on investment (well above its 33% ROI target) and two new centre openings including Watford and the Intu shopping centre at Lakeside, the largest bowling centre opening in the UK in the past 10 year ...

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