Hollywood Bowl Group Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

Hollywood Bowl Group's CEO is Steve Burns, appointed in Jan 2014, has a tenure of 10.83 years. total yearly compensation is £1.35M, comprised of 32.8% salary and 67.2% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 1.8% of the company’s shares, worth £9.85M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 4.9 years and 7.1 years respectively.

Key information

Steve Burns

Chief executive officer

UK£1.4m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	32.8%
CEO tenure	10.8yrs
CEO ownership	1.8%
Management average tenure	4.9yrs
Board average tenure	7.1yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Is Now The Time To Put Hollywood Bowl Group (LON:BOWL) On Your Watchlist?

Aug 09

Is There Now An Opportunity In Hollywood Bowl Group plc (LON:BOWL)?

Feb 15

Here's What To Make Of Hollywood Bowl Group's (LON:BOWL) Decelerating Rates Of Return

Sep 21

Investors Met With Slowing Returns on Capital At Hollywood Bowl Group (LON:BOWL)

Feb 11

Hollywood Bowl Group (LON:BOWL) Strong Profits May Be Masking Some Underlying Issues

Dec 21

Estimating The Fair Value Of Hollywood Bowl Group plc (LON:BOWL)

Jul 27

Is Hollywood Bowl Group (LON:BOWL) Weighed On By Its Debt Load?

Jun 05

Why Hollywood Bowl Group plc (LON:BOWL) Could Be Worth Watching

Mar 24

Hollywood Bowl Group plc (LON:BOWL) Analysts Just Slashed This Year's Revenue Estimates By 24%

Mar 24

Hollywood Bowl Group (LON:BOWL) Takes On Some Risk With Its Use Of Debt

Dec 15

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Steve Burns's remuneration changed compared to Hollywood Bowl Group's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Mar 31 2024	n/a	n/a	UK£35m
Dec 31 2023	n/a	n/a	UK£35m
Sep 30 2023	UK£1m	UK£443k	UK£34m
Jun 30 2023	n/a	n/a	UK£33m
Mar 31 2023	n/a	n/a	UK£31m
Dec 31 2022	n/a	n/a	UK£34m
Sep 30 2022	UK£1m	UK£412k	UK£37m
Jun 30 2022	n/a	n/a	UK£39m
Mar 31 2022	n/a	n/a	UK£40m
Dec 31 2021	n/a	n/a	UK£21m
Sep 30 2021	UK£415k	UK£393k	UK£2m
Jun 30 2021	n/a	n/a	-UK£10m
Mar 31 2021	n/a	n/a	-UK£22m
Dec 31 2020	n/a	n/a	-UK£11m
Sep 30 2020	UK£699k	UK£392k	UK£1m
Jun 30 2020	n/a	n/a	UK£11m
Mar 31 2020	n/a	n/a	UK£21m
Dec 31 2019	n/a	n/a	UK£22m
Sep 30 2019	UK£1m	UK£390k	UK£22m
Jun 30 2019	n/a	n/a	UK£21m
Mar 31 2019	n/a	n/a	UK£20m
Dec 31 2018	n/a	n/a	UK£20m
Sep 30 2018	UK£536k	UK£308k	UK£19m

Compensation vs Market: Steve's total compensation ($USD1.75M) is about average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD1.39M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Steve's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

Steve Burns (48 yo)

10.8yrs

Tenure

UK£1,351,100

Compensation

Mr. Stephen Burns, also known as Steve, has been Chief Executive Officer of Hollywood Bowl Group Plc since 2014. Mr. Burns serves as Chief Executive Officer at the Original Bowling Company Limited. Mr. Bur...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Stephen Burns	CEO & Non-Independent Executive Director	10.8yrs	UK£1.35m	1.8% £ 9.8m
Laurence Keen	CFO & Non-Independent Executive Director	no data	UK£890.80k	0.77% £ 4.2m
Melanie Dickinson	Chief People Officer & Executive Director	3.1yrs	UK£504.90k	0.17% £ 920.2k
Pat Haggerty	President & MD of Canada	2.2yrs	no data	no data
Darryl Lewis	Chief Operating Officer	4.9yrs	no data	0.15% £ 844.4k
Mathew Hart	Chief Marketing & Technology Officer	6.8yrs	no data	0.35% £ 1.9m

4.9yrs

Average Tenure

48yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: BOWL's management team is considered experienced (4.9 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Stephen Burns	CEO & Non-Independent Executive Director	8.4yrs	UK£1.35m	1.8% £ 9.8m
Laurence Keen	CFO & Non-Independent Executive Director	8.4yrs	UK£890.80k	0.77% £ 4.2m
Melanie Dickinson	Chief People Officer & Executive Director	3.1yrs	UK£504.90k	0.17% £ 920.2k
Peter Boddy	Non-Executive Chairman	10.8yrs	UK£141.70k	0.31% £ 1.7m
Rachel Addison Horsley	Senior Independent Non-Executive Director	1.2yrs	UK£4.20k	no data
Ivan Schofield	Independent Non-Executive Director	7.1yrs	UK£50.90k	0.050% £ 274.8k
Julia Porter	Independent Non-Executive Director	2.2yrs	UK£50.90k	no data

7.1yrs

Average Tenure

54yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: BOWL's board of directors are considered experienced (7.1 years average tenure).

Hollywood Bowl Group Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Board Member recently sold UK£498k worth of stock

Hollywood Bowl Group plc, Annual General Meeting, Jan 30, 2025

Non-Executive Chairman recently sold UK£856k worth of stock

Key Executive exercised options and sold UK£270k worth of stock

Independent Non-Executive Director recently bought UK£96k worth of stock

Chief Operating Officer recently sold UK£578k worth of stock

Recent updates

Board Member recently sold UK£498k worth of stock

Hollywood Bowl Group plc to Report Q4, 2024 Results on Dec 17, 2024

Now 22% overvalued after recent price rise

Hollywood Bowl Group plc, Annual General Meeting, Jan 30, 2025

Price target increased by 7.2% to UK£4.00

Non-Executive Chairman recently sold UK£856k worth of stock

Key Executive exercised options and sold UK£270k worth of stock

Now 20% overvalued

Is Now The Time To Put Hollywood Bowl Group (LON:BOWL) On Your Watchlist?

Now 20% overvalued

Now 15% overvalued

Now 21% overvalued

Independent Non-Executive Director recently bought UK£96k worth of stock

First half dividend increased to UK£0.04

First half 2024 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.13 (vs UK£0.12 in 1H 2023)

Now 20% overvalued after recent price rise

Now 21% overvalued after recent price rise

Chief Operating Officer recently sold UK£578k worth of stock

Hollywood Bowl Group plc to Report First Half, 2024 Results on Jun 03, 2024

Independent Non-Executive Director recently sold UK£133k worth of stock

Is There Now An Opportunity In Hollywood Bowl Group plc (LON:BOWL)?

Hollywood Bowl Group plc (LSE:BOWL) commences an Equity Buyback Plan for 17,171,236 shares, representing 10% of its issued share capital, under the authorization approved on January 29, 2024.

Hollywood Bowl Group plc Declares Final Dividend

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.11 per share at 5.0% yield

Key Executive recently sold UK£319k worth of stock

Full year 2023 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

Hollywood Bowl Group plc Proposes Special Dividend for the Year Ended 30 September 2023, Payable on 23 February 2024

Hollywood Bowl Group plc to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Dec 18, 2023

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 11%

Hollywood Bowl Group plc (LSE:BOWL) acquired Lincoln Bowl Limited.

Here's What To Make Of Hollywood Bowl Group's (LON:BOWL) Decelerating Rates Of Return

Now 21% undervalued after recent price drop

Hollywood Bowl Group plc Appoints Rachel Addison as Independent Non-Executive Director, and as a Member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees with Effect from 1 September 2023

Now 21% undervalued after recent price drop

Hollywood Bowl Group plc Declares an Interim Dividend, Payable on 5 July 2023

First half 2023 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.12 (vs UK£0.16 in 1H 2022)

Board Member recently sold UK£310k worth of stock

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

Key Executive exercised options and sold UK£598k worth of stock

Hollywood Bowl Group plc (LSE:BOWL) acquired Mountain View Bowl Inc and Wong and Lewis Investments Inc and HLD Investments Inc for CAD 12 million.

Investors Met With Slowing Returns on Capital At Hollywood Bowl Group (LON:BOWL)

Hollywood Bowl Group plc Approves the Final Dividend

Hollywood Bowl Group plc Approves the Final Dividend

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.12 per share at 4.5% yield

Hollywood Bowl Group plc, Annual General Meeting, Jan 30, 2023

Full year 2022 earnings: Revenues exceed analysts expectations while EPS lags behind

Hollywood Bowl Group plc Proposes Final Ordinary Dividend for the Year Ended 30 September 2022, Payable on 24 February 2023

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

At UK£2.30, Is Hollywood Bowl Group plc (LON:BOWL) Worth Looking At Closely?

Hollywood Bowl Group plc to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Dec 16, 2022

Hollywood Bowl Group's (LON:BOWL) Returns Have Hit A Wall

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Hollywood Bowl Group plc Appoints Julia Porter as Independent Non-Executive Director and as Member of the Audit, Nomination and Renumeration Committees, with Effect from 1 September 2022

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.03 per share

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 19%

First half 2022 earnings released

Hollywood Bowl Group plc (LSE:BOWL) acquired Teaquinn Holdings Inc. from Pat Haggerty and his Family Trust for CAD 34 million.

Hollywood Bowl Group plc Declares an Interim Dividend, Payable on 6 July 2022

Insufficient new directors

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 13%

Hollywood Bowl Group plc to Report First Half, 2022 Results on May 25, 2022

Hollywood Bowl Group (LON:BOWL) May Have Issues Allocating Its Capital

Estimating The Fair Value Of Hollywood Bowl Group plc (LON:BOWL)

Consensus forecasts updated

Key Executive exercised options and sold UK£377k worth of stock

Hollywood Bowl Group (LON:BOWL) Strong Profits May Be Masking Some Underlying Issues

Full year 2021 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Estimating The Fair Value Of Hollywood Bowl Group plc (LON:BOWL)