UK's Hollywood Bowl leads mid-cap losers after 9% profit drop

Hollywood Bowl

29/05/2025 09:33

** Hollywood Bowl Group BOWL.L shares slump 9.3% to 269.5 pence

** Stock is the top loser on the FTSE mid-cap index .FTMC, which is up 0.5%

** The company, which runs tenpin bowling centres in the UK and Canada, posts 9.4% fall in HY pretax profit to 28 million pounds ($37.71 million)

** "Good UK weather is set to hurt third-quarter like-for like sales," Peel Hunt analysts say

** Stock down 9.2%, including session's loss

($1 = 0.7426 pounds)

 (Reporting by DhanushVignesh Babu in Bengaluru)

 ((DhanushVignesh.Babu@thomsonreuters.com))