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Lucky Strike Entertainment Corp

LUCKNYSE

SectorConsumer Discretionary

IndustryLeisure

Beta (adjusted)0.75

Intrinsic Value

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Market Price $5.24Price as of 1 Oct 2026

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Market Cap $714.4M

Enterprise Value $2.5B

Shares Outstanding 136.6M diluted

Moat Rating Wide

Next Earnings Date2 Nov 2026

Last ex-dividend22 May 2026

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Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

Lucky Strike Entertainment Corp (formerly Bowlero Corp) is navigating a transitional phase marked by its corporate rebranding and portfolio diversification into broader location-based entertainment (including waterparks and family entertainment centers). While the company has achieved back-to-back positive same-store sales comps (+0.2% in Q3 FY26) and is aggressively optimizing costs through AI-driven labor scheduling, near-term performance remains pressured by macroeconomic headwinds, weather disruptions, and elevated interest expenses from its $1.80 billion debt load. The ongoing rebranding of Bowlero centers to the premium Lucky Strike brand represents a long-term margin opportunity, but current flat organic growth warrants a cautious Hold stance until integration synergies and cost-saving initiatives fully materialize in FY2027.

This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.

Street view · analyst 12-month targets8 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026

Low · most bearish analyst$6.00

Mean target$9.94

High · most bullish analyst$15.00

Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 18 Sep 2026

Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date

Bear CaseDownside scenario

Persistent inflationary pressures and weak consumer sentiment further depress discretionary spending, causing same-store sales to turn negative. Integration of newly acquired waterparks takes longer than the anticipated 12-18 months to reach company-wide margins. High interest expenses on the $1.80 billion debt load continue to weigh heavily on net income, leading to wider net losses.

Base CaseCentral scenario

The company successfully executes its cost-optimization initiatives, capturing the projected high-teens to mid-$20 millions in annual savings. Rebranded Lucky Strike locations continue to drive stable traffic, and the waterpark portfolio delivers the expected $18 million incremental EBITDA during the summer peak. Revenue grows in line with FY26 guidance of 4% to 5% ($1.25B to $1.26B), and leverage begins to moderate.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits

Market leadership as the world's largest owner and operator of bowling entertainment centers.
Substantial cost-saving potential from AI-driven labor scheduling and operational optimization.
Diversification into high-margin seasonal assets like waterparks to drive summer EBITDA.
Active capital return program including a quarterly dividend and active share buybacks.

Key Investment Risks

High leverage with approximately $1.80 billion in total debt carrying value.
Sensitivity of location-based entertainment traffic to macroeconomic downturns and extreme weather.
Flat organic same-store sales growth, indicating heavy reliance on inorganic acquisitions.
Execution and capital expenditure risks associated with the large-scale rebranding initiative.

Thesis Invalidation Triggers

Same-store sales growth turning consistently negative over multiple quarters.
Failure of the waterpark portfolio to deliver expected seasonal EBITDA contributions in Q1 FY2027.
Inability to reduce leverage, leading to credit rating downgrades or restrictive debt covenants.

All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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