Balfour Beatty (BBY) Competitors

Balfour Beatty (LON:BBY) and JD Sports Fashion (LON:JD) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment and dividends.

Is BBY or JD a better dividend stock?

Balfour Beatty pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. JD Sports Fashion pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Balfour Beatty pays out 2,857.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. JD Sports Fashion pays out 1,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more volatility & risk, BBY or JD?

Balfour Beatty has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JD Sports Fashion has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BBY or JD more profitable?

JD Sports Fashion has a net margin of 5.11% compared to Balfour Beatty's net margin of 2.85%. JD Sports Fashion's return on equity of 22.00% beat Balfour Beatty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Balfour Beatty	2.85%	18.81%	1.63%
JD Sports Fashion	5.11%	22.00%	7.28%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, BBY or JD?

JD Sports Fashion has higher revenue and earnings than Balfour Beatty. Balfour Beatty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JD Sports Fashion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Balfour Beatty	£8.07B	0.27	£230M	£0.42	1,028.10
JD Sports Fashion	£10.54B	0.77	£538.80M	£0.10	1,565.00

Do analysts prefer BBY or JD?

Balfour Beatty currently has a consensus price target of GBX 475, indicating a potential upside of 9.65%. JD Sports Fashion has a consensus price target of GBX 459.40, indicating a potential upside of 193.55%. Given JD Sports Fashion's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe JD Sports Fashion is more favorable than Balfour Beatty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Balfour Beatty	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
JD Sports Fashion	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media prefer BBY or JD?

In the previous week, Balfour Beatty had 1 more articles in the media than JD Sports Fashion. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Balfour Beatty and 7 mentions for JD Sports Fashion. Balfour Beatty's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat JD Sports Fashion's score of 0.38 indicating that Balfour Beatty is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Balfour Beatty	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
JD Sports Fashion	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BBY or JD?

61.6% of Balfour Beatty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.3% of JD Sports Fashion shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Balfour Beatty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 51.9% of JD Sports Fashion shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BBY or JD?

Balfour Beatty received 79 more outperform votes than JD Sports Fashion when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.31% of users gave JD Sports Fashion an outperform vote while only 65.45% of users gave Balfour Beatty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Balfour Beatty	Outperform Votes 646 65.45%	Underperform Votes 341 34.55%
JD Sports Fashion	Outperform Votes 567 80.31%	Underperform Votes 139 19.69%

Summary

JD Sports Fashion beats Balfour Beatty on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.