Free Trial

Balfour Beatty (BBY) Competitors

Balfour Beatty logo
GBX 648.52 +5.52 (+0.86%)
As of 08:30 AM Eastern

BBY vs. JD, SIG, RS1, PAG, HSTG, PETS, ELA, COST, BOOT, and BIG

Should you be buying Balfour Beatty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Balfour Beatty include JD Sports Fashion (JD), Signature Aviation (SIG), RS Group (RS1), Paragon Banking Group (PAG), Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L) (HSTG), Pets at Home Group (PETS), Eland Oil & Gas (ELA), Costain Group (COST), Henry Boot (BOOT), and Big Technologies (BIG). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.

Balfour Beatty vs. Its Competitors

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

JD Sports Fashion currently has a consensus target price of GBX 104.67, suggesting a potential upside of 1.32%. Balfour Beatty has a consensus target price of GBX 680, suggesting a potential upside of 4.85%. Given Balfour Beatty's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Balfour Beatty is more favorable than JD Sports Fashion.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
JD Sports Fashion
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29
Balfour Beatty
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
JD Sports Fashion£10.79B0.50£342.20M£0.101,033.00
Balfour Beatty£8.87B0.36£219.98M£0.351,837.17

33.0% of JD Sports Fashion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.9% of Balfour Beatty shares are held by institutional investors. 51.9% of JD Sports Fashion shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Balfour Beatty shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, JD Sports Fashion had 8 more articles in the media than Balfour Beatty. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for JD Sports Fashion and 0 mentions for Balfour Beatty. JD Sports Fashion's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Balfour Beatty's score of 0.00 indicating that JD Sports Fashion is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
JD Sports Fashion Neutral
Balfour Beatty Neutral

JD Sports Fashion pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Balfour Beatty pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. 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. Balfour Beatty pays out 35.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

JD Sports Fashion has a net margin of 3.17% compared to Balfour Beatty's net margin of 2.85%. Balfour Beatty's return on equity of 19.46% beat JD Sports Fashion's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
JD Sports Fashion3.17% 14.97% 7.05%
Balfour Beatty 2.85%19.46%1.63%

Summary

JD Sports Fashion beats Balfour Beatty on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get Balfour Beatty News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BBY and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

Subscribe Now
By entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. Messages will consist of stock alerts, news stories, and partner advertisements/offers. Consent is not a condition of the purchase of any goods or services. Text HELP for help/customer support. Unsubscribe at any time by replying "STOP" to any text message that you receive from MarketBeat or by visiting our mailing preferences page. Read our full terms of service and privacy policy.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BBY and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart

BBY vs. The Competition

MetricBalfour BeattyEngineering & Construction IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£3.17B£2.91B£7.92B£2.61B
Dividend Yield2.00%3.39%4.57%5.29%
P/E Ratio1,837.17379.83305.034,454.27
Price / Sales0.3678.981,315.5999,549.22
Price / Cash1.9514.6128.1827.90
Price / Book2.943.194.968.23
Net Income£219.98M£82.90M£791.48M£5.89B
7 Day Performance0.78%2.54%2.06%1.08%
1 Month Performance7.28%6.33%5.51%6.34%
1 Year Performance51.17%60.35%30.80%155.90%

Balfour Beatty Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BBY
Balfour Beatty
0.8933 of 5 stars
GBX 648.52
+0.9%
GBX 680
+4.9%
+49.9%£3.17B£8.87B1,837.17105,000
JD
JD Sports Fashion
1.3454 of 5 stars
GBX 87.16
-1.4%
GBX 103.17
+18.4%
-25.5%£4.51B£10.79B871.60385,400Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
SIG
Signature Aviation
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.29B£1.41B-495.0030,900
RS1
RS Group
2.7514 of 5 stars
GBX 570
+1.6%
GBX 725
+27.2%
-26.9%£2.67B£2.90B1,753.856,500Gap Down
PAG
Paragon Banking Group
3.8147 of 5 stars
GBX 868.50
-1.1%
GBX 991.50
+14.2%
+11.2%£1.67B£517.10M900.0026,500Dividend Increase
Gap Down
HSTG
Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.65B£763.70M19.053,372High Trading Volume
PETS
Pets at Home Group
3.5568 of 5 stars
GBX 202.26
+1.9%
GBX 238.75
+18.0%
-31.4%£909.38M£1.48B1,075.85210
ELA
Eland Oil & Gas
N/AN/AN/AN/A£357.57M£207.73M5.53260
COST
Costain Group
1.809 of 5 stars
GBX 131.60
+1.4%
GBX 162.50
+23.5%
+39.1%£350.85M£1.14B1,144.353,270Positive News
Gap Down
BOOT
Henry Boot
2.3312 of 5 stars
GBX 217
-1.4%
N/A-6.3%£290.27M£328.38M1,276.478,400
BIG
Big Technologies
1.2215 of 5 stars
GBX 86.40
-1.8%
GBX 80
-7.4%
-27.8%£252.86M£50.31M10,800.0036,200Earnings Report

Related Companies and Tools


This page (LON:BBY) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners