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Balfour Beatty (BBY) Competitors

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GBX 657 -5.50 (-0.83%)
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BBY vs. JD, SIG, RS1, HSTG, PAG, PETS, COST, ELA, 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), Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L) (HSTG), Paragon Banking Group (PAG), Pets at Home Group (PETS), Costain Group (COST), Eland Oil & Gas (ELA), 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 superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Balfour Beatty had 1 more articles in the media than JD Sports Fashion. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Balfour Beatty and 2 mentions for JD Sports Fashion. JD Sports Fashion's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Balfour Beatty's score of 0.26 indicating that JD Sports Fashion is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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£10.79B0.46£342.20M£0.10962.40
Balfour Beatty£8.87B0.36£219.98M£0.351,861.19

JD Sports Fashion presently has a consensus target price of GBX 104.67, indicating a potential upside of 8.76%. Balfour Beatty has a consensus target price of GBX 680, indicating a potential upside of 3.50%. Given JD Sports Fashion's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe JD Sports Fashion is more favorable than Balfour Beatty.

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

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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Balfour Beatty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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.
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BBY vs. The Competition

MetricBalfour BeattyEngineering & Construction IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£3.22B£2.89B£7.80B£2.55B
Dividend Yield1.93%3.42%4.59%5.32%
P/E Ratio1,861.19376.16294.034,376.14
Price / Sales0.3678.601,257.9799,410.33
Price / Cash1.9514.6128.1227.90
Price / Book2.983.164.798.11
Net Income£219.98M£82.90M£790.12M£5.89B
7 Day Performance0.23%0.51%0.08%-0.60%
1 Month Performance4.70%4.10%2.41%1.39%
1 Year Performance44.27%58.96%26.90%135.05%

Balfour Beatty Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BBY
Balfour Beatty
1.0729 of 5 stars
GBX 657
-0.8%
GBX 680
+3.5%
+47.3%£3.22B£8.87B1,861.19105,000
JD
JD Sports Fashion
1.7742 of 5 stars
GBX 95.62
+0.6%
GBX 104.67
+9.5%
-28.5%£4.95B£10.79B956.20385,400High Trading Volume
SIG
Signature Aviation
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.29B£1.41B-495.0030,900
RS1
RS Group
2.3188 of 5 stars
GBX 541.50
-2.1%
GBX 716.67
+32.3%
-26.5%£2.54B£2.90B1,666.156,500News Coverage
HSTG
Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.65B£763.70M19.053,372High Trading Volume
PAG
Paragon Banking Group
3.4043 of 5 stars
GBX 857.07
+0.7%
GBX 991.50
+15.7%
+12.0%£1.63B£517.10M888.1526,500Dividend Increase
High Trading Volume
PETS
Pets at Home Group
2.9215 of 5 stars
GBX 216
+1.3%
GBX 232.50
+7.6%
-30.7%£968.93M£1.48B1,148.94210Positive News
Gap Down
COST
Costain Group
2.2773 of 5 stars
GBX 150
-1.6%
GBX 168.33
+12.2%
+49.6%£399.90M£1.14B1,304.353,270High Trading Volume
ELA
Eland Oil & Gas
N/AN/AN/AN/A£357.57M£207.73M5.53260
BOOT
Henry Boot
1.8265 of 5 stars
GBX 214
-3.2%
GBX 262
+22.4%
-8.4%£286.26M£348.76M1,132.288,400Gap Up
BIG
Big Technologies
1.6163 of 5 stars
GBX 81
-1.2%
GBX 95.33
+17.7%
-37.5%£237.05M£48.62M-764.1536,200

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