Balfour Beatty (BBY) Competitors GBX 509 +5.00 (+0.99%) As of 11:13 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock BBY vs. JD, SIG, RS1, PAG, HSTG, PETS, ELA, COST, BOOT, and BIGShould 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 Signature Aviation RS Group Paragon Banking Group Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L) Pets at Home Group Eland Oil & Gas Costain Group Henry Boot Big Technologies JD Sports Fashion (LON:JD) and Balfour Beatty (LON:BBY) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk and community ranking. Do analysts prefer JD or BBY? JD Sports Fashion presently has a consensus price target of GBX 109.50, suggesting a potential upside of 33.63%. Balfour Beatty has a consensus price target of GBX 542.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.58%. Given JD Sports Fashion's higher probable upside, 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 1 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.20Balfour Beatty 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Which has more volatility & risk, JD or BBY? JD Sports Fashion has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Balfour Beatty has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has higher earnings & valuation, JD or BBY? 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioJD Sports Fashion£10.79B0.39£342.20M£0.10819.40Balfour Beatty£7.72B0.34£219.98M£42.8311.88 Does the MarketBeat Community favor JD or BBY? Balfour Beatty received 73 more outperform votes than JD Sports Fashion when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 79.97% of users gave JD Sports Fashion an outperform vote while only 65.52% of users gave Balfour Beatty an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformJD Sports FashionOutperform Votes57579.97% Underperform Votes14420.03% Balfour BeattyOutperform Votes64865.52% Underperform Votes34134.48% Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in JD or BBY? 33.0% of JD Sports Fashion shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of Balfour Beatty shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.9% of JD Sports Fashion shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Balfour Beatty shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media favor JD or BBY? In the previous week, JD Sports Fashion had 3 more articles in the media than Balfour Beatty. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for JD Sports Fashion and 0 mentions for Balfour Beatty. Balfour Beatty's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat JD Sports Fashion's score of -0.02 indicating that Balfour Beatty is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment JD Sports Fashion Neutral Balfour Beatty Neutral Is JD or BBY a better dividend stock? JD Sports Fashion pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Balfour Beatty pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. 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 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Balfour Beatty is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Is JD or BBY more profitable? 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% SummaryJD Sports Fashion beats Balfour Beatty on 11 of the 19 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. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?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 ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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 Export to ExcelMetricBalfour BeattyEngineering & Construction IndustryIndustrials SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£2.60B£2.64B£7.79B£2.93BDividend Yield2.51%3.02%4.56%4.90%P/E Ratio11.8830.2125.43123.18Price / Sales0.3437.20116.08243,308.49Price / Cash1.9514.6126.8428.07Price / Book2.312.784.234.75Net Income£219.98M£82.90M£807.24M£5.91B7 Day Performance2.00%-0.33%1.37%6.94%1 Month Performance5.91%6.36%9.46%16.69%1 Year Performance43.92%85.62%26.12%77.68% Balfour Beatty Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BBYBalfour Beatty1.484 of 5 starsGBX 509+1.0%GBX 542.50+6.6%+43.6%£2.60B£7.72B11.88105,000JDJD Sports Fashion1.5494 of 5 starsGBX 82.56-1.9%GBX 109.50+32.6%-34.1%£4.28B£10.79B825.60385,400High Trading VolumeSIGSignature AviationN/AN/AN/AN/A£3.29B£1.41B-495.0030,900RS1RS Group3.2797 of 5 starsGBX 571.50+2.9%GBX 810+41.7%-17.9%£2.70B£2.91B14.776,500News CoveragePAGParagon Banking Group2.7996 of 5 starsGBX 902.50-1.2%GBX 916.50+1.6%+22.0%£1.81B£738.64M9.7426,500Dividend IncreaseHSTGHastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L)N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.65B£763.70M19.053,372High Trading VolumePETSPets at Home Group2.4332 of 5 starsGBX 271.65+0.5%GBX 298.33+9.8%-10.7%£1.24B£1.41B16.51210Buyback AnnouncementELAEland Oil & GasN/AN/AN/AN/A£357.57M£207.73M5.53260COSTCostain Group0.7373 of 5 starsGBX 121-0.8%GBX 105-13.2%+58.3%£324.10M£1.28B10.803,270BOOTHenry BootN/AGBX 216+1.4%N/A+6.0%£290.24M£286.51M25.698,400News CoverageBIGBig Technologies1.0032 of 5 starsGBX 98.20-2.8%N/A-40.8%£278.93M£53.85M21.9936,200 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies JD Alternatives SIG Alternatives RS1 Alternatives PAG Alternatives HSTG Alternatives PETS Alternatives ELA Alternatives COST Alternatives BOOT Alternatives BIG Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:BBY) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump’s Exec Order #14154 could be a “Millionaire-Maker”Former Presidential Advisor, Jim Rickards, says Trump could “rewire our economy and hand millions of Americans...Paradigm Press | SponsoredTrump wipes out trillions overnight…Is there anybody more powerful than Donald Trump right now? 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