JD Sports Fashion (JD) Competitors GBX 78.58 -2.16 (-2.68%) As of 04/30/2025 Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesSustainabilityBuy This Stock JD vs. SIG, RS1, BBY, PAG, HSTG, PETS, ELA, COST, BOOT, and BIGShould you be buying JD Sports Fashion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JD Sports Fashion include Signature Aviation (SIG), RS Group (RS1), Balfour Beatty (BBY), 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. JD Sports Fashion vs. Signature Aviation RS Group Balfour Beatty 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 Signature Aviation (LON:SIG) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk and institutional ownership. Is JD or SIG more profitable? JD Sports Fashion has a net margin of 3.17% compared to Signature Aviation's net margin of 0.00%. JD Sports Fashion's return on equity of 14.97% beat Signature Aviation's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets JD Sports Fashion3.17% 14.97% 7.05% Signature Aviation N/A N/A N/A Do analysts recommend JD or SIG? JD Sports Fashion presently has a consensus target price of GBX 109.50, suggesting a potential upside of 39.35%. Given JD Sports Fashion's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe JD Sports Fashion is more favorable than Signature Aviation.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) 2.20Signature Aviation 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in JD or SIG? JD Sports Fashion received 395 more outperform votes than Signature Aviation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.92% of users gave JD Sports Fashion an outperform vote while only 69.26% of users gave Signature Aviation an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformJD Sports FashionOutperform Votes57379.92% Underperform Votes14420.08% Signature AviationOutperform Votes17869.26% Underperform Votes7930.74% Do institutionals and insiders believe in JD or SIG? 33.0% of JD Sports Fashion shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.9% of JD Sports Fashion shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has higher valuation and earnings, JD or SIG? JD Sports Fashion has higher revenue and earnings than Signature Aviation. Signature Aviation 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£10.79B0.38£342.20M£0.10785.80Signature Aviation£1.41B0.00N/A-£0.80N/A Does the media prefer JD or SIG? In the previous week, JD Sports Fashion had 2 more articles in the media than Signature Aviation. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for JD Sports Fashion and 0 mentions for Signature Aviation. JD Sports Fashion's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Signature Aviation'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 Signature Aviation Neutral SummaryJD Sports Fashion beats Signature Aviation on 15 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks. Get JD Sports Fashion News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for JD 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 {thisCompany.Symbol} 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 JD vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricJD Sports FashionApparel Retail IndustryCyclical SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£4.07B£4.93B£3.21B£2.56BDividend Yield0.67%3.04%3.49%4.97%P/E Ratio785.8054.7620.54132.50Price / Sales0.3864.9164.35227,865.53Price / Cash5.5727.2830.9428.11Price / Book1.673.943.424.54Net Income£342.20M£256.81M£262.00M£5.84B7 Day Performance0.54%0.84%1.11%2.70%1 Month Performance13.23%5.56%1.20%9.91%1 Year Performance-29.93%14.06%1,684.10%114.85% JD Sports Fashion Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)JDJD Sports Fashion1.5084 of 5 starsGBX 78.58-2.7%GBX 109.50+39.3%-32.0%£4.07B£10.79B785.80385,400High Trading VolumeSIGSignature AviationN/AN/AN/AN/A£3.29B£1.41B-495.0030,900News CoverageRS1RS Group2.6765 of 5 starsGBX 514+1.3%GBX 840+63.4%-29.6%£2.43B£2.91B13.286,500News CoverageBBYBalfour Beatty2.2055 of 5 starsGBX 451+1.3%GBX 542.50+20.3%+25.5%£2.30B£7.72B10.53105,000PAGParagon Banking Group3.0302 of 5 starsGBX 835.50+1.4%GBX 875+4.7%+19.6%£1.67B£738.64M9.0226,500Dividend IncreasePositive NewsHSTGHastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L)N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.65B£763.70M19.053,372High Trading VolumePETSPets at Home Group2.6049 of 5 starsGBX 227.500.0%GBX 298.33+31.1%-16.2%£1.04B£1.41B13.83210ELAEland Oil & GasN/AN/AN/AN/A£357.57M£207.73M5.53260COSTCostain Group0.7584 of 5 starsGBX 108.60+2.1%GBX 105-3.3%+37.1%£290.88M£1.28B9.693,270High Trading VolumeBOOTHenry BootN/AGBX 213flatN/A+13.4%£286.21M£286.51M25.338,400Insider TradeNews CoverageBIGBig TechnologiesN/AGBX 69.80-0.6%N/A-47.8%£198.27M£53.85M15.6336,200Gap Down Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Signature Aviation Competitors RS Group Competitors Balfour Beatty Competitors Paragon Banking Group Competitors Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L) Competitors Pets at Home Group Competitors Eland Oil & Gas Competitors Costain Group Competitors Henry Boot Competitors Big Technologies Competitors 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:JD) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHow to invest in Elon Musk’s Optimus before its launchElon Musk is set to completely take over the AI industry with Optimus… A breakthrough AI-powered robot that El...InvestorPlace | SponsoredElon’s Terrifying Warning Forces Trump To Take ActionElon Musk has avoided two major financial crises before. 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