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JD Sports Fashion (JD) Competitors

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GBX 95.48 +0.04 (+0.04%)
As of 10/20/2025

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

Should you be buying JD Sports Fashion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JD Sports Fashion include Signature Aviation (SIG), Balfour Beatty (BBY), 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.

JD Sports Fashion vs. Its Competitors

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

33.0% of JD Sports Fashion shares are held by institutional investors. 51.9% of JD Sports Fashion shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

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 Ratio
JD Sports Fashion£10.79B0.46£342.20M£0.10954.80
Signature Aviation£1.41B0.00N/A-£0.80N/A

JD Sports Fashion presently has a consensus target price of GBX 104.67, suggesting a potential upside of 9.62%. Given JD Sports Fashion's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29
Signature Aviation
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Signature Aviation had 1 more articles in the media than JD Sports Fashion. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Signature Aviation and 1 mentions for JD Sports Fashion. JD Sports Fashion's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Signature Aviation's score of 0.42 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
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Signature Aviation
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

JD Sports Fashion beats Signature Aviation on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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JD vs. The Competition

MetricJD Sports FashionApparel Retail IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£4.95B£6.16B£3.89B£2.57B
Dividend Yield0.67%2.98%3.56%5.38%
P/E Ratio954.8066.8576.47493.42
Price / Sales0.4661.24228.7698,772.76
Price / Cash5.5727.2831.1627.90
Price / Book2.035.023.568.12
Net Income£342.20M£256.81M£264.31M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-0.15%1.33%0.04%-0.12%
1 Month Performance7.98%2.24%-0.99%1.07%
1 Year Performance-30.10%28.20%34.96%126.16%

JD Sports Fashion Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JD
JD Sports Fashion
1.8541 of 5 stars
GBX 95.48
+0.0%
GBX 104.67
+9.6%
-30.1%£4.95B£10.79B954.80385,400High Trading Volume
SIG
Signature Aviation
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.29B£1.41B-495.0030,900
BBY
Balfour Beatty
1.7671 of 5 stars
GBX 659.29
+0.6%
GBX 680
+3.1%
+47.3%£3.21B£8.87B1,867.67105,000
RS1
RS Group
3.1039 of 5 stars
GBX 553
flat
GBX 716.67
+29.6%
-24.9%£2.57B£2.90B1,701.546,500
HSTG
Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.65B£763.70M19.053,372High Trading Volume
PAG
Paragon Banking Group
3.8979 of 5 stars
GBX 851.07
+0.2%
GBX 991.50
+16.5%
+7.9%£1.62B£517.10M881.9426,500Dividend Increase
PETS
Pets at Home Group
3.2641 of 5 stars
GBX 213.22
+2.5%
GBX 232.50
+9.0%
-29.7%£956.45M£1.48B1,134.13210Positive News
COST
Costain Group
3.3414 of 5 stars
GBX 155.69
+11.1%
GBX 168.33
+8.1%
+46.1%£415.08M£1.14B1,353.853,270Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ELA
Eland Oil & Gas
N/AN/AN/AN/A£357.57M£207.73M5.53260
BOOT
Henry Boot
2.408 of 5 stars
GBX 221
flat
GBX 262
+18.6%
-4.8%£295.63M£348.76M1,169.318,400Gap Up
BIG
Big Technologies
1.8572 of 5 stars
GBX 82
-4.4%
GBX 95.33
+16.3%
-42.7%£239.98M£48.62M-773.5836,200Gap Down

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This page (LON:JD) was last updated on 10/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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