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JD Sports Fashion (JD) Competitors

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GBX 90.52 -2.00 (-2.16%)
As of 09/12/2025

JD vs. SIG, BBY, RS1, PAG, HSTG, PETS, ELA, COST, 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), 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. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, JD Sports Fashion had 1 more articles in the media than Signature Aviation. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for JD Sports Fashion and 3 mentions for Signature Aviation. JD Sports Fashion's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Signature Aviation's score of 0.18 indicating that JD Sports Fashion is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Signature Aviation
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
JD Sports Fashion
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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
Signature AviationN/A N/A N/A
JD Sports Fashion 3.17%14.97%7.05%

JD Sports Fashion has a consensus price target of GBX 103.17, suggesting a potential upside of 13.97%. Given JD Sports Fashion's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe JD Sports Fashion is more favorable than Signature Aviation.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Signature Aviation
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
JD Sports Fashion
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43

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, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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
Signature Aviation£1.41B0.00N/A-£0.80N/A
JD Sports Fashion£10.79B0.43£342.20M£0.10905.20

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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

MetricJD Sports FashionApparel Retail IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£4.69B£5.72B£3.93B£2.58B
Dividend Yield0.67%3.00%3.53%5.30%
P/E Ratio905.20268.24518.465,410.94
Price / Sales0.4359.64251.4696,613.70
Price / Cash5.5727.2831.1627.93
Price / Book1.934.693.567.77
Net Income£342.20M£256.81M£264.31M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-4.17%-0.78%-0.35%6.17%
1 Month Performance2.75%1.44%0.46%50.15%
1 Year Performance-39.21%21.27%36.23%156.26%

JD Sports Fashion Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JD
JD Sports Fashion
1.9181 of 5 stars
GBX 90.52
-2.2%
GBX 103.17
+14.0%
-39.2%£4.69B£10.79B905.20385,400High Trading Volume
SIG
Signature Aviation
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.29B£1.41B-495.0030,900
BBY
Balfour Beatty
1.7659 of 5 stars
GBX 618.50
+2.7%
GBX 655
+5.9%
+49.2%£3.04B£8.87B1,752.12105,000News Coverage
RS1
RS Group
N/AGBX 576.15
+1.3%
GBX 725
+25.8%
-27.7%£2.70B£2.90B1,772.776,500
PAG
Paragon Banking Group
3.5373 of 5 stars
GBX 881
+2.0%
GBX 991.50
+12.5%
+18.3%£1.69B£517.10M912.9526,500News Coverage
Dividend Increase
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
2.6033 of 5 stars
GBX 230.67
+1.0%
GBX 273.33
+18.5%
-25.9%£1.04B£1.48B1,226.95210Positive News
ELA
Eland Oil & Gas
N/AN/AN/AN/A£357.57M£207.73M5.53260
COST
Costain Group
2.9098 of 5 stars
GBX 129.13
+0.4%
GBX 162.50
+25.8%
+26.2%£344.26M£1.14B1,122.873,270Positive News
Gap Down
BOOT
Henry Boot
N/AGBX 219
-0.5%
N/A-3.2%£292.95M£328.38M1,288.248,400
BIG
Big Technologies
0.202 of 5 stars
GBX 90
flat
GBX 80
-11.1%
-28.1%£263.39M£50.31M11,250.0036,200News Coverage

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This page (LON:JD) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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