JD Sports Fashion (JD) Competitors GBX 86.12 -1.54 (-1.76%) As of 07/14/2025 Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesSustainabilityBuy This Stock JD vs. SIG, RS1, BBY, PAG, HSTG, PETS, COST, ELA, 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), 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 Signature Aviation RS Group Balfour Beatty Paragon Banking Group Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L) Pets at Home Group Costain Group Eland Oil & Gas Henry Boot Big Technologies Signature Aviation (LON:SIG) and JD Sports Fashion (LON:JD) are both mid-cap retail companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and media sentiment. Does the media favor SIG or JD? In the previous week, JD Sports Fashion had 7 more articles in the media than Signature Aviation. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for JD Sports Fashion and 0 mentions for Signature Aviation. Signature Aviation's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat JD Sports Fashion's score of 0.32 indicating that Signature Aviation is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Signature Aviation Positive JD Sports Fashion Neutral Do institutionals and insiders believe in SIG or JD? 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts prefer SIG or JD? JD Sports Fashion has a consensus price target of GBX 204.50, suggesting a potential upside of 137.46%. 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 Signature Aviation 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00JD Sports Fashion 1 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.20 Is SIG or JD 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 Signature AviationN/A N/A N/A JD Sports Fashion 3.17%14.97%7.05% Which has higher earnings and valuation, SIG or JD? 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 RatioSignature Aviation£1.41B0.00N/A-£0.80N/AJD Sports Fashion£10.79B0.41£342.20M£0.10861.20 SummaryJD Sports Fashion beats Signature Aviation on 12 of the 13 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 JD 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£4.46B£5.51B£3.39B£3.00BDividend Yield0.67%3.04%3.53%5.02%P/E Ratio861.2060.8374.64167.36Price / Sales0.4164.8571.71275,167.79Price / Cash5.5727.2831.1627.97Price / Book1.834.473.754.61Net Income£342.20M£256.81M£264.31M£5.90B7 Day Performance-2.00%-1.95%0.03%10.94%1 Month Performance13.20%1.59%2.38%9.59%1 Year Performance-25.60%20.38%2,623.66%60.00% JD Sports Fashion Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)JDJD Sports Fashion2.0337 of 5 starsGBX 86.12-1.8%GBX 204.50+137.5%-24.3%£4.46B£10.79B861.20385,400News CoverageHigh Trading VolumeSIGSignature AviationN/AN/AN/AN/A£3.29B£1.41B-495.0030,900RS1RS Group2.9805 of 5 starsGBX 573-1.4%GBX 810+41.4%-25.7%£2.70B£2.91B14.816,500BBYBalfour Beatty0.8242 of 5 starsGBX 517+1.4%GBX 542.50+4.9%+28.8%£2.64B£7.72B12.07105,000News CoverageGap UpPAGParagon Banking Group2.9035 of 5 starsGBX 931.50+1.0%GBX 938+0.7%+26.7%£1.86B£738.64M10.0526,500Dividend IncreaseHSTGHastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L)N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.65B£763.70M19.053,372High Trading VolumePETSPets at Home GroupN/AGBX 248.20+0.2%GBX 298.33+20.2%-20.7%£1.13B£1.41B15.09210COSTCostain Group0.9422 of 5 starsGBX 148+1.4%GBX 105-29.1%+70.0%£396.42M£1.28B13.213,270ELAEland Oil & GasN/AN/AN/AN/A£357.57M£207.73M5.53260BOOTHenry BootN/AGBX 233.98-3.1%N/A+6.5%£314.41M£286.51M27.838,400Gap UpBIGBig Technologies1.1397 of 5 starsGBX 94+0.4%GBX 80-14.9%-38.9%£267.00M£53.85M21.0536,200 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 Costain Group Competitors Eland Oil & Gas 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 7/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersINVESTOR ALERT: Tiny “$3 AI Wonder Stock” on the Verge of Blasting OffRight now, we’re witnessing a monumental shift in the world.Traders Agency | SponsoredMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredThis Signal Only Flashes Once Every 4 Years – And It Just TriggeredThis same signal has appeared twice before in the past 8 years — both times, it kicked off major moves in cryp...Crypto Swap Profits | SponsoredPresidential Bombshell: $150T Resource to Be Released as soon as this Summer?Something extraordinary is happening in Washington. 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