PAG vs. JD, SIG, BBY, RS1, HSTG, PETS, COST, ELA, BOOT, and BIG
Should you be buying Paragon Banking Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paragon Banking Group include JD Sports Fashion (JD), Signature Aviation (SIG), Balfour Beatty (BBY), RS Group (RS1), 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.
Paragon Banking Group vs. Its Competitors
JD Sports Fashion (LON:JD) and Paragon Banking Group (LON:PAG) are both retail companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
JD Sports Fashion has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paragon Banking Group has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Paragon Banking Group has a net margin of 25.14% compared to JD Sports Fashion's net margin of 3.17%. JD Sports Fashion's return on equity of 14.97% beat Paragon Banking Group's return on equity.
JD Sports Fashion presently has a consensus target price of GBX 182, suggesting a potential upside of 107.53%. Paragon Banking Group has a consensus target price of GBX 983.67, suggesting a potential upside of 8.10%. Given JD Sports Fashion's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe JD Sports Fashion is more favorable than Paragon Banking Group.
JD Sports Fashion has higher revenue and earnings than Paragon Banking Group. Paragon Banking Group 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.
33.0% of JD Sports Fashion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Paragon Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. 51.9% of JD Sports Fashion shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Paragon Banking Group 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.
In the previous week, JD Sports Fashion and JD Sports Fashion both had 5 articles in the media. Paragon Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat JD Sports Fashion's score of 0.35 indicating that Paragon Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
JD Sports Fashion pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Paragon Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. 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. Paragon Banking Group pays out 43.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paragon Banking Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
JD Sports Fashion and Paragon Banking Group tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:PAG) was last updated on 8/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
