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RS Group (RS1) Competitors

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GBX 512 -3.50 (-0.68%)
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RS1 vs. JD, SIG, BBY, HSTG, PAG, PETS, ELA, BOOT, COST, and BIG

Should you be buying RS Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RS Group include JD Sports Fashion (JD), Signature Aviation (SIG), Balfour Beatty (BBY), Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L) (HSTG), Paragon Banking Group (PAG), Pets at Home Group (PETS), Eland Oil & Gas (ELA), Henry Boot (BOOT), Costain Group (COST), and Big Technologies (BIG). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.

RS Group vs.

RS Group (LON:RS1) and JD Sports Fashion (LON:JD) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.

JD Sports Fashion received 559 more outperform votes than RS Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.92% of users gave JD Sports Fashion an outperform vote while only 45.16% of users gave RS Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
RS GroupOutperform Votes
14
45.16%
Underperform Votes
17
54.84%
JD Sports FashionOutperform Votes
573
79.92%
Underperform Votes
144
20.08%

RS Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 840, suggesting a potential upside of 64.06%. JD Sports Fashion has a consensus target price of GBX 109.50, suggesting a potential upside of 39.35%. Given RS Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe RS Group is more favorable than JD Sports Fashion.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
RS Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
JD Sports Fashion
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

JD Sports Fashion has higher revenue and earnings than RS Group. RS 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
RS Group£2.91B0.83£181.90M£38.7013.23
JD Sports Fashion£10.79B0.38£342.20M£0.10785.80

RS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. JD Sports Fashion pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. RS Group pays out 56.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. RS Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

78.1% of RS Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.0% of JD Sports Fashion shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of RS Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.9% of JD Sports Fashion shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

RS Group has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JD Sports Fashion has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

RS Group has a net margin of 6.24% compared to JD Sports Fashion's net margin of 3.17%. JD Sports Fashion's return on equity of 14.97% beat RS Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
RS Group6.24% 12.99% 6.58%
JD Sports Fashion 3.17%14.97%7.05%

In the previous week, JD Sports Fashion had 2 more articles in the media than RS Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for JD Sports Fashion and 1 mentions for RS Group. JD Sports Fashion's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat RS Group's score of 0.00 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
RS Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
JD Sports Fashion
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

JD Sports Fashion beats RS Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RS1 vs. The Competition

MetricRS GroupIndustrial Distribution IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.42B£3.56B£7.15B£2.56B
Dividend Yield3.38%4.76%3.56%4.97%
P/E Ratio13.2314.6320.93132.23
Price / Sales0.8348.9581.42226,804.18
Price / Cash11.5460.3626.9428.13
Price / Book1.701.653.754.55
Net Income£181.90M£222.68M£807.45M£5.84B
7 Day Performance2.66%1.14%2.41%2.95%
1 Month Performance-9.86%-0.21%1.59%9.02%
1 Year Performance-30.72%-13.09%14.28%114.57%

RS Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RS1
RS Group
2.671 of 5 stars
GBX 512
-0.7%
GBX 840
+64.1%
-30.1%£2.42B£2.91B13.236,500News Coverage
Gap Down
JD
JD Sports Fashion
1.6171 of 5 stars
GBX 75
+2.7%
GBX 109.50
+46.0%
-30.8%£3.89B£10.79B750.00385,400High Trading Volume
SIG
Signature Aviation
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.29B£1.41B-495.0030,900News Coverage
BBY
Balfour Beatty
2.2125 of 5 stars
GBX 431.40
-0.5%
GBX 542.50
+25.8%
+25.8%£2.20B£7.72B10.07105,000News Coverage
HSTG
Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.65B£763.70M19.053,372High Trading Volume
PAG
Paragon Banking Group
3.0296 of 5 stars
GBX 798.50
+1.7%
GBX 875
+9.6%
+17.8%£1.60B£738.64M8.6226,500Dividend Increase
Positive News
PETS
Pets at Home Group
2.6066 of 5 stars
GBX 233.80
+1.7%
GBX 298.33
+27.6%
-19.0%£1.07B£1.41B14.21210
ELA
Eland Oil & Gas
N/AN/AN/AN/A£357.57M£207.73M5.53260
BOOT
Henry Boot
N/AGBX 212
+0.5%
N/A+16.6%£284.87M£286.51M25.218,400Insider Trade
News Coverage
COST
Costain Group
0.7668 of 5 stars
GBX 103.90
-2.7%
GBX 105
+1.1%
+32.5%£278.29M£1.28B9.273,270
BIG
Big Technologies
N/AGBX 79.80
+8.4%
N/A-48.7%£226.67M£53.85M17.8736,200Gap Up

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This page (LON:RS1) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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