RS1 vs. JD, SIG, BBY, HSTG, PAG, PETS, ELA, COST, BOOT, 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), Costain Group (COST), Henry Boot (BOOT), and Big Technologies (BIG). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.
RS Group vs. Its Competitors
RS Group (LON:RS1) and JD Sports Fashion (LON:JD) are both mid-cap retail companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
JD Sports Fashion has higher revenue and earnings than RS Group. JD Sports Fashion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RS Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
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.
RS Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 716.67, indicating a potential upside of 27.86%. JD Sports Fashion has a consensus price target of GBX 104.67, indicating a potential upside of 2.61%. Given RS Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe RS Group is more favorable than JD Sports Fashion.
72.4% of RS Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.0% of JD Sports Fashion shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of RS Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 51.9% of JD Sports Fashion shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
RS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. JD Sports Fashion pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. RS Group pays out 68.3% 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 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.
In the previous week, JD Sports Fashion had 8 more articles in the media than RS Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for JD Sports Fashion and 2 mentions for RS Group. JD Sports Fashion's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat RS Group's score of 0.15 indicating that JD Sports Fashion is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
JD Sports Fashion beats RS Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get RS Group News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for RS1 and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding RS1 and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
RS Group Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (LON:RS1) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
