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RS Group (RS1) Competitors

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GBX 570 +0.50 (+0.09%)
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RS1 vs. JD, SIG, BBY, PAG, HSTG, 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), 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.

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 superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and risk.

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 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.

In the previous week, JD Sports Fashion had 14 more articles in the media than RS Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for JD Sports Fashion and 1 mentions for RS Group. RS Group's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat JD Sports Fashion's score of 0.18 indicating that RS Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
RS Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
JD Sports Fashion
0 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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£2.91B0.92£181.90M£38.7014.73
JD Sports Fashion£10.79B0.47£342.20M£0.10973.60

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 pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. JD Sports Fashion pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. 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.

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%

RS Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 810, indicating a potential upside of 42.11%. JD Sports Fashion has a consensus price target of GBX 105.17, indicating a potential upside of 8.02%. Given RS Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
JD Sports Fashion
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43

Summary

RS Group and JD Sports Fashion tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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RS1 vs. The Competition

MetricRS GroupIndustrial Distribution IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.69B£4.67B£7.71B£3.18B
Dividend Yield3.38%4.76%4.55%5.04%
P/E Ratio14.7318.4726.13166.92
Price / Sales0.9261.0898.15448,413.15
Price / Cash11.5460.3628.6727.93
Price / Book1.902.074.136.35
Net Income£181.90M£222.68M£796.90M£5.89B
7 Day Performance0.35%1.36%1.27%0.77%
1 Month Performance0.80%1.18%0.50%49.50%
1 Year Performance-26.64%3.48%28.08%141.61%

RS Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RS1
RS Group
3.2364 of 5 stars
GBX 570
+0.1%
GBX 810
+42.1%
-25.6%£2.69B£2.91B14.736,500News Coverage
JD
JD Sports Fashion
1.194 of 5 stars
GBX 91.94
-1.5%
GBX 100.67
+9.5%
-37.0%£4.76B£10.79B919.40385,400Trending News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
SIG
Signature Aviation
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.29B£1.41B-495.0030,900
BBY
Balfour Beatty
2.3462 of 5 stars
GBX 587
+0.7%
GBX 655
+11.6%
+43.0%£2.99B£7.72B13.70105,000
PAG
Paragon Banking Group
3.4367 of 5 stars
GBX 915
+0.1%
GBX 983.67
+7.5%
+14.0%£1.83B£738.64M9.8826,500News Coverage
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
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
2.6024 of 5 stars
GBX 234
+0.6%
GBX 273.33
+16.8%
-25.4%£1.07B£1.41B14.23210Positive News
ELA
Eland Oil & Gas
N/AN/AN/AN/A£357.57M£207.73M5.53260
COST
Costain Group
2.398 of 5 stars
GBX 128.40
-0.5%
GBX 162.50
+26.6%
+27.7%£343.92M£1.28B11.463,270Insider Trade
BOOT
Henry Boot
N/AGBX 229
+0.9%
N/A+2.7%£307.71M£286.51M27.248,400
BIG
Big Technologies
0.6936 of 5 stars
GBX 88.36
-0.7%
GBX 80
-9.5%
-16.7%£250.98M£53.85M19.7836,200

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This page (LON:RS1) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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