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RS Group (RS1) Competitors

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GBX 559.88 +2.88 (+0.52%)
As of 06/20/2025 12:46 PM Eastern

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

In the previous week, RS Group had 8 more articles in the media than JD Sports Fashion. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for RS Group and 2 mentions for JD Sports Fashion. RS Group's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat JD Sports Fashion's score of 0.21 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
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
JD Sports Fashion
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

JD Sports Fashion received 561 more outperform votes than RS Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.97% 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
575
79.97%
Underperform Votes
144
20.03%

RS Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 810, indicating a potential upside of 44.67%. JD Sports Fashion has a consensus price target of GBX 109.50, indicating a potential upside of 50.16%. Given JD Sports Fashion's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe JD Sports Fashion is more favorable than RS Group.

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
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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 1.4%. 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 beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JD Sports Fashion has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock 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%

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£2.91B0.91£181.90M£38.7014.47
JD Sports Fashion£10.79B0.35£342.20M£0.10729.20

Summary

JD Sports Fashion beats RS Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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.
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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.
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RS1 vs. The Competition

MetricRS GroupIndustrial Distribution IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.64B£4.25B£6.93B£2.90B
Dividend Yield3.38%4.76%4.56%4.98%
P/E Ratio14.4716.5523.70126.80
Price / Sales0.9157.22108.91237,173.11
Price / Cash11.5460.3626.2928.03
Price / Book1.861.934.194.36
Net Income£181.90M£222.68M£790.10M£5.91B
7 Day Performance-1.30%0.71%-0.37%1.43%
1 Month Performance1.89%2.40%3.28%5.89%
1 Year Performance-24.49%-0.24%26.90%30.57%

RS Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RS1
RS Group
3.4881 of 5 stars
GBX 559.88
+0.5%
GBX 810
+44.7%
-24.5%£2.64B£2.91B14.476,500Insider Trade
JD
JD Sports Fashion
1.6804 of 5 stars
GBX 80.56
-0.1%
GBX 109.50
+35.9%
-42.2%£4.17B£10.79B805.60385,400High Trading Volume
SIG
Signature Aviation
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.29B£1.41B-495.0030,900
BBY
Balfour Beatty
1.6901 of 5 stars
GBX 501.65
+0.8%
GBX 542.50
+8.1%
+37.4%£2.56B£7.72B11.71105,000
PAG
Paragon Banking Group
3.0283 of 5 stars
GBX 908.39
+1.3%
GBX 916.50
+0.9%
+21.9%£1.82B£738.64M9.8026,500Dividend Increase
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
2.0667 of 5 stars
GBX 259.40
-0.3%
GBX 298.33
+15.0%
-13.2%£1.18B£1.41B15.77210
ELA
Eland Oil & Gas
N/AN/AN/AN/A£357.57M£207.73M5.53260
COST
Costain Group
0.8955 of 5 stars
GBX 129
+3.9%
GBX 105
-18.6%
+69.5%£345.52M£1.28B11.523,270
BOOT
Henry Boot
N/AGBX 216.25
+0.1%
N/A+3.4%£290.58M£286.51M25.728,400
BIG
Big Technologies
0.9679 of 5 stars
GBX 100.20
-0.8%
GBX 80
-20.2%
-42.3%£284.62M£53.85M22.4436,200

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This page (LON:RS1) was last updated on 6/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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