Balfour Beatty (BBY) Competitors GBX 436.60 +0.20 (+0.05%) (As of 06:55 AM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider Trades BBY vs. JD, RS1, SIG, HSTG, PAG, PETS, BIG, ELA, BOOT, and COSTShould you be buying Balfour Beatty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Balfour Beatty include JD Sports Fashion (JD), RS Group (RS1), Signature Aviation (SIG), Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L) (HSTG), Paragon Banking Group (PAG), Pets at Home Group (PETS), Big Technologies (BIG), Eland Oil & Gas (ELA), Henry Boot (BOOT), and Costain Group (COST). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry. Balfour Beatty vs. JD Sports Fashion RS Group Signature Aviation Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L) Paragon Banking Group Pets at Home Group Big Technologies Eland Oil & Gas Henry Boot Costain Group Balfour Beatty (LON:BBY) and JD Sports Fashion (LON:JD) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment and valuation. Which has more risk & volatility, BBY or JD? Balfour Beatty has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JD Sports Fashion has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts rate BBY or JD? Balfour Beatty presently has a consensus price target of GBX 475, indicating a potential upside of 8.85%. JD Sports Fashion has a consensus price target of GBX 459.40, indicating a potential upside of 293.32%. Given JD Sports Fashion's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe JD Sports Fashion is more favorable than Balfour Beatty.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Balfour Beatty 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00JD Sports Fashion 1 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67 Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BBY or JD? JD Sports Fashion has higher revenue and earnings than Balfour Beatty. Balfour Beatty 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 RatioBalfour Beatty£8.07B0.28£230M£0.421,039.05JD Sports Fashion£10.79B0.56£342.20M£0.101,168.00 Does the media prefer BBY or JD? In the previous week, JD Sports Fashion had 7 more articles in the media than Balfour Beatty. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for JD Sports Fashion and 0 mentions for Balfour Beatty. Balfour Beatty's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat JD Sports Fashion's score of 0.35 indicating that Balfour Beatty is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Balfour Beatty Positive JD Sports Fashion Neutral Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BBY or JD? Balfour Beatty received 78 more outperform votes than JD Sports Fashion when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.23% of users gave JD Sports Fashion an outperform vote while only 65.45% of users gave Balfour Beatty an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformBalfour BeattyOutperform Votes64665.45% Underperform Votes34134.55% JD Sports FashionOutperform Votes56880.23% Underperform Votes14019.77% Is BBY or JD a better dividend stock? Balfour Beatty pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. JD Sports Fashion pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Balfour Beatty pays out 2,857.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. Is BBY or JD more profitable? JD Sports Fashion has a net margin of 3.17% compared to Balfour Beatty's net margin of 2.85%. Balfour Beatty's return on equity of 18.81% beat JD Sports Fashion's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Balfour Beatty2.85% 18.81% 1.63% JD Sports Fashion 3.17%14.97%7.05% Do insiders and institutionals believe in BBY or JD? 61.7% of Balfour Beatty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.0% of JD Sports Fashion shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Balfour Beatty 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 company will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryJD Sports Fashion beats Balfour Beatty on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Crypto Swap Profits[625,000% Gain] – Are You Ready for the Next Altcoin Boom?All of our key indicators are flashing the same signal: an altcoin season is fast approaching. And if you know anything about crypto, you know that altcoin seasons are where some of the biggest gains happen.Register for the FREE Workshop Now & get $10 in Bitcoin Get Balfour Beatty News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BBY and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart BBY vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBalfour BeattyEngineering & Construction IndustryIndustrials SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£2.22B£1.80B£4.01B£1.47BDividend Yield2.72%3.79%4.41%11.71%P/E Ratio1,039.05382.40523.351,614.30Price / Sales0.2834.02399.52224,852.10Price / Cash1.9513.9128.2931.42Price / Book1.972.443.562.76Net Income£230M£69.93M£183.50M£159.74M7 Day Performance1.17%0.65%-1.07%4.14%1 Month Performance-2.55%-0.55%-1.82%2.60%1 Year Performance33.54%70.17%26.71%99.51% Balfour Beatty Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BBYBalfour Beatty0.8957 of 5 starsGBX 436.60+0.0%GBX 475+8.8%+33.5%£2.22B£8.07B1,039.52105,000Gap DownJDJD Sports Fashion2.1379 of 5 starsGBX 112.95-3.3%GBX 459.40+306.7%-15.8%£5.85B£10.79B1,168.00385,400High Trading VolumeRS1RS Group1.1272 of 5 starsGBX 697-2.1%GBX 842.50+20.9%-5.0%£3.30B£2.94B1,825.646,500Gap DownSIGSignature AviationN/AGBX 396flatN/AN/A£3.29B£1.41B-495.0030,900HSTGHastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L)N/AGBX 249.60flatN/AN/A£1.65B£763.70M19.053,372High Trading VolumePAGParagon Banking Group2.4586 of 5 starsGBX 730.50+1.0%GBX 875+19.8%+48.3%£1.48B£464.60M1,096.2126,500Dividend IncreaseNews CoverageGap DownPETSPets at Home Group2.1018 of 5 starsGBX 276-1.4%GBX 368.33+33.5%-9.3%£1.26B£1.48B1,747.50210Gap DownBIGBig Technologies2.5018 of 5 starsGBX 135flatGBX 345+155.6%-27.8%£395.52M£54.45M3,394.0036,200ELAEland Oil & GasN/AGBX 165.80flatN/AN/A£357.57M£207.73M5.53260BOOTHenry BootN/AGBX 227.70-0.1%N/A+20.0%£304.30M£285.69M2,850.008,400COSTCostain Group0.413 of 5 starsGBX 99.66-1.8%GBX 105+5.4%+84.5%£271.39M£1.31B922.733,270 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies JD Alternatives RS1 Alternatives SIG Alternatives HSTG Alternatives PAG Alternatives PETS Alternatives BIG Alternatives ELA Alternatives BOOT Alternatives COST Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (LON:BBY) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThe Crypto That’s Making Wall Street SweatThe Crypto Wall Street Is Desperate to Hide It's happening now, right under everyone's radar. 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