JD Sports Fashion (JD) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate RS1 or JD?

RS Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 842.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.33%. JD Sports Fashion has a consensus target price of GBX 459.40, indicating a potential upside of 306.73%. Given JD Sports Fashion's higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
JD Sports Fashion	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RS1 or JD?

JD Sports Fashion received 555 more outperform votes than RS Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.23% of users gave JD Sports Fashion an outperform vote while only 46.43% of users gave RS Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RS Group	Outperform Votes 13 46.43%	Underperform Votes 15 53.57%
JD Sports Fashion	Outperform Votes 568 80.23%	Underperform Votes 140 19.77%

Does the media refer more to RS1 or JD?

In the previous week, JD Sports Fashion had 7 more articles in the media than RS Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for JD Sports Fashion and 0 mentions for RS Group. RS Group's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat JD Sports Fashion's score of 0.35 indicating that RS Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
RS Group	Positive
JD Sports Fashion	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, RS1 or JD?

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in RS1 or JD?

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 company is poised for long-term growth.

Is RS1 or JD a better dividend stock?

RS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. JD Sports Fashion pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. RS Group pays out 5,641.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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 RS1 or JD more profitable?

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 Group	6.24%	13.23%	6.58%
JD Sports Fashion	3.17%	14.97%	7.05%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, RS1 or JD?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
RS Group	£2.94B	1.15	£183.70M	£0.39	1,825.64
JD Sports Fashion	£10.79B	0.54	£342.20M	£0.10	1,129.50

Summary

JD Sports Fashion beats RS Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.