PAG vs. JD, SIG, RS1, BBY, HSTG, PETS, COST, ELA, BOOT, and BIG
Should you be buying Paragon Banking Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paragon Banking Group include JD Sports Fashion (JD), Signature Aviation (SIG), RS Group (RS1), Balfour Beatty (BBY), Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L) (HSTG), Pets at Home Group (PETS), Costain Group (COST), Eland Oil & Gas (ELA), Henry Boot (BOOT), and Big Technologies (BIG). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.
Paragon Banking Group vs. Its Competitors
Paragon Banking Group (LON:PAG) and JD Sports Fashion (LON:JD) are both retail companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
80.6% of Paragon Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.0% of JD Sports Fashion shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Paragon Banking Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.9% of JD Sports Fashion shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Paragon Banking Group has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JD Sports Fashion has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Paragon Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. JD Sports Fashion pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Paragon Banking Group pays out 43.2% 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. Paragon Banking Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, JD Sports Fashion had 3 more articles in the media than Paragon Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for JD Sports Fashion and 3 mentions for Paragon Banking Group. Paragon Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat JD Sports Fashion's score of 0.25 indicating that Paragon Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Paragon Banking Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 938, indicating a potential downside of 0.95%. JD Sports Fashion has a consensus target price of GBX 204.50, indicating a potential upside of 143.80%. Given JD Sports Fashion's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe JD Sports Fashion is more favorable than Paragon Banking Group.
JD Sports Fashion has higher revenue and earnings than Paragon Banking Group. Paragon Banking 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.
Paragon Banking Group has a net margin of 25.14% compared to JD Sports Fashion's net margin of 3.17%. JD Sports Fashion's return on equity of 14.97% beat Paragon Banking Group's return on equity.
Summary
Paragon Banking 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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This page (LON:PAG) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
