Paragon Banking Group (PAG) Competitors GBX 824 +2.00 (+0.24%) As of 11:57 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock PAG vs. JD, SIG, RS1, BBY, HSTG, PETS, ELA, BOOT, COST, and BIGShould 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), Eland Oil & Gas (ELA), Henry Boot (BOOT), Costain Group (COST), and Big Technologies (BIG). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry. Paragon Banking Group vs. JD Sports Fashion Signature Aviation RS Group Balfour Beatty Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L) Pets at Home Group Eland Oil & Gas Henry Boot Costain Group Big Technologies Paragon Banking Group (LON:PAG) and JD Sports Fashion (LON:JD) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PAG or JD? Paragon Banking Group received 169 more outperform votes than JD Sports Fashion when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 79.92% of users gave JD Sports Fashion an outperform vote while only 77.86% of users gave Paragon Banking Group an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformParagon Banking GroupOutperform Votes74277.86% Underperform Votes21122.14% JD Sports FashionOutperform Votes57379.92% Underperform Votes14420.08% Is PAG or JD a better dividend stock? Paragon Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. JD Sports Fashion pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. 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. Do institutionals & insiders believe in PAG or JD? 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 insiders. Comparatively, 51.9% of JD Sports Fashion shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Is PAG or JD more profitable? 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.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Paragon Banking Group25.14% 14.13% 1.09% JD Sports Fashion 3.17%14.97%7.05% Do analysts recommend PAG or JD? Paragon Banking Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 875, suggesting a potential upside of 6.19%. JD Sports Fashion has a consensus price target of GBX 109.50, suggesting a potential upside of 40.10%. Given JD Sports Fashion's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe JD Sports Fashion is more favorable than Paragon Banking Group.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Paragon Banking Group 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00JD Sports Fashion 1 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.20 Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PAG or JD? 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioParagon Banking Group£738.64M2.23£185.69M£92.658.89JD Sports Fashion£10.79B0.38£342.20M£0.10781.60 Which has more risk and volatility, PAG or JD? 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. Does the media favor PAG or JD? In the previous week, Paragon Banking Group and Paragon Banking Group both had 3 articles in the media. Paragon Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat JD Sports Fashion's score of 0.00 indicating that Paragon Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Paragon Banking Group 3 Very Positive mention(s) 0 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) 0 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral SummaryParagon Banking Group and JD Sports Fashion tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Paragon Banking Group News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PAG 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 PAG vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricParagon Banking GroupMortgage Finance IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£1.65B£706.01M£3.79B£2.53BDividend Yield5.12%7.03%4.21%4.96%P/E Ratio8.898.6312.94131.54Price / Sales2.2355.251,719.32238,740.39Price / Cash0.4526.1950.3828.05Price / Book1.241.793.374.49Net Income£185.69M£78.23M£1.24B£5.82B7 Day Performance3.19%1.81%8.93%8.73%1 Month Performance6.74%1.07%8.96%7.28%1 Year Performance19.42%13.92%10.83%25.27% Paragon Banking Group Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PAGParagon Banking Group2.8513 of 5 starsGBX 824+0.2%GBX 875+6.2%+16.3%£1.65B£738.64M8.8926,500Dividend IncreasePositive NewsJDJD Sports Fashion1.2776 of 5 starsGBX 75+2.7%GBX 109.50+46.0%-37.2%£3.89B£10.79B750.00385,400High Trading VolumeSIGSignature AviationN/AN/AN/AN/A£3.29B£1.41B-495.0030,900News CoverageRS1RS Group2.7874 of 5 starsGBX 494.89-1.0%GBX 840+69.7%-29.7%£2.34B£2.91B12.796,500Negative NewsBBYBalfour Beatty1.6034 of 5 starsGBX 431.40-0.5%GBX 542.50+25.8%+20.0%£2.20B£7.72B10.07105,000HSTGHastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L)N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.65B£763.70M19.053,372High Trading VolumePETSPets at Home Group2.6459 of 5 starsGBX 233.80+1.7%GBX 298.33+27.6%-18.3%£1.07B£1.41B14.21210ELAEland Oil & GasN/AN/AN/AN/A£357.57M£207.73M5.53260BOOTHenry BootN/AGBX 212+0.5%N/A+21.5%£284.87M£286.51M25.218,400News CoverageCOSTCostain Group0.7094 of 5 starsGBX 103.90-2.7%GBX 105+1.1%+26.3%£278.29M£1.28B9.273,270BIGBig TechnologiesN/AGBX 79.80+8.4%N/A-54.3%£226.67M£53.85M17.8736,200Gap Up Related Companies and Tools Related Companies JD Sports Fashion Competitors Signature Aviation Competitors RS Group Competitors Balfour Beatty Competitors Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L) Competitors Pets at Home Group Competitors Eland Oil & Gas Competitors Henry Boot Competitors Costain Group Competitors Big Technologies Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:PAG) was last updated on 4/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon Set to Shock the World by May 1st ?Tech legend Jeff Brown recently traveled to the industrial zone of South Memphis to investigate what he believ...Brownstone Research | SponsoredGet Your Bank Account “Fed Invasion” Ready with THESE 4 Simple StepsStarting as soon as a few months from now, the United States government will make a sweeping change to bank ac...Weiss Ratings | Sponsored$2 Trillion Disappears Because of Fed's Secretive New Move$2 trillion has disappeared from the US government's books. 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