Paragon Banking Group (PAG) Competitors Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider Trades PAG vs. JD, RS1, SIG, BBY, HSTG, PETS, BIG, ELA, BOOT, and COSTShould you be buying Paragon Banking Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paragon Banking Group include JD Sports Fashion (JD), RS Group (RS1), Signature Aviation (SIG), Balfour Beatty (BBY), Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L) (HSTG), 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. Paragon Banking Group vs. JD Sports Fashion RS Group Signature Aviation Balfour Beatty Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L) Pets at Home Group Big Technologies Eland Oil & Gas Henry Boot Costain Group Paragon Banking Group (LON:PAG) and JD Sports Fashion (LON:JD) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability. Do analysts rate PAG or JD? Paragon Banking Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 875, indicating a potential upside of 20.36%. JD Sports Fashion has a consensus target price of GBX 446, indicating a potential upside of 367.31%. Given JD Sports Fashion's higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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) 1 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50 Does the media favor PAG or JD? In the previous week, JD Sports Fashion had 11 more articles in the media than Paragon Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for JD Sports Fashion and 1 mentions for Paragon Banking Group. JD Sports Fashion's average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat Paragon Banking Group's score of 0.00 indicating that JD Sports Fashion is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Paragon Banking Group 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral JD Sports Fashion 2 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 3 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Does the MarketBeat Community favor PAG or JD? Paragon Banking Group received 171 more outperform votes than JD Sports Fashion when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.03% of users gave JD Sports Fashion an outperform vote while only 77.81% of users gave Paragon Banking Group an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformParagon Banking GroupOutperform Votes74077.81% Underperform Votes21122.19% JD Sports FashionOutperform Votes56980.03% Underperform Votes14219.97% Is PAG or JD a better dividend stock? Paragon Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 40 per share. JD Sports Fashion pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Paragon Banking Group pays out 6,060.6% 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. JD Sports Fashion is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Do insiders and institutionals 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more volatility & risk, PAG or JD? Paragon Banking Group has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JD Sports Fashion has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is PAG or JD more profitable? Paragon Banking Group has a net margin of 42.60% 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 Group42.60% 14.43% 1.09% JD Sports Fashion 3.17%14.97%7.05% Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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£464.60M0.00£197.90M£0.66N/AJD Sports Fashion£10.79B0.46£342.20M£0.10954.40 SummaryJD Sports Fashion beats Paragon Banking Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Porter & CompanyI was wrong. Dead wrong. I thought what happened 25 years ago was a once- in-a-lifetime event… but how wrong I was. Because here we are, a quarter of a century later, almost to the exact day, and it’s happening again. Here’s the full story for you. 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£1.48B£706.74M£3.33B£1.45BDividend Yield5.16%6.93%4.52%11.97%P/E Ratio1,101.52215.94439.731,571.78Price / SalesN/A75.483,216.40220,804.04Price / Cash0.4526.1948.8734.05Price / BookN/A2.321.492.87Net Income£197.90M£80.87M£402.71M£157.55M Paragon Banking Group Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PAGParagon Banking Group2.4737 of 5 starsN/AGBX 875+∞+51.7%£1.48B£464.60M1,101.5226,500Dividend IncreaseGap DownJDJD Sports Fashion2.3904 of 5 starsGBX 95.44-15.5%GBX 459.40+381.3%-34.0%£4.94B£10.79B1,129.50385,400Analyst ForecastInsider TradeNews CoverageGap DownHigh Trading VolumeRS1RS Group1.1371 of 5 starsGBX 703-0.1%GBX 842.50+19.8%-4.3%£3.33B£2.94B1,802.566,500SIGSignature AviationN/AN/AN/AN/A£3.29B£1.41B-495.0030,900BBYBalfour Beatty1.91 of 5 starsGBX 434.20-0.5%GBX 475+9.4%+36.4%£2.21B£8.07B1,034.76105,000Analyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive NewsGap DownHSTGHastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L)N/AGBX 249.60flatN/A+0.0%£1.65B£763.70M19.053,372High Trading VolumePETSPets at Home Group1.6836 of 5 starsGBX 278.20-0.6%GBX 368.33+32.4%-5.6%£1.27B£1.48B1,738.75210Gap DownBIGBig Technologies2.2143 of 5 starsGBX 135flatGBX 345+155.6%-26.5%£395.52M£54.45M3,375.0036,200ELAEland Oil & GasN/AGBX 165.80flatN/A+0.0%£357.57M£207.73M5.53260BOOTHenry BootN/AGBX 224-1.8%N/A+16.8%£299.35M£285.69M2,800.008,400High Trading VolumeCOSTCostain Group0.1696 of 5 starsGBX 100.50-1.0%GBX 105+4.5%+80.3%£273.68M£1.31B913.643,270 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies JD Sports Fashion Competitors RS Group Competitors Signature Aviation Competitors Balfour Beatty Competitors Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L) Competitors Pets at Home Group Competitors Big Technologies Competitors Eland Oil & Gas Competitors Henry Boot Competitors Costain Group Competitors 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:PAG) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMissed Nvidia? 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