Paragon Banking Group (PAG) Competitors GBX 735.50 -7.50 (-1.01%) (As of 11:46 AM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider Trades PAG vs. JD, SIG, RS1, 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), Signature Aviation (SIG), RS Group (RS1), 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 Signature Aviation RS Group Balfour Beatty Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L) Pets at Home Group Big Technologies Eland Oil & Gas Henry Boot Costain Group JD Sports Fashion (LON:JD) and Paragon Banking Group (LON:PAG) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and valuation. Which has more volatility & risk, JD or PAG? JD Sports Fashion has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paragon Banking Group has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media prefer JD or PAG? In the previous week, JD Sports Fashion and JD Sports Fashion both had 1 articles in the media. Paragon Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat JD Sports Fashion's score of 0.00 indicating that Paragon Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment JD Sports Fashion 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Paragon Banking Group 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Is JD or PAG 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 JD Sports Fashion3.17% 14.97% 7.05% Paragon Banking Group 42.60%14.43%1.09% Do analysts prefer JD or PAG? JD Sports Fashion currently has a consensus price target of GBX 446, indicating a potential upside of 374.57%. Paragon Banking Group has a consensus price target of GBX 875, indicating a potential upside of 18.97%. Given JD Sports Fashion's higher probable upside, equities research 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 JD Sports Fashion 1 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50Paragon Banking Group 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of JD or PAG? 33.0% of JD Sports Fashion shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Paragon Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.9% of JD Sports Fashion shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Paragon Banking Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in JD or PAG? Paragon Banking Group received 171 more outperform votes than JD Sports Fashion when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.06% of users gave JD Sports Fashion an outperform vote while only 77.84% of users gave Paragon Banking Group an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformJD Sports FashionOutperform Votes57080.06% Underperform Votes14219.94%Paragon Banking GroupOutperform Votes74177.84% Underperform Votes21122.16% Is JD or PAG a better dividend stock? JD Sports Fashion pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Paragon Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. 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 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. Which has better valuation & earnings, JD or PAG? JD Sports Fashion has higher revenue and earnings than Paragon Banking Group. JD Sports Fashion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paragon Banking Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioJD Sports Fashion£10.79B0.45£342.20M£0.10939.80Paragon Banking Group£464.60M3.22£197.90M£0.661,114.39 SummaryJD Sports Fashion beats Paragon Banking Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. 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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£1.49B£693.58M£3.72B£1.94BDividend Yield5.16%6.93%4.43%5.26%P/E Ratio1,114.39223.65419.421,918.43Price / Sales3.2275.841,749.81416,255.30Price / Cash0.4526.1952.4929.14Price / Book1.112.381.932.97Net Income£197.90M£80.87M£434.96M£183.11M7 Day PerformanceN/A0.32%1.68%0.70%1 Month Performance1.10%0.01%1.63%28.85%1 Year Performance6.25%8.66%9.60%154.64% Paragon Banking Group Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PAGParagon Banking Group3.3744 of 5 starsGBX 735.50-1.0%GBX 875+19.0%+7.8%£1.49B£464.60M1,114.3926,500Positive NewsGap DownJDJD Sports Fashion1.8532 of 5 starsGBX 95-2.2%GBX 446+369.5%-42.5%£4.92B£10.79B950.00385,400High Trading VolumeSIGSignature AviationN/AN/AN/AN/A£3.29B£1.41B-495.0030,900RS1RS Group0.8701 of 5 starsGBX 674.50-0.7%GBX 840+24.5%-17.4%£3.20B£2.94B1,729.496,500BBYBalfour Beatty1.3922 of 5 starsGBX 448.40+0.5%GBX 525+17.1%+34.6%£2.28B£8.07B1,067.62105,000HSTGHastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L)N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.65B£763.70M19.053,372High Trading VolumePETSPets at Home Group3.0688 of 5 starsGBX 207.40+0.1%GBX 368.33+77.6%-33.9%£950.27M£1.48B1,296.25210BIGBig Technologies2.113 of 5 starsGBX 139-0.7%GBX 345+148.2%-21.0%£407.24M£54.45M3,475.0036,200ELAEland Oil & GasN/AN/AN/AN/A£357.57M£207.73M5.53260BOOTHenry BootN/AGBX 231+0.4%N/A+14.1%£308.71M£285.69M2,887.508,400Gap UpCOSTCostain Group0.4129 of 5 starsGBX 107.50-0.9%GBX 105-2.3%+68.0%£292.74M£1.31B977.273,270 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 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 12/27/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. 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