SBRY vs. OCDO, GRG, TSCO, BME, CCH, BNZL, TATE, CWK, BVIC, and IMB
Should you be buying J Sainsbury stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J Sainsbury include Ocado Group (OCDO), Greggs (GRG), Tesco (TSCO), B&M European Value Retail (BME), Coca-Cola HBC (CCH), Bunzl (BNZL), Tate & Lyle (TATE), Cranswick (CWK), Britvic (BVIC), and Imperial Brands (IMB). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
J Sainsbury (LON:SBRY) and Ocado Group (LON:OCDO) are both mid-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
J Sainsbury has higher revenue and earnings than Ocado Group. Ocado Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than J Sainsbury, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
J Sainsbury presently has a consensus price target of GBX 285.67, suggesting a potential upside of 0.73%. Ocado Group has a consensus price target of GBX 390, suggesting a potential upside of 7.41%. Given Ocado Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ocado Group is more favorable than J Sainsbury.
68.1% of J Sainsbury shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.9% of Ocado Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of J Sainsbury shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.5% of Ocado Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Ocado Group had 4 more articles in the media than J Sainsbury. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Ocado Group and 5 mentions for J Sainsbury. J Sainsbury's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Ocado Group's score of 0.39 indicating that J Sainsbury is being referred to more favorably in the media.
J Sainsbury has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ocado Group has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
J Sainsbury has a net margin of 0.42% compared to Ocado Group's net margin of -11.11%. J Sainsbury's return on equity of 1.94% beat Ocado Group's return on equity.
J Sainsbury received 455 more outperform votes than Ocado Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.96% of users gave Ocado Group an outperform vote while only 51.48% of users gave J Sainsbury an outperform vote.
Summary
J Sainsbury beats Ocado Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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