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Should you be buying J Sainsbury stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J Sainsbury include Wm Morrison Supermarkets (MRW), DFI Retail Group (DFIB), Ocado Group (OCDO), Cake Box (CBOX), McColl's Retail Group (MCLS), Crawshaw Group (CRAW), Tesco (TSCO), Imperial Brands (IMB), Kerry Group (KYGA), and Coca-Cola HBC (CCH).
J Sainsbury vs.
J Sainsbury (LON:SBRY) and Wm Morrison Supermarkets (LON:MRW) are both mid-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
J Sainsbury received 341 more outperform votes than Wm Morrison Supermarkets when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.38% of users gave J Sainsbury an outperform vote while only 43.23% of users gave Wm Morrison Supermarkets an outperform vote.
J Sainsbury pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Wm Morrison Supermarkets pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share. J Sainsbury pays out 219.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Wm Morrison Supermarkets pays out -6.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
J Sainsbury has higher revenue and earnings than Wm Morrison Supermarkets. Wm Morrison Supermarkets 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 currently has a consensus price target of GBX 302.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.90%. Given J Sainsbury's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe J Sainsbury is more favorable than Wm Morrison Supermarkets.
J Sainsbury has a net margin of 0.42% compared to Wm Morrison Supermarkets' net margin of 0.00%. J Sainsbury's return on equity of 1.94% beat Wm Morrison Supermarkets' return on equity.
In the previous week, J Sainsbury's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Wm Morrison Supermarkets'average media sentiment score.
68.1% of J Sainsbury shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of J Sainsbury shares are owned by 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.
Summary
J Sainsbury beats Wm Morrison Supermarkets on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SBRY) was last updated on 3/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
