J Sainsbury (SBRY) Competitors

Wm Morrison Supermarkets (LON:MRW) and J Sainsbury (LON:SBRY) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MRW or SBRY?

J Sainsbury received 341 more outperform votes than Wm Morrison Supermarkets when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.33% of users gave J Sainsbury an outperform vote while only 43.23% of users gave Wm Morrison Supermarkets an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wm Morrison Supermarkets	Outperform Votes 703 43.23%	Underperform Votes 923 56.77%
J Sainsbury	Outperform Votes 1044 51.33%	Underperform Votes 990 48.67%

Do analysts recommend MRW or SBRY?

J Sainsbury has a consensus price target of GBX 302.50, indicating a potential upside of 26.36%. Given J Sainsbury's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe J Sainsbury is more favorable than Wm Morrison Supermarkets.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wm Morrison Supermarkets	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
J Sainsbury	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of MRW or SBRY?

68.1% of J Sainsbury shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of J Sainsbury shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer MRW or SBRY?

In the previous week, J Sainsbury had 2 more articles in the media than Wm Morrison Supermarkets. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for J Sainsbury and 0 mentions for Wm Morrison Supermarkets. Wm Morrison Supermarkets' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat J Sainsbury's score of -0.52 indicating that Wm Morrison Supermarkets is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Wm Morrison Supermarkets	Neutral
J Sainsbury	Negative

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, MRW or SBRY?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wm Morrison Supermarkets	£17.92B	0.00	N/A	-£1.20	N/A
J Sainsbury	£32.63B	0.17	£136.70M	£5.93	40.38

Is MRW or SBRY a better dividend stock?

Wm Morrison Supermarkets pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share. J Sainsbury pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Wm Morrison Supermarkets pays out -6.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Is MRW or SBRY more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wm Morrison Supermarkets	N/A	N/A	N/A
J Sainsbury	0.42%	1.94%	3.55%

Summary

J Sainsbury beats Wm Morrison Supermarkets on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.