SBRY vs. TSCO, MRW, DFIB, OCDO, CBOX, MCLS, CRAW, CCH, ABF, and KYGA
Should you be buying J Sainsbury stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J Sainsbury include Tesco (TSCO), Wm Morrison Supermarkets (MRW), DFI Retail Group (DFIB), Ocado Group (OCDO), Cake Box (CBOX), McColl's Retail Group (MCLS), Crawshaw Group (CRAW), Coca-Cola HBC (CCH), Associated British Foods (ABF), and Kerry Group (KYGA).
J Sainsbury vs.
J Sainsbury (LON:SBRY) and Tesco (LON:TSCO) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Tesco has a net margin of 1.92% compared to J Sainsbury's net margin of 0.42%. Tesco's return on equity of 11.33% beat J Sainsbury's return on equity.
In the previous week, J Sainsbury had 6 more articles in the media than Tesco. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for J Sainsbury and 2 mentions for Tesco. Tesco's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat J Sainsbury's score of 0.20 indicating that Tesco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
J Sainsbury has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tesco has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
J Sainsbury currently has a consensus price target of GBX 302.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.30%. Tesco has a consensus price target of GBX 375, suggesting a potential upside of 3.51%. Given J Sainsbury's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe J Sainsbury is more favorable than Tesco.
Tesco has higher revenue and earnings than J Sainsbury. Tesco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than J Sainsbury, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
68.1% of J Sainsbury shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.8% of Tesco shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of J Sainsbury shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Tesco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
J Sainsbury pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Tesco pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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. Tesco pays out 68.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Tesco received 294 more outperform votes than J Sainsbury when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.63% of users gave Tesco an outperform vote while only 51.30% of users gave J Sainsbury an outperform vote.
Summary
Tesco beats J Sainsbury on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SBRY) was last updated on 4/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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