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J Sainsbury (SBRY) Competitors

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GBX 269 -1.20 (-0.44%)
(As of 12:19 PM ET)

SBRY vs. TSCO, MRW, OCDO, DFIB, CBOX, MCLS, CRAW, IMB, ABF, and BNZL

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), Ocado Group (OCDO), DFI Retail Group (DFIB), Cake Box (CBOX), McColl's Retail Group (MCLS), Crawshaw Group (CRAW), Imperial Brands (IMB), Associated British Foods (ABF), and Bunzl (BNZL).

J Sainsbury vs.

Tesco (LON:TSCO) and J Sainsbury (LON:SBRY) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Tesco has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J Sainsbury has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Tesco has a net margin of 1.90% compared to J Sainsbury's net margin of 0.42%. Tesco's return on equity of 16.07% beat J Sainsbury's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Tesco1.90% 16.07% 3.93%
J Sainsbury 0.42%1.94%3.55%

In the previous week, Tesco had 2 more articles in the media than J Sainsbury. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Tesco and 1 mentions for J Sainsbury. J Sainsbury's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Tesco's score of 0.54 indicating that J Sainsbury is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Tesco
0 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
J Sainsbury
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Tesco received 293 more outperform votes than J Sainsbury when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.60% of users gave Tesco an outperform vote while only 51.35% of users gave J Sainsbury an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TescoOutperform Votes
1336
61.60%
Underperform Votes
833
38.40%
J SainsburyOutperform Votes
1043
51.35%
Underperform Votes
988
48.65%

55.8% of Tesco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of J Sainsbury shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Tesco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of J Sainsbury shares are held by company 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.

Tesco pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. J Sainsbury pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Tesco pays out 4,814.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. J Sainsbury pays out 21,666.7% 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 currently has a consensus target price of GBX 313.33, indicating a potential downside of 14.39%. J Sainsbury has a consensus target price of GBX 281, indicating a potential upside of 4.46%. Given J Sainsbury's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe J Sainsbury is more favorable than Tesco.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Tesco
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
J Sainsbury
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Tesco£69.16B0.36£1.90B£0.271,355.56
J Sainsbury£32.70B0.19£137M£0.064,483.33

Summary

Tesco beats J Sainsbury on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SBRY vs. The Competition

MetricJ SainsburyGrocery Stores IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£6.27B£12.29B£5.99B£1.93B
Dividend Yield4.37%2.62%3.17%5.33%
P/E Ratio4,483.33174.49211.611,913.91
Price / Sales0.1913.4765.71447,752.60
Price / Cash5.5764.23144.9229.20
Price / Book0.922.913.002.95
Net Income£137M£583.29M£161.49M£183.55M
7 Day Performance-2.78%-0.49%-1.75%-1.37%
1 Month Performance5.99%-0.06%-1.01%25.05%
1 Year Performance-10.21%8.09%60.68%151.10%

J Sainsbury Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SBRY
J Sainsbury
1.1166 of 5 stars
GBX 269
-0.4%
GBX 281
+4.5%
-9.8%£6.27B£32.70B4,483.33152,000Positive News
TSCO
Tesco
0.5953 of 5 stars
GBX 373.10
+0.3%
GBX 313.33
-16.0%
+27.8%£25.41B£69.16B1,377.7849,000
MRW
Wm Morrison Supermarkets
N/AGBX 286.40
flat
N/AN/A£6.93B£17.92B-238.67118,000
OCDO
Ocado Group
0.4002 of 5 stars
GBX 312.50
+0.2%
GBX 320
+2.4%
-57.9%£2.57B£3B-1,199.6218,869
DFIB
DFI Retail Group
N/AGBX 9.17
flat
N/AN/A£123.80M£9.17B114.63213,000
CBOX
Cake Box
N/AGBX 186
-7.0%
N/A+9.8%£74.40M£37.84M1,772.73173Gap Down
MCLS
McColl's Retail Group
N/AGBX 0.25
flat
N/AN/A£701,000.00£1.23B-3.576,403
CRAW
Crawshaw Group
N/AGBX 2
flat
N/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00N/A
IMB
Imperial Brands
0.5291 of 5 stars
GBX 2,597
-0.6%
GBX 2,205
-15.1%
+41.1%£21.91B£18.18B1,136.0925,200
ABF
Associated British Foods
0.496 of 5 stars
GBX 2,106
-1.6%
GBX 2,220
+5.4%
-13.2%£15.50B£19.92B1,381.29133,000News Coverage
BNZL
Bunzl
0.2922 of 5 stars
GBX 3,558
+1.1%
GBX 3,375
-5.1%
+2.1%£11.88B£11.60B2,427.5924,528News Coverage

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This page (LON:SBRY) was last updated on 12/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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