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J Sainsbury (SBRY) Competitors

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GBX 253.80 +7.00 (+2.84%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

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

Should you be buying J Sainsbury stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J Sainsbury include Wm Morrison Supermarkets (MRW), Ocado Group (OCDO), DFI Retail Group (DFIB), Cake Box (CBOX), McColl's Retail Group (MCLS), Crawshaw Group (CRAW), Tesco (TSCO), Imperial Brands (IMB), Associated British Foods (ABF), and Bunzl (BNZL).

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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.

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

J Sainsbury received 340 more outperform votes than Wm Morrison Supermarkets when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.35% of users gave J Sainsbury an outperform vote while only 43.23% of users gave Wm Morrison Supermarkets an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
J SainsburyOutperform Votes
1043
51.35%
Underperform Votes
988
48.65%
Wm Morrison SupermarketsOutperform Votes
703
43.23%
Underperform Votes
923
56.77%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
J Sainsbury£32.70B0.18£137M£0.064,230.00
Wm Morrison Supermarkets£17.92B0.39N/A-£1.20-238.67

In the previous week, J Sainsbury had 3 more articles in the media than Wm Morrison Supermarkets. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for J Sainsbury and 0 mentions for Wm Morrison Supermarkets. J Sainsbury's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Wm Morrison Supermarkets' score of 0.00 indicating that J Sainsbury is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
J Sainsbury Positive
Wm Morrison Supermarkets Neutral

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 and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. 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. Wm Morrison Supermarkets pays out -6.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

J Sainsbury presently has a consensus target price of GBX 281, indicating a potential upside of 10.72%. Given J Sainsbury's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe J Sainsbury is more favorable than Wm Morrison Supermarkets.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
J Sainsbury
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Wm Morrison Supermarkets
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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
J Sainsbury0.42% 1.94% 3.55%
Wm Morrison Supermarkets N/A N/A N/A

Summary

J Sainsbury beats Wm Morrison Supermarkets on 16 of the 18 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£5.91B£11.52B£5.35B£1.55B
Dividend Yield4.37%2.76%3.18%11.84%
P/E Ratio4,230.00165.57201.591,592.03
Price / Sales0.1814.06147,375.32240,074.42
Price / Cash5.5760.22132.3332.38
Price / Book0.872.793.082.86
Net Income£137M£560.99M£153.30M£169.97M
7 Day Performance3.76%0.46%-0.19%-0.02%
1 Month Performance-8.18%2.00%2.12%-0.40%
1 Year Performance-4.98%9.56%72.52%105.32%

J Sainsbury Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SBRY
J Sainsbury
2.1207 of 5 stars
GBX 253.80
+2.8%
GBX 281
+10.7%
-5.0%£5.91B£32.70B4,230.00152,000Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
MRW
Wm Morrison Supermarkets
N/AGBX 286.40
flat
N/AN/A£6.93B£17.92B-238.67118,000
OCDO
Ocado Group
0.7008 of 5 stars
GBX 306.70
+0.7%
GBX 320
+4.3%
-46.1%£2.52B£3B-1,170.0018,869News Coverage
DFIB
DFI Retail Group
N/AGBX 9.17
flat
N/AN/A£123.80M£9.17B114.63213,000
CBOX
Cake Box
N/AGBX 195
-0.8%
N/A+31.0%£78M£37.84M1,772.73173Gap Down
MCLS
McColl's Retail Group
N/AGBX 0.25
flat
N/A+0.0%£701,000.00£1.23B-3.576,403
CRAW
Crawshaw Group
N/AGBX 2
flat
N/A+0.0%£0.00N/A0.00N/A
TSCO
Tesco
0.6417 of 5 stars
GBX 350.90
+0.7%
GBX 313.33
-10.7%
+26.3%£23.90B£69.16B1,292.3349,000
IMB
Imperial Brands
0.4156 of 5 stars
GBX 2,509
-0.2%
GBX 2,205
-12.1%
+34.8%£21.16B£18.18B1,089.1325,200News Coverage
ABF
Associated British Foods
0.7489 of 5 stars
GBX 2,171
+0.7%
GBX 2,220
+2.3%
-7.3%£15.98B£19.92B1,400.65133,000Insider Trade
BNZL
Bunzl
0.7224 of 5 stars
GBX 3,468
+2.0%
GBX 3,182.50
-8.2%
+18.4%£11.58B£11.60B2,391.7224,528

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This page (LON:SBRY) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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