SBRY vs. TSCO, MRW, OCDO, DFIB, CBOX, MCLS, CRAW, ABF, IMB, 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), Associated British Foods (ABF), Imperial Brands (IMB), and Bunzl (BNZL).
J Sainsbury (LON:SBRY) and Tesco (LON:TSCO) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends and earnings.
J Sainsbury has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tesco has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
J Sainsbury pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Tesco pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. 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 pays out 4,800.0% 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 has a net margin of 1.74% compared to J Sainsbury's net margin of 0.42%. Tesco's return on equity of 14.77% beat J Sainsbury's return on equity.
68.4% of J Sainsbury shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.4% of Tesco shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of J Sainsbury shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Tesco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Tesco received 292 more outperform votes than J Sainsbury when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.59% of users gave Tesco an outperform vote while only 51.48% of users gave J Sainsbury an outperform vote.
J Sainsbury presently has a consensus price target of GBX 281, suggesting a potential upside of 1.30%. Tesco has a consensus price target of GBX 313.33, suggesting a potential upside of 0.77%. Given J Sainsbury's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe J Sainsbury is more favorable than Tesco.
In the previous week, Tesco had 1 more articles in the media than J Sainsbury. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Tesco and 0 mentions for J Sainsbury. J Sainsbury's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Tesco's score of 0.39 indicating that J Sainsbury is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Tesco beats J Sainsbury on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SBRY and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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