TSCO vs. SBRY, ABF, IMB, RKT, BNZL, CCH, BME, BATS, DGE, and OCDO
Should you be buying Tesco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tesco include J Sainsbury (SBRY), Associated British Foods (ABF), Imperial Brands (IMB), Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT), Bunzl (BNZL), Coca-Cola HBC (CCH), B&M European Value Retail (BME), British American Tobacco (BATS), Diageo (DGE), and Ocado Group (OCDO). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
J Sainsbury (LON:SBRY) and Tesco (LON:TSCO) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.
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.
In the previous week, Tesco had 4 more articles in the media than J Sainsbury. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Tesco and 5 mentions for J Sainsbury. Tesco's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat J Sainsbury's score of 0.54 indicating that J Sainsbury is being referred to more favorably in the media.
68.1% of J Sainsbury shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.1% of Tesco shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of J Sainsbury shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Tesco shares are owned by 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 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 a net margin of 1.74% compared to Tesco's net margin of 0.42%. J Sainsbury's return on equity of 14.77% beat Tesco's return on equity.
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 4.6%. 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.
J Sainsbury currently has a consensus target price of GBX 285.67, indicating a potential upside of 0.73%. Tesco has a consensus target price of GBX 313.33, indicating a potential upside of 0.78%. Given J Sainsbury's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tesco is more favorable than J Sainsbury.
Summary
Tesco beats J Sainsbury on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TSCO 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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