BME vs. TSCO, ABF, IMB, BNZL, CCH, SBRY, OCDO, TATE, BVIC, and CWK
Should you be buying B&M European Value Retail stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of B&M European Value Retail include Tesco (TSCO), Associated British Foods (ABF), Imperial Brands (IMB), Bunzl (BNZL), Coca-Cola HBC (CCH), J Sainsbury (SBRY), Ocado Group (OCDO), Tate & Lyle (TATE), Britvic (BVIC), and Cranswick (CWK). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
B&M European Value Retail (LON:BME) and Tesco (LON:TSCO) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
62.2% of B&M European Value Retail shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.4% of Tesco shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of B&M European Value Retail shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Tesco 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.
B&M European Value Retail currently has a consensus price target of GBX 572, suggesting a potential upside of 17.33%. Tesco has a consensus price target of GBX 313.33, suggesting a potential upside of 1.86%. Given B&M European Value Retail's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe B&M European Value Retail is more favorable than Tesco.
Tesco has higher revenue and earnings than B&M European Value Retail. Tesco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than B&M European Value Retail, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tesco received 461 more outperform votes than B&M European Value Retail when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.21% of users gave B&M European Value Retail an outperform vote while only 61.59% of users gave Tesco an outperform vote.
In the previous week, B&M European Value Retail had 12 more articles in the media than Tesco. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for B&M European Value Retail and 2 mentions for Tesco. B&M European Value Retail's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Tesco's score of 0.63 indicating that B&M European Value Retail is being referred to more favorably in the media.
B&M European Value Retail has a net margin of 6.80% compared to Tesco's net margin of 1.74%. B&M European Value Retail's return on equity of 43.42% beat Tesco's return on equity.
B&M European Value Retail has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tesco has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
B&M European Value Retail pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Tesco pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. B&M European Value Retail pays out 4,285.7% 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.
Summary
B&M European Value Retail beats Tesco on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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