OCDO vs. SBRY, TATE, BVIC, CWK, PFD, FEVR, HFG, GNC, BAKK, and BME
Should you be buying Ocado Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ocado Group include J Sainsbury (SBRY), Tate & Lyle (TATE), Britvic (BVIC), Cranswick (CWK), Premier Foods (PFD), Fevertree Drinks (FEVR), Hilton Food Group (HFG), Greencore Group (GNC), Bakkavor Group (BAKK), and B&M European Value Retail (BME). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
J Sainsbury (LON:SBRY) and Ocado Group (LON:OCDO) are both mid-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
J Sainsbury has higher revenue and earnings than Ocado Group. Ocado Group 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 currently has a consensus price target of GBX 281, indicating a potential upside of 0.57%. Ocado Group has a consensus price target of GBX 390, indicating a potential downside of 4.97%. Given Ocado Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe J Sainsbury is more favorable than Ocado Group.
In the previous week, Ocado Group had 1 more articles in the media than J Sainsbury. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ocado Group and 2 mentions for J Sainsbury. J Sainsbury's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Ocado Group's score of 0.42 indicating that Ocado Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
J Sainsbury has a net margin of 0.42% compared to J Sainsbury's net margin of -11.11%. Ocado Group's return on equity of 1.94% beat J Sainsbury's return on equity.
68.4% of J Sainsbury shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.9% of Ocado Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of J Sainsbury shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 29.5% of Ocado Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
J Sainsbury has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ocado Group has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
J Sainsbury received 455 more outperform votes than Ocado Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.96% of users gave Ocado Group an outperform vote while only 51.48% of users gave J Sainsbury an outperform vote.
Summary
J Sainsbury beats Ocado Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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