TSCO vs. SBRY, ABF, IMB, BNZL, RKT, CCH, BATS, DGE, OCDO, and GRG
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), Bunzl (BNZL), Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT), Coca-Cola HBC (CCH), British American Tobacco (BATS), Diageo (DGE), Ocado Group (OCDO), and Greggs (GRG). 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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Tesco received 292 more outperform votes than J Sainsbury when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.62% of users gave Tesco an outperform vote while only 51.51% 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 8 mentions for Tesco and 4 mentions for J Sainsbury. Tesco's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat J Sainsbury's score of 0.33 indicating that J Sainsbury is being referred to more favorably in the media.
J Sainsbury currently has a consensus price target of GBX 281.67, indicating a potential upside of 6.13%. Tesco has a consensus price target of GBX 313.33, indicating a potential upside of 5.04%. Given Tesco's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe J Sainsbury is more favorable than Tesco.
68.5% of J Sainsbury shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.1% of Tesco shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
J Sainsbury has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less 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.
J Sainsbury pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Tesco pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. 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 5,500.0% 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 2.13% compared to Tesco's net margin of 0.42%. J Sainsbury's return on equity of 11.11% 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.
Summary
Tesco beats J Sainsbury on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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