Tesco (TSCDY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Tesco plc is a British multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, England. The company serves customers through supermarkets, superstores, convenience stores and online grocery channels, offering food, household products, clothing, health and beauty items, and other general merchandise. Tesco also operates fuel stations and provides selected financial and mobile services through associated businesses and partnerships.

Tesco’s operations are concentrated in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, with additional stores in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia. The company also owns Booker Group, a major food wholesaler that supplies independent retailers, caterers and other businesses and operates retail brands including Booker, Premier, Londis and Budgens. Tesco’s Clubcard loyalty program is central to its customer-retention and personalized-offer strategy.

The business traces its origins to 1919, when Jack Cohen began selling groceries from a market stall in London. The first Tesco-branded store opened in 1929, and the company subsequently expanded into a nationwide supermarket and international retail group. Tesco is led by Chief Executive Officer Ken Murphy and Chairman Gerry Murphy.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $18.72 to $18.91
• 50-Day Range: $18.16 to $19.94
• 52-Week Range: $16.65 to $20.54
• Volume: 112,984 shs
• Average Volume: 314,809 shs
• Market Capitalization: $39.43 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 4.08%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Tesco Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Tesco scored higher than 46% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Tesco has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Tesco has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 10.32%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Tesco are expected to grow by 10.32% in the coming year, from $1.26 to $1.39 per share.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Tesco has a PEG Ratio of 1.91. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Tesco has a P/B Ratio of 2.63. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.00% of the float of Tesco has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Tesco has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.15, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Tesco has recently decreased by 43.95%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Tesco is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.10%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Tesco does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Tesco will have a dividend payout ratio of 55.40% next year. This indicates that Tesco will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.42

News Sentiment

Tesco has a news sentiment score of 0.42. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Tesco this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Tesco to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Tesco insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

0.01% of the stock of Tesco is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Today: 10/07/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/08/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 2/28/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:TSCDY
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:TSCDY
• CIK: 885834
• Web: www.tescoplc.com
• Phone: (480) 050-5555
• Fax: 44-19-9264-6100
• Employees: 341,108
• Year Founded: 1919

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 14.98
• P/E Growth: 1.91
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.47
• Current Ratio: 0.59
• Quick Ratio: 0.39

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $98.52 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.40
• Cash Flow: $2.44 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.73
• Book Value: $7.19 per share
• Price / Book: 2.63

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 2,088,380,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $39.43 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.81