DFI Retail Group (DFIB) Competitors

DFI Retail Group (LON:DFIB) and J Sainsbury (LON:SBRY) are both mid-cap grocery stores industry companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.

Do analysts recommend DFIB or SBRY?

J Sainsbury has a consensus target price of GBX 305, suggesting a potential downside of 0.33%. Given J Sainsbury's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe J Sainsbury is more favorable than DFI Retail Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DFI Retail Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
J Sainsbury	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility and risk, DFIB or SBRY?

DFI Retail Group has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J Sainsbury has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DFIB or SBRY a better dividend stock?

DFI Retail Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. J Sainsbury pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. DFI Retail Group pays out 47.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. J Sainsbury pays out 219.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in DFIB or SBRY?

6.7% of DFI Retail Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of J Sainsbury shares are held by institutional investors. 77.6% of DFI Retail Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of J Sainsbury shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, DFIB or SBRY?

DFI Retail Group has higher revenue and earnings than J Sainsbury. DFI Retail 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DFI Retail Group	£229.14B	0.01	£3.03B	£0.35	26.20
J Sainsbury	£32.63B	0.22	£136.70M	£5.93	51.61

Is DFIB or SBRY more profitable?

DFI Retail Group has a net margin of 1.32% compared to J Sainsbury's net margin of 0.42%. DFI Retail Group's return on equity of 12.38% beat J Sainsbury's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DFI Retail Group	1.32%	12.38%	1.41%
J Sainsbury	0.42%	1.94%	3.55%

Does the media favor DFIB or SBRY?

In the previous week, DFI Retail Group and DFI Retail Group both had 1 articles in the media. DFI Retail Group's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat J Sainsbury's score of 0.00 indicating that DFI Retail Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DFI Retail Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
J Sainsbury	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

J Sainsbury beats DFI Retail Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.