Ocado Group (OCDO) Competitors

Ocado Group (LON:OCDO) and J Sainsbury (LON:SBRY) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, OCDO or SBRY?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ocado Group	£1.29B	1.47	-£222.03M	£0.47	490.00
J Sainsbury	£32.81B	0.22	£136.70M	£0.10	3,115.69

Is OCDO or SBRY more profitable?

J Sainsbury has a net margin of 0.42% compared to Ocado Group's net margin of -7.23%. J Sainsbury's return on equity of 1.94% beat Ocado Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ocado Group	-7.23%	-15.18%	-4.02%
J Sainsbury	0.42%	1.94%	3.55%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of OCDO or SBRY?

60.3% of Ocado Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.6% of J Sainsbury shares are held by institutional investors. 36.1% of Ocado Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of J Sainsbury shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, OCDO or SBRY?

Ocado Group has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J Sainsbury has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend OCDO or SBRY?

Ocado Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 437, suggesting a potential upside of 89.75%. J Sainsbury has a consensus target price of GBX 305, suggesting a potential downside of 4.03%. Given Ocado Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ocado Group is more favorable than J Sainsbury.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ocado Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
J Sainsbury	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to OCDO or SBRY?

In the previous week, Ocado Group had 20 more articles in the media than J Sainsbury. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Ocado Group and 4 mentions for J Sainsbury. Ocado Group's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat J Sainsbury's score of 0.17 indicating that Ocado Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ocado Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	12 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
J Sainsbury	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Ocado Group beats J Sainsbury on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.