J Sainsbury (SBRY) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

J Sainsbury plc is one of the UK's leading food, general merchandise and clothing retailers. Offering delicious, great quality food at competitive prices has been at the heart of what we do since we opened our first store in 1869. Today, inspiring and delighting our customers with tasty food remains our priority. Our purpose is that driven by our passion for food, together we serve and help every customer. Our focus on great value food and convenient shopping, whether in-store or online is supported by our brands – Argos, Habitat, Tu, Nectar and Sainsbury’s Bank. Sainsbury’s has over 600 supermarkets and over 800 convenience stores. Argos is a leading digital retailer and is the third most visited retail website in the UK. Argos is conveniently available for customers to collect from hundreds of Sainsbury’s stores. Digital and technology enables us to adapt as customers shop differently and our profitable, fast-growing online channels offer customers quick and convenient delivery and collection capability. Our 189,000 colleagues are integral to our success, now and in the future.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 263.80 to 269.80
• 50-Day Range: 228.33 to 268
• 52-Week Range: 223.40 to 301.40
• Volume: 3.83 million shs
• Average Volume: 23.58 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £6.11 billion
• P/E Ratio: 44.63
• Dividend Yield: 4.91%
• Price Target: GBX 302.50
• Consensus Rating: Buy

J Sainsbury Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

J Sainsbury scored higher than 47% 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: 2.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

J Sainsbury has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

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

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of J Sainsbury is 44.97, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.81.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of J Sainsbury is 44.97, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Defensive sector average P/E ratio of about 11.66.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

J Sainsbury has a PEG Ratio of 0.42. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

J Sainsbury has a P/B Ratio of 0.90. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for SBRY.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

J Sainsbury is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.96%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

J Sainsbury does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of J Sainsbury is 219.26%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Environmental Score: -4.23

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for SBRY.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.09

News Sentiment

J Sainsbury has a news sentiment score of 0.09. 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 is a lower news sentiment than the 0.35 average news sentiment score of Consumer Defensive companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for J Sainsbury this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, J Sainsbury insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought GBX 0 in company stock and sold £107,174.60 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 5.40% of the stock of J Sainsbury is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

68.08% of the stock of J Sainsbury is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

SBRY Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have SBRY shares performed this year?

J Sainsbury's stock was trading at GBX 273.60 at the start of the year. Since then, SBRY stock has decreased by 2.6% and is now trading at GBX 266.60.
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How were J Sainsbury's earnings last quarter?

J Sainsbury plc (LON:SBRY) issued its earnings results on Thursday, April, 17th. The grocer reported $23.10 EPS for the quarter. J Sainsbury had a net margin of 0.42% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 1.94%.
Read the conference call transcript.

How do I buy shares of J Sainsbury?

Shares of SBRY stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

What other stocks do shareholders of J Sainsbury own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that J Sainsbury investors own include Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Barclays (BARC), Tesco (TSCO), Glencore (GLEN), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), BP (BP) and Sports Direct International (SPD).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 4/17/2025
• Today: 5/02/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Defensive
• Industry: Grocery Stores
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:SBRY
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.j-sainsbury.co.uk
• Phone: +44-20-76956000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 152,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 302.50
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 305
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 300
• Potential Upside/Downside: +13.5%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 5.93
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 44.97
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.36
• P/E Growth: 0.42
• Net Income: £136.70 million
• Net Margins: 0.42%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 1.94%
• Return on Assets: 3.55%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 95.36
• Current Ratio: 0.66
• Quick Ratio: 0.53

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £32.63 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.19
• Cash Flow: GBX 47.84 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.57
• Book Value: GBX 297 per share
• Price / Book: 0.90

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 2,307,302,044
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £6.15 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.67