LON:SBRYJ Sainsbury Share Price, Forecast & News

J Sainsbury's stock was trading at GBX 191.50 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, SBRY shares have increased by 3.0% and is now trading at GBX 197.25. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for J Sainsbury in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for J Sainsbury.

J Sainsbury plc (LON:SBRY) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April, 30th. The grocer reported $20.40 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $19.20 by $1.20. View J Sainsbury's earnings history.

J Sainsbury announced a dividend on Thursday, November 7th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 14th will be given a dividend of GBX 3.30 per share on Friday, December 20th. This represents a yield of 1.61%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 14th. The official announcement can be viewed at this link. View J Sainsbury's dividend history.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for J Sainsbury's stock. Their forecasts range from GBX 175 to GBX 280. On average, they expect J Sainsbury's stock price to reach GBX 234.36 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for J Sainsbury.

News stories about SBRY stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. J Sainsbury earned a coverage optimism score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the grocer a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about J Sainsbury.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other J Sainsbury investors own include Sports Direct International (SPD), Tesco (TSCO), Barclays (BARC), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Land Securities Group (LAND), Centrica (CNA), Vodafone Group (VOD), Imperial Brands (IMB), Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) and BP (BP).

J Sainsbury trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "SBRY."

Shares of SBRY 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.

One share of SBRY stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 197.25.

J Sainsbury has a market capitalization of £4.38 billion and generates £28.99 billion in revenue each year. J Sainsbury employs 121,200 workers across the globe.

The official website for J Sainsbury is www.j-sainsbury.co.uk.

J Sainsbury's mailing address is 33 Holborn, LONDON, EC1N 2HT, United Kingdom. The grocer can be reached via phone at +44-20-76956000.