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J Sainsbury (SBRY) Competitors

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GBX 307.20 +0.60 (+0.20%)
As of 09/12/2025 11:51 AM Eastern

SBRY vs. MRW, OCDO, DFIB, CBOX, MCLS, CRAW, TSCO, IMB, ABF, and CCH

Should you be buying J Sainsbury stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J Sainsbury include Wm Morrison Supermarkets (MRW), Ocado Group (OCDO), DFI Retail Group (DFIB), Cake Box (CBOX), McColl's Retail Group (MCLS), Crawshaw Group (CRAW), Tesco (TSCO), Imperial Brands (IMB), Associated British Foods (ABF), and Coca-Cola HBC (CCH).

J Sainsbury vs. Its Competitors

Wm Morrison Supermarkets (LON:MRW) and J Sainsbury (LON:SBRY) are both mid-cap grocery stores industry companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and media sentiment.

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

In the previous week, J Sainsbury had 2 more articles in the media than Wm Morrison Supermarkets. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for J Sainsbury and 0 mentions for Wm Morrison Supermarkets. J Sainsbury's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Wm Morrison Supermarkets' score of 0.00 indicating that J Sainsbury is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Wm Morrison Supermarkets Neutral
J Sainsbury Positive

J Sainsbury has a consensus price target of GBX 305, suggesting a potential downside of 0.72%. Given Wm Morrison Supermarkets' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Wm Morrison Supermarkets is more favorable than J Sainsbury.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Wm Morrison Supermarkets
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

J Sainsbury has higher revenue and earnings than Wm Morrison Supermarkets. Wm Morrison Supermarkets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than J Sainsbury, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Wm Morrison Supermarkets£17.92B0.00N/A-£1.20N/A
J Sainsbury£32.81B0.21£136.70M£0.103,011.76

Wm Morrison Supermarkets pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share. J Sainsbury pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Wm Morrison Supermarkets pays out -6.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. J Sainsbury pays out 128.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

J Sainsbury has a net margin of 0.42% compared to Wm Morrison Supermarkets' net margin of 0.00%. J Sainsbury's return on equity of 1.94% beat Wm Morrison Supermarkets' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Wm Morrison SupermarketsN/A N/A N/A
J Sainsbury 0.42%1.94%3.55%

Summary

J Sainsbury beats Wm Morrison Supermarkets on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SBRY vs. The Competition

MetricJ SainsburyGrocery Stores IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£6.92B£19.88B£7.45B£2.58B
Dividend Yield4.36%2.95%3.17%5.30%
P/E Ratio3,011.76237.461,076.165,410.88
Price / Sales0.2144.28992,153.1096,691.88
Price / Cash5.57148.13144.7427.93
Price / Book1.032.019.087.76
Net Income£136.70M£886.39M£999.43M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-0.57%-0.85%-0.03%6.49%
1 Month Performance2.95%-6.04%227.65%55.92%
1 Year Performance6.00%-1.63%174.11%147.82%

J Sainsbury Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SBRY
J Sainsbury
1.0129 of 5 stars
GBX 307.20
+0.2%
GBX 305
-0.7%
+3.9%£6.92B£32.81B3,011.76152,000
MRW
Wm Morrison Supermarkets
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.93B£17.92B-238.67118,000
OCDO
Ocado Group
2.9186 of 5 stars
GBX 321.30
-2.3%
GBX 437
+36.0%
-15.3%£2.65B£1.29B683.6218,869News Coverage
DFIB
DFI Retail Group
N/AGBX 9.17
flat
N/AN/A£124.13M£8.85B-32.71213,000
CBOX
Cake Box
N/AGBX 210
+0.5%
GBX 220
+4.8%
+14.5%£92.40M£42.78M1,975.54173
MCLS
McColl's Retail Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£701K£1.23B-3.576,403
CRAW
Crawshaw Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00N/A
TSCO
Tesco
1.1589 of 5 stars
GBX 421.90
-2.1%
GBX 455
+7.8%
+18.9%£27.48B£69.92B1,794.5649,000High Trading Volume
IMB
Imperial Brands
0.6437 of 5 stars
GBX 3,072
-0.8%
N/A+42.0%£24.89B£31.95B1,025.3725,200Dividend Increase
ABF
Associated British Foods
1.5216 of 5 stars
GBX 2,185
-0.2%
GBX 2,215
+1.4%
N/A£15.59B£19.85B1,232.37133,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
CCH
Coca-Cola HBC
2.6497 of 5 stars
GBX 3,714
-0.3%
GBX 4,104.50
+10.5%
N/A£13.50B£11.20B1,650.6732,700News Coverage

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This page (LON:SBRY) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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