J Sainsbury (SBRY) Competitors

Tesco (LON:TSCO) and J Sainsbury (LON:SBRY) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Is TSCO or SBRY a better dividend stock?

Tesco pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. J Sainsbury pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Tesco pays out 68.0% 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.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, TSCO or SBRY?

Tesco has higher revenue and earnings than J Sainsbury. Tesco 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
Tesco	£66.34B	0.38	£1.27B	£19.11	19.94
J Sainsbury	£32.63B	0.20	£136.70M	£5.93	48.31

Do institutionals & insiders believe in TSCO or SBRY?

55.8% of Tesco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of J Sainsbury shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Tesco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of J Sainsbury shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is TSCO or SBRY more profitable?

Tesco has a net margin of 1.92% compared to J Sainsbury's net margin of 0.42%. Tesco's return on equity of 11.33% beat J Sainsbury's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tesco	1.92%	11.33%	3.93%
J Sainsbury	0.42%	1.94%	3.55%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TSCO or SBRY?

Tesco received 294 more outperform votes than J Sainsbury when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.63% of users gave Tesco an outperform vote while only 51.30% of users gave J Sainsbury an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tesco	Outperform Votes 1338 61.63%	Underperform Votes 833 38.37%
J Sainsbury	Outperform Votes 1044 51.30%	Underperform Votes 991 48.70%

Does the media favor TSCO or SBRY?

In the previous week, Tesco had 3 more articles in the media than J Sainsbury. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Tesco and 2 mentions for J Sainsbury. Tesco's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat J Sainsbury's score of 0.26 indicating that Tesco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tesco	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
J Sainsbury	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate TSCO or SBRY?

Tesco presently has a consensus target price of GBX 400, suggesting a potential upside of 4.96%. J Sainsbury has a consensus target price of GBX 302.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.62%. Given J Sainsbury's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe J Sainsbury is more favorable than Tesco.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tesco	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 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

Which has more volatility & risk, TSCO or SBRY?

Tesco has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J Sainsbury has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Tesco beats J Sainsbury on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.