SBRY vs. TSCO, MRW, OCDO, DFIB, CBOX, MCLS, CRAW, IMB, ABF, and CCH
Should you be buying J Sainsbury stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J Sainsbury include Tesco (TSCO), Wm Morrison Supermarkets (MRW), Ocado Group (OCDO), DFI Retail Group (DFIB), Cake Box (CBOX), McColl's Retail Group (MCLS), Crawshaw Group (CRAW), Imperial Brands (IMB), Associated British Foods (ABF), and Coca-Cola HBC (CCH).
J Sainsbury vs. Its Competitors
J Sainsbury (LON:SBRY) and Tesco (LON:TSCO) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.
J Sainsbury currently has a consensus target price of GBX 305, suggesting a potential downside of 9.44%. Tesco has a consensus target price of GBX 468.33, suggesting a potential upside of 5.65%. Given Tesco's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tesco is more favorable than J Sainsbury.
J Sainsbury has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tesco has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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.
In the previous week, J Sainsbury had 1 more articles in the media than Tesco. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for J Sainsbury and 2 mentions for Tesco. J Sainsbury's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Tesco's score of 0.30 indicating that J Sainsbury is being referred to more favorably in the media.
41.6% of J Sainsbury shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.2% of Tesco shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of J Sainsbury shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Tesco shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
J Sainsbury pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Tesco pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. J Sainsbury pays out 1.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tesco pays out 0.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Summary
Tesco beats J Sainsbury on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SBRY) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
