SBRY vs. TSCO, MRW, OCDO, DFIB, CBOX, MCLS, CRAW, IMB, ABF, and BNZL
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 Bunzl (BNZL).
Tesco (LON:TSCO) and J Sainsbury (LON:SBRY) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability and institutional ownership.
55.5% of Tesco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of J Sainsbury shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Tesco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of J Sainsbury shares are held 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.
Tesco has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J Sainsbury has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Tesco has a net margin of 1.74% compared to J Sainsbury's net margin of 0.42%. Tesco's return on equity of 14.77% beat J Sainsbury's return on equity.
Tesco received 292 more outperform votes than J Sainsbury when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.58% of users gave Tesco an outperform vote while only 51.43% of users gave J Sainsbury an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Tesco had 21 more articles in the media than J Sainsbury. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Tesco and 1 mentions for J Sainsbury. Tesco's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat J Sainsbury's score of 0.00 indicating that Tesco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tesco presently has a consensus price target of GBX 313.33, suggesting a potential downside of 14.46%. J Sainsbury has a consensus price target of GBX 281, suggesting a potential downside of 5.98%. Given J Sainsbury's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe J Sainsbury is more favorable than Tesco.
Tesco pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. J Sainsbury pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Tesco pays out 4,800.0% 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 pays out 21,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Tesco beats J Sainsbury on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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