Tesco (TSCO) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Tesco was built to be a champion for customers, serving them every day with affordable, healthy and sustainable food. Across the Group, our purpose is at the core of what we do: serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day. Our fantastic team of over 340,000 colleagues go above and beyond to serve our customers. We work hard to be a place where everyone is welcome, where all colleagues can be at their best and build the skills to grow their careers.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 516.40 to 527.80
• 50-Day Range: 446.10 to 514.37
• 52-Week Range: 411.70 to 527.80
• Volume: 16.33 million shs
• Average Volume: 39.44 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £32.63 billion
• P/E Ratio: 19.33
• Dividend Yield: 2.88%
• Price Target: GBX 500
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Tesco Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Tesco scored higher than 40% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Tesco has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Tesco is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Tesco has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Tesco is 19.34, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.79.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Tesco is 19.34, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 13.87.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Tesco has a PEG Ratio of 1.43. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Tesco has a P/B Ratio of 3.13. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for TSCO.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Tesco pays a meaningful dividend of 2.88%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Tesco does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Tesco is 52.58%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.68

News Sentiment

Tesco has a news sentiment score of 0.68. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.57 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 25 news articles for Tesco this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

44 people have searched for TSCO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 26% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Tesco insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £274.55 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.25% of the stock of Tesco is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

53.08% of the stock of Tesco is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 10/08/2026
• Today: 10/14/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:TSCO
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.tescoplc.com
• Phone: +44-1992-632222
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 49,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Tesco: GBX 500
• High Price Target: GBX 550
• Low Price Target: GBX 480
• Potential Upside/Downside: -4.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 27.10
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 19.33
• Forward P/E Ratio: 19.13
• P/E Growth: 1.43
• Net Income: £1.27 billion
• Net Margins: 2.53%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 16.45%
• Return on Assets: 3.93%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 127.34
• Current Ratio: 0.62
• Quick Ratio: 0.60

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £75.03 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.43
• Cash Flow: GBX 126.36 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 4.15
• Book Value: GBX 167.28 per share
• Price / Book: 3.13

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 6,228,725,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £32.63 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.57