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Tesco (TSCO) Competitors

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GBX 433.50 -6.20 (-1.41%)
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TSCO vs. JD, SIG, BBY, RS1, PAG, HSTG, PETS, ELA, COST, and BOOT

Should you be buying Tesco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tesco include JD Sports Fashion (JD), Signature Aviation (SIG), Balfour Beatty (BBY), RS Group (RS1), Paragon Banking Group (PAG), Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L) (HSTG), Pets at Home Group (PETS), Eland Oil & Gas (ELA), Costain Group (COST), and Henry Boot (BOOT). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.

Tesco vs. Its Competitors

JD Sports Fashion (LON:JD) and Tesco (LON:TSCO) are both retail companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and earnings.

JD Sports Fashion has a net margin of 3.17% compared to Tesco's net margin of 1.92%. JD Sports Fashion's return on equity of 14.97% beat Tesco's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
JD Sports Fashion3.17% 14.97% 7.05%
Tesco 1.92%11.33%3.93%

JD Sports Fashion presently has a consensus target price of GBX 103.17, suggesting a potential upside of 11.77%. Tesco has a consensus target price of GBX 455, suggesting a potential upside of 4.96%. Given JD Sports Fashion's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe JD Sports Fashion is more favorable than Tesco.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
JD Sports Fashion
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
Tesco
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Tesco had 3 more articles in the media than JD Sports Fashion. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Tesco and 2 mentions for JD Sports Fashion. JD Sports Fashion's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Tesco's score of 0.54 indicating that JD Sports Fashion is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
JD Sports Fashion
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Tesco
1 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

33.0% of JD Sports Fashion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.2% of Tesco shares are held by institutional investors. 51.9% of JD Sports Fashion shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Tesco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

JD Sports Fashion has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tesco has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

JD Sports Fashion pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Tesco pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. JD Sports Fashion pays out 1,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Tesco pays out 53.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Tesco has higher revenue and earnings than JD Sports Fashion. JD Sports Fashion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tesco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
JD Sports Fashion£10.79B0.44£342.20M£0.10923.00
Tesco£69.92B0.40£1.27B£0.241,843.90

Summary

JD Sports Fashion beats Tesco on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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TSCO vs. The Competition

MetricTescoGrocery Stores IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£28.14B£19.63B£7.34B£2.57B
Dividend Yield3.12%2.96%3.18%5.31%
P/E Ratio1,843.90237.911,078.135,427.87
Price / Sales0.4042.08992,152.2697,460.80
Price / Cash4.15148.13144.7427.93
Price / Book2.591.989.129.27
Net Income£1.27B£886.39M£999.43M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-0.96%-2.21%-0.01%0.77%
1 Month Performance4.31%-7.78%201.05%44.86%
1 Year Performance17.67%-4.69%177.16%183.55%

Tesco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TSCO
Tesco
1.4021 of 5 stars
GBX 433.50
-1.4%
GBX 455
+5.0%
+19.1%£28.14B£69.92B1,843.9049,000
JD
JD Sports Fashion
1.8928 of 5 stars
GBX 94.46
-1.3%
GBX 102.67
+8.7%
-40.5%£4.89B£10.79B944.60385,400High Trading Volume
SIG
Signature Aviation
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.29B£1.41B-495.0030,900News Coverage
BBY
Balfour Beatty
1.432 of 5 stars
GBX 618.50
+2.7%
GBX 655
+5.9%
+47.3%£3.04B£8.87B1,752.12105,000
RS1
RS Group
2.7798 of 5 stars
GBX 576.15
+1.3%
GBX 725
+25.8%
-27.7%£2.70B£2.90B1,772.776,500
PAG
Paragon Banking Group
3.5808 of 5 stars
GBX 881
+2.0%
GBX 991.50
+12.5%
+17.6%£1.69B£517.10M912.9526,500Dividend Increase
HSTG
Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.65B£763.70M19.053,372High Trading Volume
PETS
Pets at Home Group
3.3752 of 5 stars
GBX 230.67
+1.0%
GBX 273.33
+18.5%
-25.2%£1.04B£1.48B1,226.95210News Coverage
ELA
Eland Oil & Gas
N/AN/AN/AN/A£357.57M£207.73M5.53260
COST
Costain Group
2.971 of 5 stars
GBX 129.13
+0.4%
GBX 162.50
+25.8%
+24.9%£344.26M£1.14B1,122.873,270
BOOT
Henry Boot
N/AGBX 219
-0.5%
N/A-7.3%£292.95M£328.38M1,288.248,400

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This page (LON:TSCO) was last updated on 9/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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