TSCO vs. SBRY, ABF, IMB, BNZL, RKT, CCH, BME, BATS, CCR, and DGE
Should you be buying Tesco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tesco include J Sainsbury (SBRY), Associated British Foods (ABF), Imperial Brands (IMB), Bunzl (BNZL), Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT), Coca-Cola HBC (CCH), B&M European Value Retail (BME), British American Tobacco (BATS), C&C Group (CCR), and Diageo (DGE). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Tesco (LON:TSCO) and J Sainsbury (LON:SBRY) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Tesco has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J Sainsbury has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% 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 pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. J Sainsbury pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Tesco pays out 5,500.0% 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 43,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Tesco had 1 more articles in the media than J Sainsbury. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Tesco and 2 mentions for J Sainsbury. Tesco's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat J Sainsbury's score of 0.00 indicating that Tesco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tesco currently has a consensus price target of GBX 287.50, indicating a potential downside of 3.07%. J Sainsbury has a consensus price target of GBX 280, indicating a potential upside of 3.55%. Given J Sainsbury's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe J Sainsbury is more favorable than Tesco.
Tesco has a net margin of 2.13% compared to J Sainsbury's net margin of 0.24%. Tesco's return on equity of 11.11% beat J Sainsbury's return on equity.
Tesco received 290 more outperform votes than J Sainsbury when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.56% of users gave Tesco an outperform vote while only 51.51% of users gave J Sainsbury an outperform vote.
65.1% of Tesco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.0% of J Sainsbury shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Tesco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of J Sainsbury shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Tesco beats J Sainsbury on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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