Associated British Foods (ABF) Competitors

Associated British Foods (LON:ABF) and Tesco (LON:TSCO) are both large-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ABF or TSCO?

18.9% of Associated British Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.1% of Tesco shares are held by institutional investors. 58.6% of Associated British Foods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Tesco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ABF or TSCO a better dividend stock?

Associated British Foods pays an annual dividend of GBX 47 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Tesco pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Associated British Foods pays out 3,507.5% 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 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ABF or TSCO?

Tesco received 172 more outperform votes than Associated British Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.02% of users gave Associated British Foods an outperform vote while only 61.60% of users gave Tesco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Associated British Foods	Outperform Votes 1161 73.02%	Underperform Votes 429 26.98%
Tesco	Outperform Votes 1333 61.60%	Underperform Votes 831 38.40%

Which has more risk & volatility, ABF or TSCO?

Associated British Foods has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tesco has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ABF or TSCO?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Associated British Foods	£19.75B	1.01	£1.04B	£1.34	1,966.42
Tesco	£67.39B	0.30	£1.43B	£0.20	1,444.50

Does the media refer more to ABF or TSCO?

In the previous week, Associated British Foods and Associated British Foods both had 6 articles in the media. Tesco's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Associated British Foods' score of 0.04 indicating that Tesco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Associated British Foods	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Tesco	1 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ABF or TSCO more profitable?

Associated British Foods has a net margin of 5.29% compared to Tesco's net margin of 2.13%. Tesco's return on equity of 11.11% beat Associated British Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Associated British Foods	5.29%	9.39%	4.53%
Tesco	2.13%	11.11%	3.68%

Do analysts prefer ABF or TSCO?

Associated British Foods currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,041.67, indicating a potential downside of 22.52%. Tesco has a consensus target price of GBX 308.33, indicating a potential upside of 6.73%. Given Tesco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tesco is more favorable than Associated British Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Associated British Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Tesco	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Summary

Tesco beats Associated British Foods on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.