Tesco Plc

  • Market Cap: Large Cap
  • Industry: Retailing
  • ISIN: GB00BLGZ9862
GBP
4.69
-0.22 (-4.54%)
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  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Tesco Plc
J Sainsbury Plc
Ocado Group Plc
WH Smith Plc
Everest Global Plc
DFI Retail Group Holdings Ltd.

Why is Tesco Plc ?

1
Company's ability to service its debt is weak with a poor EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 3.68
  • Company's ability to service its debt is weak with a poor EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 3.68
  • The company has been able to generate a Return on Equity (avg) of 12.27% signifying low profitability per unit of shareholders funds
2
Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 2.94% over the last 5 years
3
With a growth in Net Profit of 64.36%, the company declared Very Positive results in Aug 25
  • DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Highest at 55.16 times
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -10.13% (YoY)
  • DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY) Highest at GBP 55.16
4
With ROE of 16.48%, it has a expensive valuation with a 2.77 Price to Book Value
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 45.91%, its profits have fallen by -6.7%
5
Consistent Returns over the last 3 years
  • Along with generating 45.91% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed FTSE 100 in each of the last 3 annual periods
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Tesco Plc should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Retailing should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Retailing)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Tesco Plc for you?

Low Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Tesco Plc
43.79%
2.43
22.07%
FTSE 100
15.58%
1.15
13.60%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
2.94%
EBIT Growth (5y)
1.81%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
3.68
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.80
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.25
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
3.20
Tax Ratio
27.53%
Dividend Payout Ratio
56.78%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0.04%
ROCE (avg)
16.22%
ROE (avg)
12.27%
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Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
17
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
2.77
EV to EBIT
10.83
EV to EBITDA
6.79
EV to Capital Employed
2.36
EV to Sales
0.47
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
339.15%
ROCE (Latest)
21.83%
ROE (Latest)
16.48%
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Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
No Trend
OBV
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bullish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

8What is working for the Company
DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 55.16 times

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -10.13% (YoY

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at GBP 55.16

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at GBP 36,036 MM

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at GBP 2,538 MM

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at GBP 1,342 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at GBP 976.21 MM

-2What is not working for the Company
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 95.98 %

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 21.92 times

Here's what is working for Tesco Plc

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Highest at 55.16 times and Grown
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its Debtors faster

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Net Sales
Highest at GBP 36,036 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (GBP MM)

Operating Profit
Highest at GBP 2,538 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is positive

Operating Profit (GBP MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
Highest at GBP 1,342 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (GBP MM)

Net Profit
Highest at GBP 976.21 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (GBP MM)

Dividend per share
Highest at GBP 55.16
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (GBP)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -10.13% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Depreciation
Highest at GBP 918 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (GBP MM)

Here's what is not working for Tesco Plc

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at 95.98 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed

Debt-Equity Ratio

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 21.92 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed

Inventory Turnover Ratio