Business description: J Sainsbury plc

J Sainsbury plc is one of the British leaders of food distribution. Net sales break down by activity as follows:

- food distribution (99.5%): as of 02/03/2025, owned 855 convenience stores and 599 supermarkets (Sainsbury's brand) located in the United Kingdom. The group also develops online and in-store distribution activities for clothing, general merchandise and home goods (owned 664 stores under the Argos name);

- banking services (0.5%): sales of credit cards, insurance products, personal loans, etc. via Sainsbury's Bank.

Almost all net sales are earned in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Number of employees: 141,517

Sales by Activity: J Sainsbury plc

Fiscal Period: March 2021 (GBP) 2022 (GBP) 2023 (GBP) 2024 (GBP) 2025 (GBP)

Retail

28.62B 29.46B 30.96B 32.08B 32.63B

Financial Services

431M 432M 531M 616M 182M
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Geographical breakdown of sales: J Sainsbury plc

Fiscal Period: March 2021 (GBP) 2022 (GBP) 2023 (GBP) 2024 (GBP) 2025 (GBP)

United Kingdom

29.05B 29.9B 31.49B 32.7B 32.81B
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Executive Committee: J Sainsbury plc

Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 55 31/05/2020
Director of Finance/CFO 51 04/03/2023
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer 47 28/02/2023
Investor Relations Contact - -
Corporate Officer/Principal 54 31/12/2007
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Composition of the Board of Directors: J Sainsbury plc

Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member 63 10/09/2017
Director/Board Member 55 31/05/2020
Chairman 76 09/03/2019
Director/Board Member 65 30/06/2020
Director/Board Member 49 30/06/2020
Director/Board Member 68 31/03/2021
Director/Board Member 51 04/03/2023
Director/Board Member - 06/07/2022
Director/Board Member 58 02/07/2025
Director/Board Member 65 02/07/2025
Composition of the Board of Directors

Shareholders: J Sainsbury plc

NameEquities%Valuation
Vesa Equity Investment SARL
10.32 %
235,773,510 10.32 % 1 031 M p
Qatar Investment Authority (Investment Company)
6.825 %
155,890,509 6.825 % 681 M p
Bestway Group Ltd.
5.178 %
118,273,900 5.178 % 517 M p
Pzena Investment Management LLC
5.172 %
118,145,905 5.172 % 516 M p
UBS Asset Management Switzerland AG
3.966 %
90,585,061 3.966 % 396 M p
NameEquities%Valuation
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd.
0.0618 %
351,332 0.0618 % 6 M p
Keating Investment Counselors, Inc.
0.0602 %
341,951 0.0602 % 6 M p
Hantz Financial Services, Inc.
0.0191 %
108,714 0.0191 % 2 M p
NBC Securities, Inc.
0.004989 %
28,345 0.004989 % 495 641 p
GAMMA Investing LLC
0.00122 %
6,934 0.00122 % 121 248 p
List of J SAINSBURY PLC shareholders

Company details: J Sainsbury plc

J Sainsbury Plc

33 Charterhouse Street

EC1M 6HA, London

+44 20 7695 6000

http://www.about.sainsburys.co.uk
address J Sainsbury plc(SBRY)

Group companies: J Sainsbury plc

NameCategory and Sector
Specialty Stores
Specialty Stores
Real Estate Development
Real Estate Development
Food Retail
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Supermarkets & Convenience Stores

Change 5d. change 1-year change 3-years change Capi.($)
+0.36%+4.87%+27.85%+25.37% 10.17B
+2.20%+4.64%+6.01%+21.53% 34.69B
+0.41%+4.88%-2.79%+16.87% 34.39B
-1.14%+5.43%+3.91%+13.05% 27.94B
+1.21%+8.97%+54.84%+194.07% 24.5B
-0.41%+1.79%+12.40%+20.53% 20.31B
+0.49%+2.46%+4.24%+4.40% 15.14B
0.00%0.00%-12.88%-23.50% 14.63B
-0.03%+7.30%+6.38%-10.57% 12.39B
+0.15%-.--%-.--%-.--% 11.82B
Average +0.32%+4.03%+10.00%+26.18% 20.6B
Weighted average by Cap. +0.45%+4.44%+9.98%+32.59%
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Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
AAA
More Ratings
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
13
Last Close Price
3.360GBP
Average target price
3.467GBP
Spread / Average Target
+3.18%
Consensus

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise

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