Consumer Defensive
Tesco PLC(TSCDY)
Live Price
Offline$17.97
-0.99% today
1Y Change
+15.87%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026
- Market Cap
- $30.51B
- Revenue Growth
- +4.8%
- EPS Growth
- +12.5%
- Dividend Yield
- 3.0%
Coverage: 245 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Tesco PLC (TSCDY) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $30.51B and listed on OTC. The stock last traded around $17.97 and up 15.9% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +4.8%, EPS growth of +12.5%, a dividend yield of 3.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +4.8%, EPS +12.5%, free cash flow +66.2% with operating margin 4.2% and ROIC 8.3%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 3.0%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 17.1 and price/sales 0.4. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines TSCDY price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+4.8% vs +1.7% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+4.2% vs +6.6% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
17.1 vs 14.0 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +4.8% and EPS at +12.5%, with operating margin around 4.2%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 3.0%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Benchmark Comparison
Normalized Performance vs SPY
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TSCDY Max Drawdown
-14.86%
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Calendar-Year Returns
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Company Overview
Tesco PLC
Other OTC
Tesco PLC, together with its subsidiaries, engages in retailing and retail banking activities. It provides food products through approximately 4,752 stores in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary, as well as through online. The company is also involved in the food and drink wholesaling activities. In addition, it offers banking and insurance services in the United Kingdom. Further, the company operates a network of one stop convenience stores; and provides data science, technology, software, and consultancy services. Tesco PLC was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, the United Kingdom.
- Leadership
- Ken Murphy
- IPO Date
- May 6, 1999
- Employees
- 340.0k
- Street Address
- Tesco House
- Mailing
- Welwyn Garden City, AL7 1GA
- Region
- Welwyn Garden City, GB
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 44 33 0123 9928
- Last Updated
- May 5, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 17.1
- EV/EBITDA
- 9.2
- Price/Sales
- 0.4
- Price/Book
- 2.7
Growth
- Revenue
- +4.8%
- EPS
- +12.5%
- Free Cash Flow
- +66.2%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 7.6%
- Operating Margin
- 4.2%
- Net Margin
- 2.4%
- ROE
- 16.0%
- ROIC
- 8.3%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 1.32
- Current Ratio
- 0.59
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Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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