profit from every £100 of sales.
£0£100
J Sainsbury
£3.53+1.76% today
+2.6% in 1 year
1-year low £2.951-year high £3.60
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay £19.53 for every £1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What J Sainsbury sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from £31.5 billion in 2023 to £33.6 billion in 2026, with £393 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
J Sainsbury handed back 95% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks £315M£566M
Free cash flow 2026£923M
Bought back its own shares£315M
Paid as dividends£566M
Cash vs. debt£1.1B vs. £6.6B
J Sainsbury vs. similar companies
J Sainsbury grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from £100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per £1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| J Sainsbury | 19.5× · Fair price | ||
 Loblaw Companies | 30.3× · Expensive | ||
 Tesco | 19.4× · Fair price | ||
 The Kroger | 41.2× · Expensive | ||
 Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize | 13.9× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads J Sainsbury's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29,895 | 31,491 | 32,238 | 32,772 | 33,647 | |
| 2,366 | 2,004 | 2,090 | 2,183 | 2,206 | |
| 1,156 | 562 | 809 | 936 | 953 | |
| 2,395 | 1,844 | 1,973 | 2,158 | 2,188 | |
| 677 | 207 | 137 | 253 | 393 | |
| 0.29 | 0.09 | 0.06 | – | 0.17 | |
| 7.9% | 6.4% | 6.5% | 6.7% | 6.6% | |
| 3.9% | 1.8% | 2.5% | 2.9% | 2.8% | |
| 2.3% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 26,912 | 26,158 | 25,061 | 24,757 | 18,943 |
| Cash | 807 | 1,319 | 1,987 | 2,222 | 1,067 |
| Total debt | 7,382 | 7,145 | 6,549 | 6,608 | 6,601 |
| Total liabilities | – | 18,905 | 18,193 | 17,992 | 12,793 |
| 8,423 | 7,253 | 6,868 | 6,765 | 6,150 | |
| 2,351 | 2,352 | 2,394 | – | 2,321 | |
| 5.6% | 3.3% | 4.5% | 5.3% | 5.6% | |
| 8.0% | 2.9% | 2.0% | 3.7% | 6.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,009 | 2,170 | 2,113 | 802 | 1,774 | |
| 697 | 754 | 1,565 | 859 | 851 | |
| 312 | 1,416 | 548 | -57 | 923 | |
| Dividends paid | – | 319 | 306 | 308 | 566 |
| – | 45 | 18 | 263 | 315 | |
| – | 59 | 85 | 73 | 75 |
Valuation
- 19.5×
- –
- –
- 1.2×
- 0.2×
- 8.3×
- 6.0×
- 12.0%
- 5.1%
- 7.4%
Profitability
- 6.6%
- 2.8%
- 1.2%
- –
- 5.6%
- 4.7%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +3.0%
- −12.5%
- –
- –
- −0.4%
Financial health
- 2.5×
- 1.07
- –
- 2.9×
- 0.56
- –
- –
How it ranks in Consumer Staples
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 21%of 669
Bottom 12%of 672
Bottom 47%of 623
Bottom 33%of 671
Top 15%of 666
7.4%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$74a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
144.0% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 61.3%
News
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Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
44No pass
Benjamin Graham
61Pass
Philip Fisher
31No pass
Peter Lynch
16No pass
Joel Greenblatt
33No pass
Charlie Munger
22No pass
Terry Smith
29No pass
Questions about J Sainsbury
Is J Sainsbury a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the J Sainsbury AI analysis
What does J Sainsbury do?
J Sainsbury plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the food, general merchandise and clothing retailing, and financial services activities in the United Kingdom. The company operates through Retail and Financial Services segments. It is in Grocery Stores, based in London, United Kingdom, with 139,087 employees.
Does J Sainsbury pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 7.4% a year, about 144% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out £566 million in dividends.
Is J Sainsbury stock halal?
No. J Sainsbury does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 86% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has J Sainsbury stock done over the past year?
Up 2.6% over the past twelve months, to £3.53. It traded between £2.95 and £3.60, close to its high.
Who are J Sainsbury's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Loblaw Companies, Tesco, The Kroger and Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with J Sainsbury's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.