TSCO.L - Tesco PLC
| Previous close | 237.70 |
| Open | 236.70 |
| Bid | 233.80 x 0 |
| Ask | 233.80 x 0 |
| Day's range | 232.40 - 237.80 |
| 52-week range | 187.05 - 293.40 |
| Volume | 19,388,012 |
| Avg. volume | 24,966,929 |
| Market cap | 22.897B |
| Beta (3Y monthly) | 0.42 |
| PE ratio (TTM) | 17.45 |
| EPS (TTM) | 13.40 |
| Earnings date | 2 Oct 2019 |
| Forward dividend & yield | 0.07 (2.84%) |
| Ex-dividend date | 2019-10-10 |
| 1y target est | 269.93 |
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UPDATE 1-Britain's Sainsbury's in wholesale deal with Australia's Coles
British supermarket group Sainsbury's has struck a deal to sell packaged groceries and household products in Australia as it seeks to grow its wholesale business, it said on Monday. Sainsbury's said it has agreed a wholesale partnership with Australian retailer Coles. The UK firm's biggest wholesale deal yet will see it supply own brand products to Coles supermarkets across Australia, as well as online, from early next year.
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Sainsbury’s yield hits a tasty 5.4%. Why I still say Tesco is a better buy
Defensive picks to shore up your portfolio only make sense if 5%+ dividends will last long term. Do the UK supermarket giants offer the best option?
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Should we be worried about Tesco's Quality Rank?
Good quality companies can offer a lot of comfort to investors. They tend to be strong, stable, profitable firms that deliver predictable returns, have pricing8230;
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2 reasons why I’d buy Tesco for my ISA at the current share price
The Tesco share price looks like a good defensive buy for these uncertain times, says Roland Head.
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Asda gives workers more time to sign new contracts before facing dismissal
Asda on Friday gave shop floor workers more time to sign new employment contracts or face dismissal in a bitter dispute over changes intended by the British supermarket group to boost productivity. As the Saturday deadline for signing approached, Asda said the workers would have a seven-day "cooling off period" to change their minds before losing their jobs. Chief Executive Roger Burnley wrote to staff, saying almost 120,000 employees had signed up to the more flexible contract and fewer than 1,000 had not.
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LIVE MARKETS-European bourses jump on U.S. job data
* All Saints Day on continental Europe Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of European equity markets brought to you by Reuters stocks reporters and anchored today by Joice Alves. In this very calm day, the news that U.S. job growth slowed less than expected in October gave traders some comfort and sent major European stock indices to their session highs. "All in all, risk assets can legitimately feel some kind of relief after the appalling Chicago PMI figure yesterday", said Stéphane Barbier de la Serre, Macro Strategist at Makor Capital Markets.
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LIVE MARKETS-Farage, the pound and a very quiet day
* All Saints Day on continental Europe Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of European equity markets brought to you by Reuters stocks reporters and anchored today by Joice Alves. This is definitely turning out as a very quiet day, even in Britain where traders and politicians don't stay at home to celebrate All Saints Day. While many thought the launch of the Brexit Party campaign this morning could prove a defining moment of the winter general election (see), it just didn't.
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LIVE MARKETS-Stimulating risk appetite: a trade, Fed and Brexit mix
* All Saints Day on continental Europe Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of European equity markets brought to you by Reuters stocks reporters and anchored today by Joice Alves. What's the magic mix stimulating risk appetite, which helped build up a decent performance in October? "Risk appetite returned to markets once again in October as expectations that the U.S. and China were edging towards agreeing on 'phase one' of their trade deal, earnings season broadly bettering expectations, the Fed announcing that it would resume securities purchases to grow its balance sheet and even the latest twist in Brexit developments all combining to help to boost sentiment".
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LIVE MARKETS-Opening snapshot: Some decent action for a quiet day
* Slow day for Q3 results Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of European equity markets brought to you by Reuters stocks reporters and anchored today by Joice Alves. Ok, expectations were not that high for the open given the paper-thin corporate agenda but in the end, there's a decent amount of action going on across the STOXX 600. Sure, nothing as spectacular as yesterdays drama around the PSA/Fiat Chrysler merger but still: Denmark's DVS is leading the pan-European index with an impressive 8% surge following the publication of its Q3 results.
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LIVE MARKETS-The calm after the storm
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LIVE MARKETS-European bourses seen higher
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Tesco vows to remove 1 billion pieces of plastic packaging by end-2020
Britain's biggest retailer Tesco has pledged to remove one billion pieces of plastic packaging from products in its UK stores by the end of 2020, seeking to reduce its environmental impact and meet growing consumer demand for less waste. Britons have become increasingly aware of the amount of plastic they use following David Attenborough's "Blue Planet II" documentary which highlighted the dangers of plastic pollution to marine life. Last year Tesco said it wanted to remove hard-to-recycle materials from its business.
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Tesco vows to remove 1 bln pieces of plastic packaging by end-2020
Britain's biggest retailer Tesco has pledged to remove one billion pieces of plastic packaging from products in its UK stores by the end of 2020, seeking to reduce its environmental impact and meet growing consumer demand for less waste. Britons have become increasingly aware of the amount of plastic they use following David Attenborough's "Blue Planet II" documentary which highlighted the dangers of plastic pollution to marine life. Last year Tesco said it wanted to remove hard-to-recycle materials from its business.
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Tesco takes on discounters with paid-for loyalty card
Tesco will next week become the first major British supermarket group to offer a subscription customer loyalty scheme, the latest weapon in its fight to stem the market share gains of German-owned discounters. Along with other leading UK grocers Sainsbury's , Asda (part of Walmart ) and Morrisons , Tesco has been losing share to Aldi and Lidl, who have been aggressively opening new stores. The big four have been fighting back with initiatives that aim to differentiate their offers versus the discounters, and Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer, said on Tuesday it would launch an enhanced version of its Clubcard scheme from Nov. 8.
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Britain's Tesco takes on discounters with paid-for loyalty card
Tesco will next week become the first major British supermarket group to offer a subscription customer loyalty scheme, the latest weapon in its fight to stem the market share gains of German-owned discounters. Along with other leading UK grocers Sainsbury's , Asda (part of Walmart ) and Morrisons , Tesco has been losing share to Aldi [ALDIEI.UL] and Lidl, who have been aggressively opening new stores. The big four have been fighting back with initiatives that aim to differentiate their offers versus the discounters, and Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer, said on Tuesday it would launch an enhanced version of its Clubcard scheme from Nov. 8.
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Here’s why I think you can retire on the Tesco share price
With its dominant position in the market and strong cash generation, the Tesco share price looks to be a solid buy-and-forget investment, argues Rupert Hargreaves.
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Can the Tesco share price double your money?
Does it make sense to say Tesco plc's (LON:TSCO) stock will one day be trading at 500p?
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Workers at UK's Asda face sack as contract deadline looms
British supermarket group Asda said shop floor workers have just over two weeks to sign-up to new employment contracts, first proposed in April, or face losing their jobs. Of Britain's big four grocers - market leader Tesco , Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons -Walmart owned Asda is the last to implement more flexible working contracts as it seeks productivity improvements in a brutally competitive market. Asda's new standardised contracts increase the base rate of pay for over 100,000 retail workers to 9 pounds ($11.58) per hour, plus premiums, while maintaining benefits including an annual bonus, share save scheme and staff discount.
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Forget the State Pension! I’d buy these 2 FTSE 100 growth shares to retire early
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LIVE MARKETS-Brexit: Pound and stocks bouncing up and down!
DAX +0.4% * Tug of war between UK exporters and domestic stocks as last-ditch Brexit talks continue * Roche gains, ASML down after results Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of European equity markets brought to you by Reuters stocks reporters and anchored today by Joice Alves. Reach her on Messenger to share your thoughts on market moves: rm://joice.alves.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net BREXIT: POUND AND STOCKS BOUNCING UP AND DOWN! (1316 GMT) These are complicated moments in the life of financial journalists: prices move so fast that by the time a story has been updated, prices have reversed, making said story irrelevant. Needless to say, European stocks played the same dance and yoyoed away.
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Lidl to spend $19 bln over 5 years with British suppliers
German-owned discount supermarket Lidl GB has vowed to spend 15 billion pounds ($19 billion) with British suppliers over the next five years, commiting to increase sales of local meat, poultry and fresh produce. Lidl and rival Aldi have changed the shape of the UK grocery sector, stealing market share from industry leader Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons by offering cut-throat prices in no-frills stores. To deepen its relations with British suppliers, Lidl, part of the Schwarz retail group, said it would introduce longer-term contracts with suppliers to help them invest and expand.
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LIVE MARKETS-Trick or treat: How to play Brexit?
* European stocks retreat after hitting one-year highs on Tuesday * STOXX 600 -0.3%, FTSE 100 -0.3%, FTSE 250 -0.8% * Tug of war between UK exporters and domestic stocks as last-ditch Brexit talks continue * Roche gains, ASML down after results Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of European equity markets brought to you by Reuters stocks reporters and anchored today by Joice Alves. Reach her on Messenger to share your thoughts on market moves: rm://joice.alves.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net TRICK OR TREAT: HOW TO PLAY BREXIT? Within domestics, Liberum recommends buying companies with more than 50% exposure to the UK, trades at a significant discount to the last five years and has EPS growth expectations of over 5%.
