Compare two named private or public companies side by side. Align the legal entities, reporting periods, currency, units and accounting scope before interpreting revenue, margins, liquidity or leverage.
Three free searches a day. No accounts to upload.| FY2024/25 | Tesco PLC | J Sainsbury plc |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue · £m | 69,916 | 32,812 |
| Period length | 52 weeks | 52 weeks |
| Period end | 22 Feb 2025 | 1 Mar 2025 |
Revenue excludes VAT and includes fuel in both releases. Group composition and discontinued operations still need review.
Prepared from both companies’ FY2024/25 results releases. Reviewed 14 October 2026; verify the source record before reuse.
Reported figures from the companies’ FY2024/25 results releases, reviewed 14 October 2026. GBP millions. Historical prepared example, not a live comparison or investment recommendation.
Start with each legal name, jurisdiction and registration number. Confirm whether every figure describes an individual company, a consolidated group or a different perimeter.
Are we comparing the contracting companies or their parent groups?
Check period end and length, currency, units, accounting scope and measure definition. Keep any mismatch visible instead of forcing unlike values into one ranking.
Do both operating-profit figures cover the same period and definition?
Separate reported values from calculated ratios. Preserve the source context, formula and missing inputs so another reviewer can reproduce the result.
Which source values and formula support this margin difference?
Competitor financial analysis is useful when peer choice and reporting basis are explicit. A selected pair is not automatically a benchmark, and a larger number is not automatically stronger performance.
A 52-week year, 53-week year and six-month period are different comparison windows. Check duration and actual start and end dates.
Group results, individual-company accounts, statutory measures and company-adjusted measures can describe different things. Do not mix them silently.
Two chosen businesses are not an industry average. Keep unavailable values, unmatched periods and excluded companies visible as limitations.
A company comparison should preserve meaningful differences without manufacturing consistency. Pass each check for the measure being compared; where a check fails, disclose the limitation or leave the result unresolved.
| Check | Comparable when | If the check fails |
|---|---|---|
| Legal entity and perimeter | Both records describe the intended legal companies on the same individual or consolidated basis. | Stop and resolve the entity or group boundary before comparing values. |
| Period and duration | The reporting windows are the same length and close enough to reflect similar trading conditions. | Retain both dates, label the mismatch and avoid presenting the difference as like-for-like growth. |
| Currency and units | Both values use the same currency and scale, or the conversion basis is explicit and reproducible. | Keep original values visible and record the exchange-rate source, rate type and date or period. |
| Measure definition | The line items use compatible statutory or adjusted definitions and the same treatment of discontinued operations. | Compare a narrower supported measure or show the two definitions separately. |
| Source and calculation status | Reported inputs have source context; calculated outputs show formulas; unavailable inputs remain missing. | Do not substitute zero, an estimate or another entity’s value for a missing field. |
Record two legal entities, calculate the same measure and surface scope, period, currency and evidence differences before anyone interprets the spread.
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Inspect the prepared report, research the peer pair, then compare research and monitoring plans. For coverage, exports or team integration, discuss an enterprise workflow. Only the visible entity brief and selected measure transfer to research; figures and evidence references do not.
Keep these fields with the exported conclusion so procurement, credit, strategy or transaction teams can reproduce it without relying on a hidden normalization.
Why these businesses are relevant to the decision and which potential peers are excluded.
Legal name, jurisdiction, registration number and group or individual reporting scope.
Period start and end, duration, filing or release date and whether a comparator was restated.
Currency, units, line-item definition and any exchange-rate or normalization method.
Reported, calculated or unavailable, with source context and formulas retained.
What the difference may indicate, what it does not establish and what evidence is needed next.
Review a prepared company report, compare a representative pair and confirm that the available records and evidence controls support your decision process.
Choose measures that answer the decision question, then test each one for a compatible entity, period and definition. A broad score can hide the financial difference that actually matters.
| Comparison question | Measures that may help | Comparability check |
|---|---|---|
| How different is their scale? | Revenue, total assets or another consistently defined operating measure. | Use the same currency and units, or disclose the conversion basis. Scale alone does not establish quality or efficiency. |
| How profitable are their operations? | Operating profit and operating margin, with reported revenue retained as the denominator. | Use compatible statutory or adjusted profit definitions and the same reporting perimeter. |
| How does short-term financial capacity differ? | Current assets, current liabilities and a reproducible current ratio where both inputs exist. | Review the composition and reporting date. A year-end ratio does not establish cash available today. |
| How does financing differ? | Cash, borrowings, lease liabilities, equity and clearly defined leverage measures. | Keep gross debt, net debt and company-defined covenant measures separate; definitions often differ. |
| How do trends differ? | Revenue or profit change across prior comparable periods. | Check restatements, acquisitions, disposals, period length and changes in the consolidation perimeter before calling a movement growth. |
| Is this an industry benchmark? | A deliberately selected peer set with documented inclusion rules and consistently available measures. | Two named companies are a comparison, not a representative benchmark or percentile distribution. |
If an input is unavailable, keep the result unavailable. Do not infer an undisclosed value, substitute zero or combine a group figure with a subsidiary denominator.
Review financial-ratio formulas and limits · Understand statement-analysis methods · Check the legal and ownership perimeter
State whether the question concerns a competitor, supplier, customer, target or listed peer, and explain why the two businesses are relevant to the same decision.
Provide legal names, countries and registration numbers where known. Confirm the group or individual-company perimeter required for each side.
Select the scale, profitability, liquidity, leverage or cash-flow measures that answer the question. Check that both inputs exist on a supportable basis.
Inspect dates, units, scope, formulas and source context. Explain every mismatch or missing value before interpreting a difference or exporting the comparison.
Compare the latest available financial performance of Tesco PLC, company number 00445790, and J Sainsbury plc, company number 00185647, both in the UK. Align periods, currency, units and accounting scope before comparing revenue growth and operating margins.
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