Company Profile · Consumer Defensive

Tesco PLC

TSCO · LSE
Industry
Retail
Exchange
LSE
Country
UK
Employees
340,000
Website
www.tescoplc.com
Current Price
4.7
Live · Oct 5, 2026
Fair Buy
≤ 3.4
Margin-of-safety entry
Baillie Growth Score
38/100
Weak
Buffett Score
53/100
Medium
Intrinsic Value · Three-Tier Range Current price 4.7 Live · Within the fair intrinsic-value range

Composite valuation range · conservative 3.2–3.4 / fair 4.1–5.5 / optimistic 6.3–6.6. At 4.7, Within the fair intrinsic-value range.

At publication 4.72 (Sep 2, 2026)

Financial snapshot
Market cap£29.21B
Revenue (TTM)£73.71B
EBITDA£4.4B
Profit margin2.42%
ROE15.46%
P/E (TTM)17.37
Forward P/E15.24
PEG2.07
EPS£0.00
Dividend yield3.05%
52-week range£4.03 – £5.10

Data from EODHD, shown in the reporting currency; for reference only, not investment advice.

About the company

Tesco PLC, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a grocery retailer in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. The company offers grocery products through its stores, as well as online. It is also involved in the food and drink wholesaling activities. In addition, the company provides mobile virtual network operating services, as well as insurance products, such as for home, travel, pet, and car insurance products. Further, the company operates a network of convenience stores; and offers AI-enabled science, software, and trusted advice; and consultancy services. Tesco PLC was founded in 1919 and is based in Welwyn Garden City, the United Kingdom.

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Research on this stock
38/100 Hold Tesco PLC: A Decade-High Market Share, Bought With Margin, and a 53-Week Year That Flatters Statutory Profit Tesco is the UK's largest grocer, combining national food retail, Clubcard-led customer data, Booker wholesale and a smaller Central European arm, and in FY2025/26 it held 28.5% of the UK grocery market, its highest share in more than a decade. That share was bought rather than given: on the 52-week adjusted basis, sales excluding fuel rose 4.3% at constant rates to GBP 66.588bn while adjusted operating profit rose just 0.6% to GBP 3.152bn, and the far healthier statutory operating-profit growth of 10.1% comes from a 53-week reporting year plus a GBP 233m reduction in impairment charges rather than from any operating improvement. Rating Hold: the cash generation, the share gains and the GBP 750m buyback are all real, but at GBP 4.715 a mid-teens earnings multiple already discounts most of the post-2020 repair, and the ideal buy range is GBP 3.20 to 3.40. Tesco PLCTSCO · LSERetailSep 2, 2026