Barclays reinstates Tesco at 'overweight' on expected outperformance in 2021
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Analysts at Barclays reinstated their 'overweight' recommendation for shares of Tesco on Monday, pointing to the shares' underperformance across 2020 and multiple tailwinds.
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During the preceding year, the shares had delivered a total shareholder return of -7.0%, against -6.7% for rival Morrison and 1.1% over at Sainsbury.
That was despite the grocer's exit from Asia and accompanying £5bn cash return, as well as the end of the sizeable drag on its free cash flow from pension top-up payments, they highlighted.
Furthermore, food retail was "far from the worst hit" by the pandemic, they added.
Barclays placed a 290.0p target on the firm's shares.