Dollarama (DOL) Competitors

Dollarama (TSE:DOL) and Loblaw Companies (TSE:L) are both large-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and community ranking.

Is DOL or L a better dividend stock?

Dollarama pays an annual dividend of C$0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Loblaw Companies pays an annual dividend of C$2.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Dollarama pays out 9.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Loblaw Companies pays out 31.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, DOL or L?

Loblaw Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Dollarama. Loblaw Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dollarama, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dollarama	C$6.09B	6.70	C$1.09B	C$3.86	37.54
Loblaw Companies	C$60.32B	0.89	C$2.08B	C$6.60	26.67

Is DOL or L more profitable?

Dollarama has a net margin of 17.85% compared to Loblaw Companies' net margin of 3.46%. Dollarama's return on equity of 156.46% beat Loblaw Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dollarama	17.85%	156.46%	16.58%
Loblaw Companies	3.46%	19.22%	5.89%

Do analysts recommend DOL or L?

Dollarama presently has a consensus target price of C$139.55, suggesting a potential downside of 3.69%. Loblaw Companies has a consensus target price of C$178.29, suggesting a potential upside of 1.28%. Given Loblaw Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Loblaw Companies is more favorable than Dollarama.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dollarama	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
Loblaw Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more volatility and risk, DOL or L?

Dollarama has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Loblaw Companies has a beta of 0.17, indicating that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in DOL or L?

44.9% of Dollarama shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.7% of Loblaw Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Dollarama shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 53.8% of Loblaw Companies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer DOL or L?

In the previous week, Dollarama had 3 more articles in the media than Loblaw Companies. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Dollarama and 3 mentions for Loblaw Companies. Dollarama's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Loblaw Companies' score of -0.03 indicating that Dollarama is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dollarama	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Loblaw Companies	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DOL or L?

Dollarama received 145 more outperform votes than Loblaw Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.77% of users gave Loblaw Companies an outperform vote while only 63.12% of users gave Dollarama an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dollarama	Outperform Votes 784 63.12%	Underperform Votes 458 36.88%
Loblaw Companies	Outperform Votes 639 66.77%	Underperform Votes 318 33.23%

Summary

Dollarama beats Loblaw Companies on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.