Equities Analysts Set Expectations for Dollarama Q1 Earnings

Dollarama Inc. (TSE:DOL - Free Report) - Equities researchers at National Bank Financial upped their Q1 2026 earnings estimates for shares of Dollarama in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, May 21st. National Bank Financial analyst V. Shreedhar now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.84 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.82. National Bank Financial currently has a "Strong-Buy" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Dollarama's current full-year earnings is $5.33 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Dollarama's Q3 2026 earnings at $1.13 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts have also commented on the stock. TD Securities boosted their price objective on shares of Dollarama from C$160.00 to C$185.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, April 4th. CIBC boosted their price objective on shares of Dollarama from C$145.00 to C$174.00 in a research report on Friday, April 4th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on shares of Dollarama from C$140.00 to C$162.00 in a research report on Friday, April 4th. Royal Bank of Canada boosted their price objective on shares of Dollarama from C$149.00 to C$183.00 in a research report on Friday, April 4th. Finally, National Bankshares upgraded shares of Dollarama from a "sector perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from C$156.00 to C$166.00 in a research report on Friday, March 28th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have given a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of C$164.50.

Dollarama Price Performance

Shares of TSE DOL traded down C$0.51 during trading on Monday, hitting C$175.75. 147,806 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 725,734. The company has a market cap of C$48.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 44.76, a PEG ratio of 1.93 and a beta of 0.56. Dollarama has a 1 year low of C$119.75 and a 1 year high of C$177.00. The firm's fifty day moving average price is C$164.31 and its 200 day moving average price is C$150.42. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 369.36, a current ratio of 1.43 and a quick ratio of 0.08.

Dollarama Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 9th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 9th were paid a dividend of $0.1058 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, April 17th. This represents a $0.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.24%. This is an increase from Dollarama's previous quarterly dividend of $0.09. Dollarama's dividend payout ratio is currently 9.42%.

Insider Activity

In related news, Senior Officer Mark Di Pesa sold 1,350 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, April 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of C$173.51, for a total transaction of C$234,234.45. Also, Senior Officer Geoffrey Peter Robillard sold 28,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, April 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$160.00, for a total value of C$4,480,000.00. Corporate insiders own 2.23% of the company's stock.

About Dollarama

Dollarama Inc is a Canada-based company principally engaged in operating discount retail stores. The company provides a broad range of everyday consumer products, general merchandise, and seasonal items, with merchandise at low fixed price points. General merchandise and consumer products jointly account for the majority of the company's product offerings.