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Dollarama (DOL) Competitors

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C$181.80 -1.20 (-0.66%)
As of 04:00 PM Eastern

DOL vs. L, ATD.B, ATD.A, WN, MRU, SAP, EMP.A, PRMW, PBH, and MFI

Should you be buying Dollarama stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dollarama include Loblaw Companies (L), Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD.B), Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD.A), George Weston (WN), Metro (MRU), Saputo (SAP), Empire (EMP.A), Primo Water (PRMW), Premium Brands (PBH), and Maple Leaf Foods (MFI). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.

Dollarama vs. Its Competitors

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

47.1% of Dollarama shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.8% of Loblaw Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Dollarama shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 53.8% of Loblaw Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
DollaramaC$6.69B7.51C$1.08BC$4.5140.31
Loblaw CompaniesC$62.29B1.11C$2.23BC$2.0228.85

Dollarama currently has a consensus target price of C$201.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.56%. Loblaw Companies has a consensus target price of C$199.25, suggesting a potential upside of 242.30%. Given Loblaw Companies' higher possible 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)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Loblaw Companies
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Dollarama has a net margin of 17.85% compared to Loblaw Companies' net margin of 3.71%. Dollarama's return on equity of 135.38% beat Loblaw Companies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Dollarama17.85% 135.38% 16.58%
Loblaw Companies 3.71%19.90%5.89%

In the previous week, Dollarama had 4 more articles in the media than Loblaw Companies. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Dollarama and 3 mentions for Loblaw Companies. Loblaw Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Dollarama's score of 0.24 indicating that Loblaw Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Dollarama pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Loblaw Companies pays an annual dividend of C$0.53 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Dollarama pays out 8.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Loblaw Companies pays out 26.1% 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.

Dollarama has a beta of 0.048693, suggesting that its share price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Loblaw Companies has a beta of 0.288064, suggesting that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Dollarama beats Loblaw Companies on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DOL vs. The Competition

MetricDollaramaDiscount Stores IndustryDefensive SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$50.22BC$26.06BC$7.49BC$9.57B
Dividend Yield0.23%2.14%3.24%6.51%
P/E Ratio40.3115.69876.6229.06
Price / Sales7.5119.381,011,603.9911.34
Price / Cash341.46179.92144.7483.29
Price / Book40.5921.239.055.61
Net IncomeC$1.08BC$752.08MC$1.01BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance3.41%-4.30%0.87%-2.42%
1 Month Performance-4.14%-20.64%-1.09%2.16%
1 Year Performance27.11%-20.90%186.30%45.78%

Dollarama Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DOL
Dollarama
2.4876 of 5 stars
C$181.80
-0.7%
C$201.00
+10.6%
+26.4%C$50.22BC$6.69B40.318,440News Coverage
L
Loblaw Companies
3.5102 of 5 stars
C$56.50
+2.2%
C$199.25
+252.7%
-67.1%C$67.17BC$62.29B28.0012,000
ATD.B
Alimentation Couche-Tard
N/AN/AC$89.00
+∞
N/AC$52.83BC$53.19B16.01130,000
ATD.A
Alimentation Couche-Tard
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$52.79BC$53.19B15.99130,000
WN
George Weston
3.4588 of 5 stars
C$85.83
+1.7%
C$101.00
+17.7%
+18.7%C$33.04BC$62.89B33.53220,000
MRU
Metro
2.5131 of 5 stars
C$93.54
+1.3%
C$110.13
+17.7%
+13.0%C$20.35BC$21.84B20.2997,000News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
SAP
Saputo
2.1025 of 5 stars
C$33.28
-0.7%
C$34.75
+4.4%
+23.5%C$13.72BC$19.09B-97.88112,000
EMP.A
Empire
2.0094 of 5 stars
C$48.50
+0.2%
C$56.86
+17.2%
+17.9%C$11.20BC$31.40B16.28125,000Dividend Announcement
PRMW
Primo Water
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$6.00BC$1.85B54.209,230
PBH
Premium Brands
1.7488 of 5 stars
C$95.79
+0.3%
C$111.45
+16.4%
+1.5%C$4.28BC$6.90B46.05540
MFI
Maple Leaf Foods
4.2603 of 5 stars
C$28.09
-0.1%
C$36.69
+30.6%
+27.6%C$3.50BC$5.10B19.5113,500Positive News

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