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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
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.
Dollarama currently has a consensus price target of C$186.36, indicating a potential downside of 3.91%. Loblaw Companies has a consensus price target of C$236.88, indicating a potential upside of 5.97%. Given Loblaw Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Loblaw Companies is more favorable than Dollarama.
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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Dollarama has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Loblaw Companies has a beta of 0.17, suggesting that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Dollarama received 144 more outperform votes than Loblaw Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.16% of users gave Loblaw Companies an outperform vote while only 62.00% of users gave Dollarama an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Dollarama had 25 more articles in the media than Loblaw Companies. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Dollarama and 6 mentions for Loblaw Companies. Dollarama's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Loblaw Companies' score of 0.14 indicating that Dollarama is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dollarama pays an annual dividend of C$0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Loblaw Companies pays an annual dividend of C$2.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Dollarama pays out 9.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Loblaw Companies pays out 27.8% 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.
Summary
Dollarama beats Loblaw Companies on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:DOL) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
