DOL vs. ATD.B, ATD.A, MRU, L, SAP, WN, EMP.A, PRMW, MFI, and PBH
Should you be buying Dollarama stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dollarama include Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD.B), Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD.A), Metro (MRU), Loblaw Companies (L), Saputo (SAP), George Weston (WN), Empire (EMP.A), Primo Water (PRMW), Maple Leaf Foods (MFI), and Premium Brands (PBH). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Dollarama vs. Its Competitors
Alimentation Couche-Tard (TSE:ATD.B) and Dollarama (TSE:DOL) are both large-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and dividends.
Dollarama has a net margin of 17.85% compared to Alimentation Couche-Tard's net margin of 0.00%. Dollarama's return on equity of 135.38% beat Alimentation Couche-Tard's return on equity.
Alimentation Couche-Tard pays an annual dividend of C$0.28 per share. Dollarama pays an annual dividend of C$0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Alimentation Couche-Tard pays out 8.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dollarama pays out 8.7% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
47.3% of Dollarama shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Dollarama shares are owned 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.
In the previous week, Dollarama had 24 more articles in the media than Alimentation Couche-Tard. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Dollarama and 1 mentions for Alimentation Couche-Tard. Alimentation Couche-Tard's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Dollarama's score of -0.01 indicating that Alimentation Couche-Tard is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alimentation Couche-Tard currently has a consensus target price of C$89.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Dollarama has a consensus target price of C$191.29, suggesting a potential upside of 2.15%. Given Dollarama's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Dollarama is more favorable than Alimentation Couche-Tard.
Alimentation Couche-Tard has higher revenue and earnings than Dollarama. Alimentation Couche-Tard is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dollarama, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Dollarama beats Alimentation Couche-Tard on 14 of the 17 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 8/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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