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Dollarama (DOL) Competitors

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C$190.96 +0.18 (+0.09%)
As of 07/4/2025 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

Loblaw Companies (TSE:L) and Dollarama (TSE:DOL) 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 profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

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
Loblaw Companies3.71% 19.90% 5.89%
Dollarama 17.85%135.38%16.58%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Loblaw CompaniesC$60.23B1.13C$2.23BC$7.3730.42
DollaramaC$6.06B8.71C$1.08BC$3.9348.64

In the previous week, Dollarama had 1 more articles in the media than Loblaw Companies. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Dollarama and 1 mentions for Loblaw Companies. Dollarama's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Loblaw Companies' score of 0.13 indicating that Dollarama is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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

Loblaw Companies pays an annual dividend of C$2.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Dollarama pays an annual dividend of C$0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Loblaw Companies pays out 27.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dollarama pays out 9.4% 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.

Loblaw Companies presently has a consensus target price of C$236.88, suggesting a potential upside of 5.69%. Dollarama has a consensus target price of C$186.36, suggesting a potential downside of 2.41%. Given Loblaw Companies' stronger consensus rating and 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
Loblaw Companies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Dollarama
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

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$52.77BC$27.76BC$6.90BC$6.19B
Dividend Yield0.26%2.62%3.16%6.72%
P/E Ratio48.6417.7913.2150.85
Price / Sales8.7123.33102.851,194.54
Price / Cash341.46179.92144.7483.29
Price / Book42.6322.704.354.69
Net IncomeC$1.08BC$752.08MC$999.43MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance0.40%-1.07%0.61%2.29%
1 Month Performance8.44%2.04%-0.39%4.22%
1 Year Performance50.24%8.64%68.42%26.94%

Dollarama Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DOL
Dollarama
0.5365 of 5 stars
C$190.96
+0.1%
C$186.36
-2.4%
+50.2%C$52.77BC$6.06B48.648,440Dividend Announcement
L
Loblaw Companies
1.7366 of 5 stars
C$225.25
+0.7%
C$236.88
+5.2%
+37.2%C$68.10BC$60.23B30.5712,000
ATD.B
Alimentation Couche-Tard
N/AN/AC$88.50
+∞
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
0.7712 of 5 stars
C$273.11
+0.9%
C$282.42
+3.4%
+33.4%C$35.45BC$60.42B54.67220,000
MRU
Metro
0.4264 of 5 stars
C$106.97
+0.7%
C$104.22
-2.6%
+36.1%C$23.66BC$21.29B24.6997,000News Coverage
SAP
Saputo
2.079 of 5 stars
C$27.87
+2.4%
C$30.88
+10.8%
-10.7%C$11.75BC$18.74B-74.62112,000News Coverage
EMP.A
Empire
1.7555 of 5 stars
C$56.51
+0.7%
C$57.43
+1.6%
+59.1%C$7.93BC$30.87B20.62125,000Dividend Increase
PRMW
Primo Water
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$6.00BC$1.85B54.209,230
PBH
Premium Brands
2.1857 of 5 stars
C$81.22
+0.7%
C$101.90
+25.5%
-12.0%C$3.62BC$6.41B36.16540
MFI
Maple Leaf Foods
1.1397 of 5 stars
C$28.37
+0.4%
C$31.80
+12.1%
+27.6%C$3.55BC$4.93B104.7013,500

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This page (TSE:DOL) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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