Desjardins Issues Pessimistic Outlook for Dollarama Earnings

Dollarama Inc. (TSE:DOL) – Stock analysts at Desjardins reduced their FY2026 earnings estimates for Dollarama in a research note issued on Thursday, December 5th. Desjardins analyst C. Li now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $4.45 for the year, down from their previous estimate of $4.59. Desjardins currently has a “Buy” rating and a $150.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Dollarama’s current full-year earnings is $5.33 per share.

DOL has been the topic of a number of other reports. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price objective on Dollarama from C$136.00 to C$140.00 in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. Cfra upgraded shares of Dollarama from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price target for the company from C$130.00 to C$155.00 in a report on Thursday, September 12th. National Bankshares lowered shares of Dollarama from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating in a report on Thursday, December 5th. Royal Bank of Canada cut their target price on shares of Dollarama from C$160.00 to C$159.00 in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. Finally, National Bank Financial downgraded shares of Dollarama from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of C$145.00.

Dollarama Stock Up 1.5 %

Shares of TSE:DOL opened at C$142.23 on Monday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is C$144.28 and its 200 day moving average is C$134.73. The company has a market cap of C$40.08 billion, a PE ratio of 36.85, a P/E/G ratio of 1.93 and a beta of 0.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 391.24, a current ratio of 1.99 and a quick ratio of 0.08. Dollarama has a 1 year low of C$89.93 and a 1 year high of C$152.97.

Dollarama (TSE:DOL) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, September 11th. The company reported C$1.02 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of C$0.96 by C$0.06. Dollarama had a net margin of 17.85% and a return on equity of 156.46%. The business had revenue of C$1.56 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of C$1.57 billion.

Dollarama Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 1st. Investors of record on Friday, November 1st were issued a $0.092 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, October 4th. This represents a $0.37 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.26%. Dollarama’s payout ratio is currently 9.59%.

Insider Activity at Dollarama

In related news, Director Nicolas Hien sold 5,167 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$135.18, for a total value of C$698,490.04. Also, Senior Officer Mark Di Pesa sold 530 shares of Dollarama stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$143.47, for a total transaction of C$76,039.10. In the last three months, insiders have sold 7,697 shares of company stock valued at $1,049,979. 2.23% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Dollarama Company Profile

Dollarama Inc operates a chain of dollar stores in Canada. Its stores offer general merchandise, consumables, and seasonal products. It also sells its products through online store. The company was formerly known as Dollarama Capital Corporation and changed its name to Dollarama Inc in September 2009.