Desjardins Has Pessimistic View of Dollarama FY2026 Earnings

Dollarama Inc. (TSE:DOL - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Desjardins cut their FY2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of Dollarama in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, December 5th. Desjardins analyst C. Li now expects that the company will post earnings of $4.45 per share for the year, down from their previous estimate of $4.59. Desjardins has a "Buy" rating and a $150.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Dollarama's current full-year earnings is $5.33 per share.

Other research analysts have also issued reports about the company. CIBC upped their price objective on Dollarama from C$138.00 to C$145.00 in a report on Thursday. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on Dollarama from C$136.00 to C$140.00 in a report on Thursday. National Bankshares lowered Dollarama from an "outperform" rating to a "sector perform" rating in a report on Thursday. National Bank Financial lowered Dollarama from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Wednesday, December 4th. Finally, TD Securities upped their price objective on Dollarama from C$154.00 to C$160.00 in a report on Thursday. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of C$145.00.

Dollarama Stock Performance

Shares of DOL stock traded down C$1.91 during trading on Monday, reaching C$140.13. 1,032,557 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 581,951. The company has a quick ratio of 0.08, a current ratio of 1.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 391.24. The stock has a market capitalization of C$39.49 billion, a PE ratio of 36.80, a PEG ratio of 1.93 and a beta of 0.56. Dollarama has a twelve month low of C$89.93 and a twelve month high of C$152.97. The firm's fifty day moving average price is C$144.14 and its 200-day moving average price is C$134.49.

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

Insider Activity

In related news, Senior Officer Mark Di Pesa sold 530 shares of Dollarama stock in a transaction 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. Also, Director Nicolas Hien sold 5,167 shares of Dollarama stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$135.18, for a total value of C$698,490.04. Insiders have sold 7,697 shares of company stock worth $1,049,979 over the last 90 days. 2.23% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Dollarama Dividend Announcement

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

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.