Dollarama (DOL) Competitors

Loblaw Companies (TSE:L) and Dollarama (TSE:DOL) are both large-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in L or DOL?

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is L or DOL more profitable?

Dollarama has a net margin of 17.85% compared to Loblaw Companies' net margin of 3.46%. Dollarama's return on equity of 156.46% beat Loblaw Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Loblaw Companies	3.46%	19.22%	5.89%
Dollarama	17.85%	156.46%	16.58%

Is L or DOL a better dividend stock?

Loblaw Companies pays an annual dividend of C$2.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Dollarama pays an annual dividend of C$0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Loblaw Companies pays out 31.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dollarama pays out 9.6% 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.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, L or DOL?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Loblaw Companies	C$60.32B	0.92	C$2.08B	C$6.60	27.45
Dollarama	C$6.09B	6.21	C$1.09B	C$3.86	34.78

Which has more risk and volatility, L or DOL?

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

Do analysts prefer L or DOL?

Loblaw Companies presently has a consensus target price of C$201.88, suggesting a potential upside of 11.41%. Dollarama has a consensus target price of C$145.17, suggesting a potential upside of 8.12%. Given Loblaw Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Dollarama	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42

Does the media prefer L or DOL?

In the previous week, Loblaw Companies and Loblaw Companies both had 6 articles in the media. Dollarama's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Loblaw Companies' score of -0.10 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Dollarama	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in L or DOL?

Dollarama received 141 more outperform votes than Loblaw Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.60% of users gave Loblaw Companies an outperform vote while only 62.60% of users gave Dollarama an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Loblaw Companies	Outperform Votes 644 66.60%	Underperform Votes 323 33.40%
Dollarama	Outperform Votes 785 62.60%	Underperform Votes 469 37.40%

Summary

Dollarama beats Loblaw Companies on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.