Desjardins Has Bearish Outlook for Dollarama FY2025 Earnings

Dollarama Inc. (TSE:DOL) – Equities research analysts at Desjardins reduced their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Dollarama in a research report issued on Thursday, December 5th. Desjardins analyst C. Li now anticipates that the company will earn $4.07 per share for the year, down from their previous estimate of $4.08. 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. Desjardins also issued estimates for Dollarama’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.30 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.04 EPS.

DOL has been the topic of several other research reports. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on Dollarama from C$136.00 to C$140.00 in a report on Thursday. TD Securities increased their price objective on Dollarama from C$154.00 to C$160.00 in a report on Thursday. National Bank Financial downgraded Dollarama from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday. CIBC upped their price target on shares of Dollarama from C$138.00 to C$145.00 in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reduced their target price on shares of Dollarama from C$160.00 to C$159.00 in a research note on Thursday. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Dollarama has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of C$145.00.

Dollarama Stock Performance

TSE DOL opened at C$142.04 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of C$144.14 and a 200 day moving average price of C$134.41. The company has a market capitalization of C$40.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.80, a PEG 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 earnings results on Wednesday, September 11th. The company reported C$1.02 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of C$0.96 by C$0.06. Dollarama had a return on equity of 156.46% and a net margin of 17.85%. The firm had revenue of C$1.56 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of C$1.57 billion.

Dollarama Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 1st. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 1st were given a $0.092 dividend. This represents a $0.37 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.26%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, October 4th. Dollarama’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 9.59%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Senior Officer Mark Di Pesa sold 530 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$143.47, for a total value of C$76,039.10. Also, Director John Huw Thomas sold 2,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of C$137.73, for a total transaction of C$275,450.00. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 7,697 shares of company stock valued at $1,049,979. Company insiders own 2.23% of the company’s stock.

About Dollarama

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.