Dollarama Q1 EPS Lowered by National Bank Financial

Dollarama Inc. (TSE:DOL) – Analysts at National Bank Financial lowered their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Dollarama in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, November 19th. National Bank Financial analyst V. Shreedhar now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.85 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.86. The consensus estimate for Dollarama’s current full-year earnings is $5.33 per share.

Several other research analysts have also recently issued reports on DOL. Wells Fargo & Company cut Dollarama from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and dropped their target price for the stock from C$136.00 to C$130.00 in a research report on Thursday, September 12th. National Bankshares raised their price objective on shares of Dollarama from C$143.00 to C$149.00 in a report on Wednesday. Royal Bank of Canada upped their target price on shares of Dollarama from C$144.00 to C$147.00 in a report on Thursday, September 12th. BMO Capital Markets lifted their price target on shares of Dollarama from C$147.00 to C$154.00 in a research note on Friday. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on Dollarama from C$125.00 to C$136.00 in a research note on Thursday, September 12th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$140.73.

Dollarama Stock Performance

Shares of DOL opened at C$145.51 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of C$41.00 billion, a P/E ratio of 37.70, 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 one year low of C$89.93 and a one year high of C$152.97. The business has a fifty day moving average of C$142.25 and a 200 day moving average of C$132.65.

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

Dollarama Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 1st. Investors of record on Friday, November 1st were given a dividend of $0.092 per share. This represents a $0.37 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.25%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, October 4th. Dollarama’s dividend payout ratio is currently 9.59%.

Insider Activity at Dollarama

In other Dollarama news, Director John Huw Thomas sold 2,000 shares of the 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. Also, Director Nicolas Hien sold 5,167 shares of Dollarama stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$135.18, for a total value of C$698,490.04. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 7,697 shares of company stock valued at $1,049,979. 2.23% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.