Financial Contrast: Dollarama (DLMAF) & Its Rivals

Dollarama (OTCMKTS:DLMAF) is one of 143 publicly-traded companies in the “Broadline Retail” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Dollarama to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

44.1% of shares of all “Broadline Retail” companies are owned by institutional investors. 23.8% of shares of all “Broadline Retail” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Dollarama pays an annual dividend of $0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Dollarama pays out 12.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Broadline Retail” companies pay a dividend yield of 18.1% and pay out 12.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Dollarama lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares Dollarama and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dollarama	17.65%	94.77%	17.12%
Dollarama Competitors	-3.45%	-36.13%	-2.59%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Dollarama and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dollarama	$5.21 billion	$940.70 million	51.20
Dollarama Competitors	$23.48 billion	$1.70 billion	-219.81

Dollarama’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Dollarama. Dollarama is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Dollarama and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dollarama	0	4	5	5	3.07
Dollarama Competitors	1372	5337	10757	298	2.56

As a group, “Broadline Retail” companies have a potential upside of 14.42%. Given Dollarama’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dollarama has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

Dollarama competitors beat Dollarama on 8 of the 14 factors compared.

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. Dollarama Inc. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Mount Royal, Canada.