DOLLARAMA REPORTS FISCAL 2026 THIRD QUARTER RESULTS
- Fiscal 2026 Canadian segment Comparable store sales(1) guidance increased to between 4.2% and 4.7% and Gross margin(1) guidance increased to between 45.0% and 45.5% of sales
The Corporation has two reportable segments:
Fiscal 2026 Third Quarter Results Highlights Compared to Fiscal 2025 Third Quarter
- Sales increased by 22.2% to
$1,909.4 million , compared to$1,562.6 million - In
Canada , Comparable store sales increased by 6.0%, compared to 3.3% in the corresponding period of the previous year - EBITDA(1) increased by 20.1% to
$612.0 million , representing an EBITDA margin(1) of 32.1%, compared to 32.6% - Operating income increased by 18.1% to
$481.2 million , representing an operating margin(1) of 25.2%, compared to 26.1% - Net earnings increased by 16.6% to
$321.7 million , resulting in a 19.4% increase in diluted net earnings per common share to$1.17 , compared to$0.98 - 19 net new stores opened in
Canada , compared to 18 in the corresponding period of the previous year and 6 net new stores opened inAustralia under the TRS banner - 2,605,912 common shares repurchased for cancellation for
$484.6 million
"In an economic environment that has remained unpredictable, our business model continues to demonstrate its enduring relevance and resilience, driving strong 6.0% Comparable store sales growth in
"Internationally, we also continued to advance our growth plans and the rollout of the
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(1) |
Refer to the section entitled "Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures" of this press release for the definition of these items and, where applicable, their reconciliation with the most directly comparable GAAP measure. |
Fiscal 2026 Third Quarter Financial Results
Sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2026 increased by 22.2% to
Comparable store sales in
Gross margin was 44.8% of sales in the third quarter of fiscal 2026, compared to 44.7% of sales in the third quarter of fiscal 2025. Gross margin as a percentage of sales was higher primarily as a result of a favourable sales mix, with higher sales of seasonal products and lower logistics costs in
General, administrative and store operating expenses ("SG&A") for the third quarter of fiscal 2026 represented 15.4% of sales, compared to 14.3% of sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2025. This increase is primarily attributable to SG&A in
EBITDA was
The Corporation's 60.1% share of net earnings from
Net financing costs increased by
Net earnings increased by 16.6% to
Dollarcity
Mexico Capital Call
During the quarter, the Corporation used proceeds from its 60.1% share of the dividend previously declared by CARS, representing
Network Growth
During its third quarter ended
Normal Course Issuer Bid
On
During the third quarter of fiscal 2026, 2,605,912 common shares were repurchased for cancellation under the 2025‑2026 NCIB, for a total cash consideration of
Dividend
On
Canadian Segment Fiscal 2026 Outlook
The Corporation's fiscal 2026 guidance ranges for Comparable store sales and Gross margin in
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(as a percentage of sales except net |
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Fiscal 2026 |
Fiscal 2026 |
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Guidance for the Canadian segment as |
Revised Guidance for the Canadian |
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Net new store openings |
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70 to 80 |
No change |
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Comparable store sales |
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3.0% to 4.0% |
4.2% to 4.7% |
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Gross margin |
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44.2% to 45.2% |
45.0 to 45.5% |
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SG&A |
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14.2% to 14.7% |
No change |
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Capital expenditures |
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As the Corporation continues to evaluate and implement strategies to optimize operations and deploy attributes of the
Guidance ranges for the Canadian segment are based on several assumptions, including the following:
- The number of signed offers to lease and store pipeline for the remainder of fiscal 2026, the absence of delays outside of our control on construction activities and no material increases in occupancy costs in the short- to medium-term
- Approximately three months visibility on open orders and product margins
- Continued positive customer response to our product offering, value proposition and in-store merchandising
- The active management of product margins, including through pricing strategies and product refresh, and of inventory shrinkage
- The Corporation continuing to account for its investment in Dollarcity as a joint arrangement using the equity method
- The entering into of foreign exchange forward contracts to hedge the majority of forecasted merchandise purchases in USD against fluctuations of CAD against USD
- The continued execution of in-store productivity initiatives and realization of cost savings and benefits aimed at improving operating expense
- The absence of a significant shift in labour, economic and geopolitical conditions, or material changes in the retail environment and projected census and household income data
- No significant changes in the capital budget for fiscal 2026 for new store openings and maintenance, and no further changes to transformational capital expenditures
- The absence of unusually adverse weather, especially in peak seasons around major holidays and celebrations
The guidance ranges included in this section are forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws, are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties and should be read in conjunction with the "Forward-Looking Statements" section of this press release.
Selected Consolidated Financial Information
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(dollars and shares in thousands, |
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2025 |
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2024 |
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2025 |
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2024 |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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Earnings Data |
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Sales |
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1,909,442 |
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1,562,644 |
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5,154,490 |
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4,531,800 |
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Cost of sales |
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1,053,641 |
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863,928 |
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2,841,889 |
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2,518,613 |
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Gross profit |
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855,801 |
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698,716 |
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2,312,601 |
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2,013,187 |
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SG&A |
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294,780 |
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223,519 |
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769,460 |
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653,631 |
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Depreciation and amortization |
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122,244 |
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94,788 |
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310,746 |
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279,041 |
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Share of net earnings of equity- |
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(42,418) |
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(27,083) |
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(121,060) |
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(71,871) |
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Operating income |
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481,195 |
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407,492 |
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1,353,455 |
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1,152,386 |
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Unrealized gain from derivative on |
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- |
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- |
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(10,348) |
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- |
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Net financing costs |
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48,967 |
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41,603 |
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136,096 |
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119,065 |
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Earnings before income taxes |
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432,228 |
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365,889 |
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1,227,707 |
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1,033,321 |
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Income taxes |
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110,504 |
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90,083 |
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310,729 |
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255,730 |
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Net earnings |
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321,724 |
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275,806 |
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916,978 |
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777,591 |
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Basic net earnings per common share |
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Diluted net earnings per common share |
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Weighted average number of common |
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Basic |
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274,963 |
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281,356 |
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276,336 |
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280,079 |
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Diluted |
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276,032 |
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282,349 |
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277,402 |
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281,075 |
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Other Consolidated Data |
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Year-over-year sales growth |
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22.2 % |
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5.7 % |
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13.7 % |
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7.2 % |
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Gross margin (1) |
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44.8 % |
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44.7 % |
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44.9 % |
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44.4 % |
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SG&A as a % of sales (1) |
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15.4 % |
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14.3 % |
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14.9 % |
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14.4 % |
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EBITDA (1) |
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612,037 |
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509,677 |
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1,696,684 |
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1,451,725 |
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Operating margin (1) |
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25.2 % |
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26.1 % |
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26.3 % |
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25.4 % |
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Capital expenditures |
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68,447 |
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51,018 |
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175,232 |
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151,237 |
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Declared dividends per common share |
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As at |
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(dollars in thousands) |
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2025 |
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$ |
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$ |
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Statement of Financial Position Data |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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205,521 |
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122,685 |
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Inventories |
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1,178,880 |
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921,095 |
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Total current assets |
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1,495,368 |
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1,201,280 |
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Property, plant and equipment |
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1,206,847 |
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1,046,390 |
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Right-of-use assets |
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2,379,873 |
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2,109,445 |
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Total assets |
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7,400,996 |
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6,482,592 |
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Total current liabilities |
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1,373,886 |
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1,014,306 |
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Total non-current liabilities |
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4,729,087 |
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4,280,028 |
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Total debt (1) |
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2,644,593 |
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2,282,679 |
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Net debt (1) |
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2,439,072 |
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2,159,994 |
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Shareholders' equity |
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1,298,023 |
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1,188,258 |
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(1) |
Refer to the section entitled "Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures" of this press release for the definition of these items and, where applicable, their reconciliation with the most directly comparable GAAP measure. |
Selected Segmented Financial Information
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(dollars in thousands) |
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13-week period ended
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39-week period ended
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Canada |
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Australia |
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Total |
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Canada |
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Australia (4) |
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Total |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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Earnings Data |
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Sales |
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1,723,339 |
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186,103 |
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1,909,442 |
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4,942,654 |
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211,836 |
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5,154,490 |
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Cost of sales (5) |
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934,395 |
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119,246 |
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1,053,641 |
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2,706,458 |
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135,431 |
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2,841,889 |
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Gross profit |
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788,944 |
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66,857 |
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855,801 |
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2,236,196 |
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76,405 |
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2,312,601 |
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SG&A |
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244,027 |
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50,753 |
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294,780 |
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712,205 |
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57,255 |
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769,460 |
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Depreciation and amortization |
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96,727 |
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25,517 |
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122,244 |
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282,146 |
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28,600 |
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310,746 |
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Share of net earnings of equity- |
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(42,418) |
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- |
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(42,418) |
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(121,060) |
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- |
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(121,060) |
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Operating income (loss) |
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490,608 |
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(9,413) |
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481,195 |
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1,362,905 |
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(9,450) |
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1,353,455 |
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Unrealized gain from derivative |
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- |
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- |
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- |
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(10,348) |
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- |
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(10,348) |
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Net financing costs |
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46,151 |
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2,816 |
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48,967 |
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132,942 |
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3,154 |
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136,096 |
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Income taxes |
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114,183 |
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(3,679) |
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110,504 |
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314,522 |
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(3,793) |
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310,729 |
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Net earnings (loss) |
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330,274 |
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(8,550) |
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321,724 |
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925,789 |
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(8,811) |
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916,978 |
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Other Segmented Data |
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Comparable store sales growth (1) |
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6.0 % |
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- (3) |
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5.3 % |
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- (3) |
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Capital expenditures |
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60,062 |
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8,385 |
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166,414 |
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8,818 |
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Number of stores (2) |
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1,684 |
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401 |
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1,684 |
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401 |
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Average store size (gross square feet) (2) |
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10,446 |
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7,664 |
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10,446 |
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7,664 |
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(1) |
Refer to the section entitled "Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures" of this press release for the definition of these items and, where applicable, their reconciliation with the most directly comparable GAAP measure. |
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(2) |
At the end of the period. |
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(3) |
As the Corporation continues to evaluate and implement strategies to optimize operations and deploy attributes of the |
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(4) |
Representing results from |
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(5) |
For the 13-week period ended |
Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures
The Corporation prepares its financial information in accordance with GAAP. Management has included non‑GAAP and other financial measures to provide investors with supplemental measures of the Corporation's operating and financial performance. Management believes that those measures are important supplemental metrics of operating and financial performance because they eliminate items that have less bearing on the Corporation's operating and financial performance and thus highlight trends in its core business that may not otherwise be apparent when relying solely on GAAP measures. Management also believes that securities analysts, investors and other interested parties frequently use non-GAAP and other financial measures in the evaluation of issuers. Management also uses non-GAAP and other financial measures to facilitate operating and financial performance comparisons from period to period, to prepare annual budgets and to assess their ability to meet the Corporation's future debt service, capital expenditure and working capital requirements.
The below-described non-GAAP and other financial measures do not have a standardized meaning prescribed by GAAP and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers and should be considered as a supplement to, not a substitute for, or superior to, the comparable measures calculated in accordance with GAAP.
(A) Non-GAAP Financial Measures
EBITDA
EBITDA represents net earnings plus income taxes, net financing costs and depreciation and amortization and includes the Corporation's share of net earnings of its equity-accounted investments. Management believes EBITDA measure represents a supplemental metric to assess the operational profitability of the underlying core operations. The Corporation also calculates EBITDA excluding unrealized gain from derivative on equity-accounted investments, in order to exclude the impact of the option to purchase an additional 9.89% equity interest in CARS and a corresponding proportionate 4.945% equity interest in ICM (the "Call Option"), as it does not reflect ongoing operations of the Corporation and should not, in management's view, be considered in a long-term assessment of the operational profitability of the underlying core operations of the Corporation. A reconciliation of net earnings to EBITDA is included below:
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13-week periods ended |
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39-week periods ended |
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(dollars in thousands) |
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2025 |
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2024 |
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2025 |
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2024 |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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Net earnings |
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321,724 |
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275,806 |
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916,978 |
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777,591 |
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Add: |
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Income taxes |
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110,504 |
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90,083 |
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310,729 |
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255,730 |
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Net financing costs |
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48,967 |
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41,603 |
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136,096 |
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119,065 |
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Depreciation and amortization |
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130,842 |
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102,185 |
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332,881 |
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299,339 |
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EBITDA |
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612,037 |
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509,677 |
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1,696,684 |
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1,451,725 |
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Unrealized gain from derivative on |
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- |
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- |
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(10,348) |
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- |
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EBITDA excluding unrealized gain |
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612,037 |
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509,677 |
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1,686,336 |
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1,451,725 |
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Total debt
Total debt represents the sum of long-term debt (including unamortized debt issue costs, accrued interest and fair value hedge – basis adjustment), short-term borrowings under the US commercial paper program, long‑term financing arrangements and other bank indebtedness, including credit facilities. Management believes Total debt is a measure that is useful to facilitate the understanding of the Corporation's corporate financial position in relation to its financing obligations. A reconciliation of long-term debt to total debt is included below:
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As at |
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(dollars in thousands) |
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2025 |
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$ |
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$ |
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Credit Facilities |
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Dollarama Credit Facility |
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- |
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- |
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TRS Credit Facilities, including interchangeable facility and seasonal facility |
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18,332 |
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- |
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Senior Unsecured Notes |
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Senior unsecured notes (the "Fixed Rate Notes") bearing interest at: |
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Fixed annual rate of 3.850%, maturing |
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600,000 |
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- |
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Fixed annual rate of 5.165%, maturing |
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450,000 |
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450,000 |
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Fixed annual rate of 2.443%, maturing |
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375,000 |
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375,000 |
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Fixed annual rate of 5.533%, maturing |
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500,000 |
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500,000 |
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Fixed annual rate of 1.505%, maturing |
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300,000 |
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300,000 |
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Fixed annual rate of 1.871%, maturing |
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375,000 |
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375,000 |
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Fixed annual rate of 5.084%, maturing |
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- |
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250,000 |
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Unamortized debt issue costs, including |
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(8,670) |
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(7,092) |
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Accrued interest on the Fixed Rate Notes |
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17,436 |
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22,330 |
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Long-term financing arrangement |
|
5,271 |
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5,080 |
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Fair value hedge – basis adjustment on interest rate swap |
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12,224 |
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12,361 |
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Total debt |
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2,644,593 |
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2,282,679 |
Net debt
Net debt represents total debt minus cash and cash equivalents. Management believes Net debt represents a useful additional measure to assess the financial position of the Corporation by showing all of the Corporation's financing obligations, net of cash and cash equivalents. A reconciliation of total debt to net debt is included below:
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As at |
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(dollars in thousands) |
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2025 |
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2025 |
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$ |
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$ |
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Total debt |
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2,644,593 |
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2,282,679 |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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(205,521) |
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(122,685) |
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Net debt |
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2,439,072 |
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2,159,994 |
(B) Non-GAAP Ratios
Adjusted net debt to EBITDA ratio
Adjusted net debt to EBITDA ratio is a ratio calculated using adjusted net debt over consolidated EBITDA for the last twelve months. Management uses this ratio to partially assess the financial condition of the Corporation. An increasing ratio would indicate that the Corporation is utilizing more debt per dollar of EBITDA generated. A calculation of adjusted net debt to EBITDA ratio is included below:
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As at |
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(dollars in thousands) |
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2025 |
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2025 |
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$ |
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$ |
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Net debt |
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2,439,072 |
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2,159,994 |
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Lease liabilities |
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2,743,864 |
|
2,426,977 |
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Unamortized debt issue costs, including |
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8,670 |
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7,092 |
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Fair value hedge – basis adjustment on interest rate swap |
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(12,224) |
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(12,361) |
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Adjusted net debt |
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5,179,382 |
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4,581,702 |
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EBITDA for the last twelve-month period(1) |
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2,451,542 |
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2,121,829 |
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Adjusted net debt to EBITDA ratio |
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2.11x |
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2.16x |
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(1) |
This amount corresponds to the EBITDA of the Corporation for the last twelve months, which was equal to |
EBITDA margin
EBITDA margin represents EBITDA divided by sales. Management believes that this measure is useful in assessing the performance of ongoing operations and efficiency of operations relative to its sales. The Corporation also calculates EBITDA margin excluding unrealized gain from derivative on equity-accounted investments, in order to exclude the impact of the Call Option, given the Call Option does not reflect ongoing operations of the Corporation and should not, in management's view, be considered in a long-term assessment of the operational profitability of the underlying core operations of the Corporation. A reconciliation of EBITDA to EBITDA margin is included below:
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(dollars in thousands) |
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2025 |
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2024 |
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2025 |
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2024 |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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|
EBITDA |
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612,037 |
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509,677 |
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1,696,684 |
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1,451,725 |
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Sales |
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1,909,442 |
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1,562,644 |
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5,154,490 |
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4,531,800 |
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EBITDA margin |
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32.1 % |
|
32.6 % |
|
32.9 % |
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32.0 % |
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EBITDA excluding unrealized gain |
|
612,037 |
|
509,677 |
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1,686,336 |
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1,451,725 |
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Sales |
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1,909,442 |
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1,562,644 |
|
5,154,490 |
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4,531,800 |
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EBITDA margin, excluding |
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32.1 % |
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32.6 % |
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32.7 % |
|
32.0 % |
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(C) Supplementary Financial Measures
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Gross margin |
Represents gross profit divided by sales, expressed as a percentage of sales. |
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Operating margin |
Represents operating income divided by sales, expressed as a percentage of sales. |
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SG&A as a % of sales |
Represents SG&A divided by sales. |
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Comparable store |
Represents sales of stores, including relocated and expanded stores, open for at least 13 complete fiscal months relative to the same period in the prior fiscal year. |
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Comparable store |
Represents the percentage increase or decrease, as applicable, of comparable store sales relative to the same period in the prior fiscal year. |
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release about our current and future plans, expectations and intentions, results, levels of activity, performance, goals or achievements or any other future events or developments constitute forward-looking statements, including the statements relating to the Corporation's Canadian segment fiscal 2026 outlook, the statements relating to the evaluation and implementation of strategies to optimize and deploy attributes of the
Forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to management and on estimates and assumptions made by management regarding, among other things, general economic and geopolitical conditions and the competitive environment within the retail industry in
These factors are not intended to represent a complete list of the factors that could affect the Corporation, and its subsidiaries or Dollarcity; however, they should be considered carefully. The purpose of the forward-looking statements is to provide the reader with a description of management's expectations regarding the Corporation's and Dollarcity's financial performance and may not be appropriate for other purposes. Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements made herein.
Furthermore, unless otherwise stated, the forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as at
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