Dollar General (NYSE:DG) Announces Earnings Results

Dollar General (NYSE:DG) announced its earnings results on Thursday. The company reported $1.68 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.50 by $0.18, Zacks reports. Dollar General had a net margin of 3.33% and a return on equity of 18.85%. Dollar General updated its FY 2025 guidance to 5.100-5.800 EPS.

Dollar General Trading Up 5.6 %

NYSE:DG traded up $4.22 on Thursday, reaching $79.07. The stock had a trading volume of 2,738,890 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,628,132. Dollar General has a 12-month low of $66.43 and a 12-month high of $168.07. The company has a market cap of $17.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.07, a P/E/G ratio of 2.18 and a beta of 0.44. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $73.52 and its two-hundred day moving average is $78.69. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 1.15 and a quick ratio of 0.15.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have weighed in on DG shares. UBS Group lowered their target price on Dollar General from $108.00 to $95.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, March 6th. Gordon Haskett cut shares of Dollar General from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 28th. Bernstein Bank reduced their target price on shares of Dollar General from $98.00 to $94.00 in a research note on Friday, November 15th. Morgan Stanley dropped their price target on shares of Dollar General from $100.00 to $80.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. Finally, Citigroup reduced their price objective on shares of Dollar General from $73.00 to $69.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, March 7th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, fifteen have assigned a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $95.09.

Insider Activity

In other Dollar General news, Director Michael M. Calbert sold 6,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $75.27, for a total transaction of $451,620.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 120,322 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,056,636.94. The trade was a 4.75 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Emily C. Taylor sold 4,740 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $77.44, for a total value of $367,065.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 15,575 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,206,128. This trade represents a 23.33 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Company insiders own 0.49% of the company’s stock.

Dollar General Company Profile

Dollar General Corporation, a discount retailer, provides various merchandise products in the southern, southwestern, midwestern, and eastern United States. It offers consumable products, including paper and cleaning products, such as paper towels, bath tissues, paper dinnerware, trash and storage bags, disinfectants, and laundry products; packaged food comprising cereals, pasta, canned soups, fruits and vegetables, condiments, spices, sugar, and flour; and perishables that include milk, eggs, bread, refrigerated and frozen food, beer, and wine.