Dollar General (NYSE:DG) Releases Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.17 EPS

Dollar General (NYSE:DG) issued its earnings results on Thursday. The company reported $1.68 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.51 by $0.17, Zacks reports. Dollar General had a net margin of 3.33% and a return on equity of 18.85%. The business had revenue of $10.30 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.26 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.83 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Dollar General updated its FY 2025 guidance to 5.100-5.800 EPS and its FY26 guidance to $5.10-5.80 EPS.

Dollar General Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:DG opened at $80.03 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $73.61 and its 200 day simple moving average is $78.70. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 1.15 and a quick ratio of 0.15. The company has a market capitalization of $17.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.18, a P/E/G ratio of 2.18 and a beta of 0.44. Dollar General has a fifty-two week low of $66.43 and a fifty-two week high of $168.07.

Dollar General Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 22nd. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 8th will be issued a $0.59 dividend. This represents a $2.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.95%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, April 8th. Dollar General’s dividend payout ratio is 38.88%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Michael M. Calbert sold 6,000 shares of Dollar General stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 transaction, the director now directly owns 120,322 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,056,636.94. The trade was a 4.75 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.49% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on DG. Telsey Advisory Group reaffirmed a “market perform” rating and set a $85.00 price target on shares of Dollar General in a research report on Thursday. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price objective on shares of Dollar General from $90.00 to $80.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, December 5th. Barclays dropped their target price on shares of Dollar General from $102.00 to $100.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, January 9th. Citigroup lowered their target price on shares of Dollar General from $73.00 to $69.00 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, March 7th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets upped their price target on Dollar General from $80.00 to $84.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research report on Friday, December 6th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, fifteen have issued a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $95.09.

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.