Dollar General (NYSE:DG) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Dollar General (NYSE:DG) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided EPS guidance of 5.100-5.800 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 5.850. The company issued revenue guidance of $42.0 billion-$42.4 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $42.3 billion.

Dollar General Stock Down 4.9 %

NYSE DG opened at $74.78 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.15, a current ratio of 1.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78. Dollar General has a 52 week low of $66.43 and a 52 week high of $168.07. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.32, a PEG ratio of 2.18 and a beta of 0.44. The company has a fifty day moving average of $73.52 and a two-hundred day moving average of $78.69.

Dollar General (NYSE:DG) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March 13th. The company reported $1.68 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.50 by $0.18. Dollar General had a net margin of 3.33% and a return on equity of 18.85%. On average, analysts predict that Dollar General will post 5.75 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on DG. Bernstein Bank reduced their price target on Dollar General from $98.00 to $94.00 in a report on Friday, November 15th. Jefferies Financial Group decreased their target price on Dollar General from $110.00 to $90.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, November 15th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price target on shares of Dollar General from $90.00 to $80.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, December 5th. BMO Capital Markets lifted their price objective on shares of Dollar General from $80.00 to $84.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a report on Friday, December 6th. Finally, Telsey Advisory Group dropped their target price on shares of Dollar General from $88.00 to $85.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, March 6th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, fifteen have assigned a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $95.09.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Michael M. Calbert sold 6,000 shares of the stock in a transaction 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 sale, the director now owns 120,322 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,056,636.94. This represents a 4.75 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Emily C. Taylor sold 4,740 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $77.44, for a total value of $367,065.60. Following 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.