Dollar General (NYSE:DG) Issues FY25 Earnings Guidance

Dollar General (NYSE:DG) issued an update on its FY25 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.50-$5.90 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $5.82. The company issued revenue guidance of $40.56-$40.67 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $40.52 billion.

Dollar General Stock Performance

Shares of DG stock opened at $79.61 on Thursday. Dollar General has a 12 month low of $72.12 and a 12 month high of $168.07. The company has a current ratio of 1.22, a quick ratio of 0.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.86. The firm has a market capitalization of $17.51 billion, a PE ratio of 12.36, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.31 and a beta of 0.44. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $79.78 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $104.43.

Dollar General (NYSE:DG) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, December 5th. The company reported $0.89 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.97 by ($0.08). Dollar General had a net margin of 3.57% and a return on equity of 20.62%. The business had revenue of $10.18 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.14 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.26 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 5.0% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts forecast that Dollar General will post 5.85 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Dollar General Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, January 21st. Investors of record on Tuesday, January 7th will be paid a $0.59 dividend. This represents a $2.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.96%. Dollar General’s payout ratio is 36.65%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have commented on DG shares. Telsey Advisory Group lowered their price objective on Dollar General from $103.00 to $90.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research report on Monday. Jefferies Financial Group lowered their price target 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. Bank of America lowered their price target on Dollar General from $118.00 to $95.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, August 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price target on Dollar General from $97.00 to $82.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, November 5th. Finally, Evercore ISI decreased their price objective on Dollar General from $97.00 to $95.00 and set an “in-line” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, fourteen have assigned a hold rating, seven have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Dollar General presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $103.32.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Warren F. Bryant acquired 1,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 10th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $80.83 per share, for a total transaction of $80,830.00. Following the acquisition, the director now owns 42,030 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,397,284.90. This represents a 2.44 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, EVP Roderick J. West sold 2,510 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $83.25, for a total value of $208,957.50. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 9,163 shares in the company, valued at approximately $762,819.75. This trade represents a 21.50 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.49% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.