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

Dollar General (NYSE:DG) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The company reported $1.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 firm had revenue of $10.30 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.26 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.83 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue 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 Up 6.9 %

NYSE DG opened at $80.03 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $17.60 billion, a PE ratio of 13.18, a PEG ratio of 2.18 and a beta of 0.44. The business’s 50-day moving average is $73.61 and its 200 day moving average is $78.70. Dollar General has a 1 year low of $66.43 and a 1 year high of $168.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 1.15 and a quick ratio of 0.15.

Dollar General Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 22nd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 8th will be paid 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 presently 38.88%.

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 value of $451,620.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 120,322 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,056,636.94. This represents a 4.75 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. 0.49% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have recently issued reports on DG. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “hold” rating and issued a $80.00 price target (down from $90.00) on shares of Dollar General in a research report on Monday, March 3rd. Truist Financial cut their price objective on Dollar General from $94.00 to $83.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, December 6th. Barclays decreased their target price on Dollar General from $102.00 to $100.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, January 9th. HSBC decreased their price target on shares of Dollar General from $100.00 to $88.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, November 15th. Finally, Gordon Haskett downgraded shares of Dollar General from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 28th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, fifteen have given a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price 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.