Telsey Advisory Group Predicts Dollar General Q1 Earnings

Dollar General Co. (NYSE:DG - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Telsey Advisory Group issued their Q1 2027 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Dollar General in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, May 27th. Telsey Advisory Group analyst J. Feldman anticipates that the company will post earnings of $1.68 per share for the quarter. Telsey Advisory Group currently has a "Market Perform" rating and a $100.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Dollar General's current full-year earnings is $5.75 per share. Telsey Advisory Group also issued estimates for Dollar General's Q2 2027 earnings at $1.68 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $1.09 EPS and Q4 2027 earnings at $1.85 EPS.

Several other research analysts have also commented on DG. Piper Sandler lifted their price objective on shares of Dollar General from $79.00 to $81.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Friday, March 14th. Citigroup raised shares of Dollar General from a "sell" rating to a "neutral" rating and lifted their price objective for the stock from $69.00 to $101.00 in a research note on Monday, April 7th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a "hold" rating and set a $80.00 target price (down previously from $90.00) on shares of Dollar General in a research note on Monday, March 3rd. Melius Research raised Dollar General from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 8th. Finally, Guggenheim upped their target price on Dollar General from $100.00 to $105.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, fourteen have issued a hold rating, ten have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Dollar General currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $98.96.

Dollar General Trading Up 0.1%

NYSE DG traded up $0.10 on Wednesday, hitting $97.17. 5,245,143 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,004,425. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a quick ratio of 0.15 and a current ratio of 1.15. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $92.29 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $81.24. The firm has a market capitalization of $21.37 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.01, a P/E/G ratio of 2.18 and a beta of 0.27. Dollar General has a 52-week low of $66.43 and a 52-week high of $141.24.

Dollar General (NYSE:DG - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 13th. The company reported $1.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.51 by $0.17. The business had revenue of $10.30 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.26 billion. Dollar General had a return on equity of 18.85% and a net margin of 3.33%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 4.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.83 EPS.

Institutional Trading of Dollar General

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. purchased a new stake in Dollar General during the fourth quarter worth $57,000. DAVENPORT & Co LLC lifted its holdings in Dollar General by 5,624.9% during the fourth quarter. DAVENPORT & Co LLC now owns 321,623 shares of the company's stock worth $24,385,000 after buying an additional 316,005 shares during the period. Matrix Asset Advisors Inc. NY purchased a new stake in Dollar General during the fourth quarter worth $6,158,000. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. lifted its holdings in Dollar General by 81.4% during the fourth quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. now owns 5,648 shares of the company's stock worth $428,000 after buying an additional 2,534 shares during the period. Finally, Private Advisor Group LLC lifted its holdings in Dollar General by 9.5% during the fourth quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 6,066 shares of the company's stock worth $460,000 after buying an additional 524 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 91.77% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Dollar General news, EVP Emily C. Taylor sold 809 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Friday, April 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $94.72, for a total transaction of $76,628.48. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now owns 48,532 shares in the company, valued at $4,596,951.04. This represents a 1.64% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 0.56% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Dollar General Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 22nd. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 8th were paid a $0.59 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, April 8th. This represents a $2.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.43%. Dollar General's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 46.18%.

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.