Dollar General (DG) Stock Forecast, Price & News

21 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Dollar General in the last year. There are currently 12 hold ratings, 7 buy ratings and 2 strong buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" DG shares.
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21 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Dollar General's stock. Their DG share price forecasts range from $155.00 to $296.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $206.14 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 32.5% from the stock's current price.
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Dollar General's stock was trading at $246.25 at the start of the year. Since then, DG shares have decreased by 36.8% and is now trading at $155.57.
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Dollar General saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 4,930,000 shares, an increase of 5.1% from the April 15th total of 4,690,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,830,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.7 days. Currently, 2.3% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 24th 2023.
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Dollar General Co. (NYSE:DG) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, June, 1st. The company reported $2.34 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.38 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $9.34 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.47 billion. Dollar General had a net margin of 6.19% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 40.03%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 6.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $2.41 earnings per share.
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Dollar General declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, July 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.59 per share on Tuesday, July 25th. This represents a $2.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.52%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, July 10th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Dollar General (NYSE:DG) stock in their portfolio include Natixis Vaughan Nelson Select ETF (VNSE), VanEck Retail ETF (RTH), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF (RHS), iShares U.S. Consumer Focused ETF (IEDI), Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP), Nuveen Dividend Growth ETF (NDVG), T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth ETF (TDVG) and Fidelity Magellan ETF (FMAG).

Dollar General (NYSE:DG) pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.49%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 7 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 22.24%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, DG will have a dividend payout ratio of 20.21% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Dollar General announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan on Thursday, December 2nd 2021, which allows the company to buyback $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 3.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Dollar General updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Sunday, June, 4th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $9.83-$10.68 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $11.14. The company issued revenue guidance of $39.17 billion-$39.74 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $40.00 billion.

2,238 employees have rated Dollar General Chief Executive Officer Todd Vasos on Glassdoor.com. Todd Vasos has an approval rating of 48% among the company's employees. This puts Todd Vasos in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Dollar General trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "DG."

Dollar General's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.93%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (5.15%), State Street Corp (4.46%), FMR LLC (3.51%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.90%) and Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (0.96%). Insiders that own company stock include Anita C Elliott, Antonio Zuazo, Carman R Wenkoff, Emily C Taylor, John W Garratt, Michael J Kindy, Patricia Filikrushel, Rhonda Taylor, Steven G Sunderland, Timothy I Mcguire, Todd J Vasos and Warren F Bryant.
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Shares of DG stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of DG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $155.57.

Dollar General (NYSE:DG) has a market capitalization of $34.09 billion and generates $37.84 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $2.42 billion in net income (profit) each year or $10.61 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 170,000 workers across the globe.

Dollar General's mailing address is 100 MISSION RIDGE, GOODLETTSVILLE TN, 37072. The official website for the company is www.dollargeneral.com. The company can be reached via phone at (615) 855-4000 or via fax at 615-386-9936.