NYSE:DG - Dollar General Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Dollar General declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, December 3rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, January 8th will be given a dividend of $0.29 per share on Tuesday, January 22nd. This represents a $1.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.97%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, January 7th. View Dollar General's Dividend History.

Dollar General declared that its board has authorized a share repurchase program on Thursday, March 15th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Dollar General Corp. (NYSE:DG) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December, 4th. The company reported $1.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.26. The company earned $6.42 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.38 billion. Dollar General had a return on equity of 24.03% and a net margin of 7.24%. Dollar General's revenue was up 8.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.93 earnings per share. View Dollar General's Earnings History.

Dollar General is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 21st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Dollar General.

Dollar General issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, December, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.85-6.05 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $6.11. The company issued revenue guidance of +9% to ~$25.58 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $25.57 billion.Dollar General also updated its FY 2018 guidance to EPS.

19 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Dollar General's stock. Their predictions range from $67.00 to $129.00. On average, they anticipate Dollar General's share price to reach $111.2059 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for Dollar General.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Dollar General in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings, 13 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Dollar General.

Media coverage about DG stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Dollar General earned a coverage optimism score of 1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

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Dollar General's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.45%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (3.71%), Longview Partners Guernsey LTD (3.31%), Polen Capital Management LLC (2.72%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.43%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.39%). Company insiders that own Dollar General stock include Anita C Elliott, Michael J Kindy, Robert D Ravener and Timothy I Mcguire. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Dollar General.

DG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Longview Partners Guernsey LTD, Millennium Management LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC, LSV Asset Management, Gotham Asset Management LLC, First Quadrant L P CA and State Treasurer State of Michigan. Company insiders that have sold Dollar General company stock in the last year include Anita C Elliott, Michael J Kindy and Robert D Ravener. View Insider Buying and Selling for Dollar General.

DG stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, BlackRock Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt, Congress Asset Management Co. MA, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., California Public Employees Retirement System and Ardevora Asset Management LLP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Dollar General.

Shares of DG can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of DG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $119.00.

Dollar General has a market capitalization of $31.28 billion and generates $23.47 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.54 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.49 on an earnings per share basis. Dollar General employs 129,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Dollar General is http://www.dollargeneral.com.

Dollar General's mailing address is 100 MISSION RIDGE, GOODLETTSVILLE TN, 37072. The company can be reached via phone at 615-855-4000.