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

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

Dollar General announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 6th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, January 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.32 per share on Tuesday, January 21st. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.81%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, January 6th. View Dollar General's Dividend History.

Dollar General declared that its board has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, March 15th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Dollar General Corp. (NYSE:DG) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December, 5th. The company reported $1.42 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.38 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $6.99 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.89 billion. Dollar General had a net margin of 6.09% and a return on equity of 25.53%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 8.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.26 EPS. View Dollar General's Earnings History.

Dollar General is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 12th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Dollar General.

Dollar General issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, December, 5th. The company provided EPS guidance of $6.55-6.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $6.61.

22 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Dollar General's stock. Their forecasts range from $95.00 to $184.00. On average, they expect Dollar General's stock price to reach $162.90 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Dollar General.

22 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Dollar General in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 18 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Dollar General.

Media coverage about DG stock has trended neutral this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog 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 news impact score of 0.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Dollar General.

Dollar General saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,770,000 shares, an increase of 10.2% from the December 15th total of 3,420,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,880,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.0 days. Currently, 1.5% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Dollar General's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Dollar General include Target (TGT), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Big Lots (BIG), Tuesday Morning (TUES) and Fred's (FRED).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Dollar General investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Walt Disney (DIS), Alibaba Group (BABA), Walmart (WMT), Visa (V), Home Depot (HD), Intel (INTC), AT&T (T), Netflix (NFLX) and UnitedHealth Group (UNH).

Dollar General's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt (0.79%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.21%), Hexavest Inc. (0.15%), PGGM Investments (0.13%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.12%) and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.11%). Company insiders that own Dollar General stock include Anita C Elliott, Michael J Kindy, Patricia Filikrushel, Rhonda Taylor, 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 PGGM Investments, Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt, Hexavest Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Fenimore Asset Management Inc., Scout Investments Inc., Manning & Napier Group LLC and First National Bank of Omaha. Company insiders that have sold Dollar General company stock in the last year include Rhonda Taylor 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 Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Tandem Investment Advisors Inc., Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, IFP Advisors Inc, Park National Corp OH, Camelot Portfolios LLC, NewSquare Capital LLC and DNB Asset Management AS. Company insiders that have bought Dollar General stock in the last two years include Patricia Filikrushel and Timothy I Mcguire. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of DG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $158.12.

Dollar General has a market capitalization of $40.26 billion and generates $25.63 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.59 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.97 on an earnings per share basis. Dollar General employs 135,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Dollar General.

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.