Dollar General - DG Stock Forecast, Price & News

14 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Dollar General in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings, 10 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" DG shares.
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14 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Dollar General's shares. Their DG share price forecasts range from $210.00 to $296.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $269.85 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.5% from the stock's current price.
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Dollar General's stock was trading at $235.83 at the beginning of the year. Since then, DG stock has increased by 1.7% and is now trading at $239.86.
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Dollar General saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,240,000 shares, an increase of 12.5% from the August 31st total of 3,770,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,630,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.6 days. Currently, 1.9% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, December 1st 2022.
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Dollar General Co. (NYSE:DG) posted its earnings results on Thursday, August, 25th. The company reported $2.98 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.93 by $0.05. The company earned $9.43 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.40 billion. Dollar General had a net margin of 6.55% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 37.64%. Dollar General's revenue was up 9.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $2.69 earnings per share.
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Dollar General declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 23rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, October 4th will be given a dividend of $0.55 per share on Tuesday, October 18th. This represents a $2.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.92%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, October 3rd.
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Dollar General (NYSE:DG) pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.92%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 6 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 21.91%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, DG will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.36% 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 has initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, December 2nd 2021, which permits the company to buyback $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 3.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Dollar General issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Tuesday, September, 20th. The company provided EPS guidance of $11.39-$11.59 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $11.56. The company issued revenue guidance of $37.98 billion-$37.98 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $37.69 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."

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One share of DG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $239.86.

Dollar General (NYSE:DG) has a market capitalization of $54.11 billion and generates $34.22 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $2.40 billion in net income (profit) each year or $10.04 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 163,000 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.