Dollar General Stock Forecast, Price & News

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Dollar General in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings, 16 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Dollar General stock.
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Dollar General is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, December 2nd 2021.
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Dollar General Co. (NYSE:DG) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August, 25th. The company reported $2.69 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.59 by $0.10. The firm had revenue of $8.65 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.59 billion. Dollar General had a net margin of 7.52% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 38.90%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down .4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $3.12 EPS.
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Dollar General's stock was trading at $157.63 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, DG stock has increased by 40.7% and is now trading at $221.79.
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Dollar General declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 26th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, October 5th will be given a dividend of $0.42 per share on Tuesday, October 19th. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.76%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, October 4th.
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Dollar General pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.76%. The dividend payout ratio of Dollar General is 15.82%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Dollar General will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.03% next year. This indicates that Dollar General will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Dollar General declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Thursday, March 18th 2021, which permits the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 4.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Dollar General issued an update on its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Thursday, September, 16th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $9.600-$10.200 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $10.220. The company issued revenue guidance of $33.92 billion-$34.25 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $34.11 billion.

20 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Dollar General's stock. Their forecasts range from $190.00 to $270.00. On average, they anticipate Dollar General's share price to reach $243.90 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.0% from the stock's current price.
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2,238 employees have rated Dollar General CEO Todd Vasos on Glassdoor.com. Todd Vasos has an approval rating of 48% among Dollar General'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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (7.74%), BlackRock Inc. (7.39%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (7.10%), State Street Corp (4.22%), FMR LLC (2.63%) and Capital International Investors (2.27%). Company insiders that own Dollar General stock include Anita C Elliott, Carman R Wenkoff, John W Garratt, Michael J Kindy, Rhonda Taylor, Steven G Sunderland and Todd J Vasos.
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DG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., Alliancebernstein L.P., Royal Bank of Canada, State Street Corp, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA. Company insiders that have sold Dollar General company stock in the last year include Anita C Elliott, Carman R Wenkoff, and John W Garratt.
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DG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Macquarie Group Ltd., FMR LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Amundi, Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt, Capital International Investors, and Natixis.
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Shares of DG 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 $221.79.

Dollar General has a market capitalization of $51.75 billion and generates $33.75 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $2.66 billion in net income (profit) each year or $10.62 on an earnings per share basis.

Dollar General employs 158,000 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Dollar General: Ashley River Insurance Company Inc., DC Financial LLC, DG Distribution GA LLC, DG Distribution IN LLC (f/k/a DG Distribution II LLC), DG Distribution Midwest LLC, DG Distribution NC LLC, DG Distribution Northeast LLC, DG Distribution PA LLC (f/k/a DG Distribution LLC), DG Distribution Southeast LLC, DG Distribution of Texas LLC (f/k/a DG Strategic VIII LLC), DG Fresh Distribution AL LLC, DG Fresh Distribution FL LLC, DG Fresh Distribution MO LLC, DG Fresh Distribution OH LLC, DG Fresh Distribution OK LLC, DG Fresh Distribution TX LLC, DG Logistics LLC, DG Louisiana LLC, DG Product Services LLC, DG Promotions Inc. (f/k/a Nations Title Company Inc.), DG Retail LLC, DG Strategic I LLC, DG Strategic II LLC, DG Strategic VI LLC, DG Strategic VII LLC, DG Transportation Inc., DG eCommerce LLC (f/k/a Strategic V LLC), DGC Holdings LLC, Dolgen California LLC (f/k/a DG Strategic IV LLC), Dolgen I Inc., Dolgen II Inc., Dolgen III Inc., Dolgen Midwest LLC (f/k/a DG Strategic III LLC), Dolgen NW LLC, Dolgen New York LLC, Dolgen Rhode Island LLC, Dolgen V, Dolgencorp LLC (f/k/a Dolgencorp Inc.), Dolgencorp of Texas Inc., Dollar General Global Sourcing (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd., Dollar General Global Sourcing Holdings Limited, Dollar General Global Sourcing Limited, Dollar General I (HK) Limited, Dollar General II (HK) Limited, Dollar General Literacy Foundation, Dollar General Partners, JPI LLC, Retail Property Investments LLC, Retail Risk Solutions LLC, Ridge 2021 LLC, South Boston FF&E LLC, South Boston Holdings Inc., and Sun-Dollar L.P..

Dollar General was founded in 1939.

The official website for Dollar General is www.dollargeneral.com.

Dollar General is headquartered at 100 MISSION RIDGE, GOODLETTSVILLE TN, 37072.

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