Dollar General - DG Stock Forecast, Price & News

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Dollar General in the last twelve months. There are currently 6 hold ratings, 8 buy ratings and 2 strong buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" DG shares.
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16 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Dollar General's shares. Their DG share price forecasts range from $214.00 to $296.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $248.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.2% 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 14.5% and is now trading at $210.46.
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Dollar General saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 4,660,000 shares, an increase of 16.8% from the February 13th total of 3,990,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,010,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days. Approximately 2.1% 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, May 25th 2023.
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Dollar General Co. (NYSE:DG) released its earnings results on Thursday, March, 16th. The company reported $2.96 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.94 by $0.02. The firm earned $10.20 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $10.24 billion. Dollar General had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 40.63% and a net margin of 6.38%. Dollar General's quarterly revenue was up 17.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $2.57 EPS.
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Dollar General declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 16th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.59 per share on Tuesday, April 25th. This represents a $2.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.12%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, April 10th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.55.
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Dollar General (NYSE:DG) pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.06%. 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 20.60%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, DG will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.68% 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 repurchase plan on Thursday, December 2nd 2021, which permits the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 3.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Dollar General updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, March, 16th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $11.11-$11.32 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $11.43. The company issued revenue guidance of $39.93 billion-$40.12 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $40.07 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 $210.46.

Dollar General (NYSE:DG) has a market capitalization of $46.11 billion and generates $37.84 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $2.42 billion in net income (profit) each year or $10.68 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.