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

Dollar General declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback 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 typically a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Dollar General Corp. (NYSE:DG) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December, 5th. The company reported $1.42 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.38 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $6.99 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.89 billion. Dollar General had a return on equity of 25.53% and a net margin of 6.09%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 8.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.26 earnings per share. 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 updated 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 earnings per share estimate of $6.61.

22 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Dollar General's stock. Their forecasts range from $95.00 to $184.00. On average, they anticipate Dollar General's share price to reach $162.90 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.1% 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 been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Dollar General earned a media sentiment score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Dollar General.

Dollar General saw a increase in short interest in 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 trading volume, of 1,880,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.0 days. Currently, 1.5% of the company's shares are sold short. 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), Visa (V), Walmart (WMT), Home Depot (HD), Intel (INTC), Netflix (NFLX), AT&T (T) and UnitedHealth Group (UNH).

Dollar General's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Scout Investments Inc. (0.21%), Hexavest Inc. (0.15%), PGGM Investments (0.13%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.12%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.11%) and Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.10%). 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, Hexavest Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Fenimore Asset Management Inc., Scout Investments Inc., Manning & Napier Group LLC, First National Bank of Omaha and Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Tandem Investment Advisors Inc., IFP Advisors Inc, Park National Corp OH, Camelot Portfolios LLC, NewSquare Capital LLC, DNB Asset Management AS and AE Wealth Management LLC. 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 $157.99.

Dollar General has a market capitalization of $40.22 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.