Dollar General Corporation Company Profile (NYSE:DG)

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

Dollar General Corporation declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 31st. Investors of record on Tuesday, October 10th will be given a dividend of $0.26 per share on Tuesday, October 24th. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.34%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 6th. View Dollar General Corporation's Dividend History.

Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 31st. The company reported $1.10 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.09 by $0.01. The company earned $5.83 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.80 billion. Dollar General Corporation had a return on equity of 22.67% and a net margin of 5.38%. The company's revenue was up 8.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.08 EPS. View Dollar General Corporation's Earnings History.

Dollar General Corporation is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, December, 7th 2017. View Earnings Estimates for Dollar General Corporation.

18 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Dollar General Corporation's stock. Their predictions range from $62.00 to $90.00. On average, they expect Dollar General Corporation's share price to reach $79.24 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Dollar General Corporation.

Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Dollar General Corporation stock:

• 1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Dollar General remains committed toward better price management, merchandise initiatives and cost containment.  The company’s recent deal to acquire 322 stores from a small multi-price point retailer is also encouraging. We believe that the company’s strategic endeavors have helped it to deliver better-than-expected results for the second straight quarter, as it posted first-quarter fiscal 2017 financial numbers. Upbeat performance and the news of recent store buyout deal, prompted management to raise its sales outlook. As a result the stock has outperformed the industry in the past six months. Meanwhile, Trump’s suggestion of reducing food stamps program by $193 billion, which is nearly 25% of the budget for the program, will have a detrimental effect. Cut in SNAP benefit will hamper the company’s performance as people with low income will have less money to spend and could restrict their spending to low margin products." (8/29/2017)
• 2. Jefferies Group LLC analysts commented, "Shares ended up despite the downward guidance as investors took comfort in mgmt. comments on pricing. GM% was better than expected and mgmt. noted it was in a solid price position. The underlying message is that competition has eased up for now. We highlighted this in our Jan. note as we saw WMT avg. basket pricing increase in several markets (dollar store price survey) as its price investments were more significant in our grocery studies." (3/17/2017)

Dollar General Corporation saw a decline in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 16,997,503 shares, a decline of 14.1% from the August 15th total of 19,792,932 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,743,766 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.5 days. Currently, 6.2% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Some companies that are related to Dollar General Corporation include Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV (WMMVY), eBay (EBAY), Target Corporation (TGT), Yum! Brands (YUM), Ross Stores (ROST), Expedia (EXPE), Tesco PLC (TSCDY), Dollar Tree (DLTR), O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY), Kroger Company (The) (KR), Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AHONY), Best Buy Co. (BBY), AutoZone (AZO), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), CarMax (KMX), Ulta Beauty (ULTA), Fastenal Company (FAST) and MercadoLibre (MELI).

Dollar General Corporation's management team includes the folowing people:

• Todd J. Vasos, Chief Executive Officer, Director
• John W. Garratt, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
• Carman Wenkoff, Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer
• Rhonda M. Taylor, Executive Vice President, General Counsel
• Jeffery C. Owen, Executive Vice President - Store Operations
• Robert D. Ravener Jr., Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer
• Jason S. Reiser, Executive Vice President and Chief Merchandising Officer
• Anita C. Elliott, Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, Controller
• Michael J. Kindy, Senior Vice President - Global Supply Chain
• Michael M. Calbert, Non-Executive Independent Chairman of the Board

Dollar General Corporation's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.66%), Vanguard Group Inc. (6.42%), State Street Corp (4.00%), Longview Partners Guernsey LTD (2.92%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.85%) and Fiduciary Management Inc. WI (2.74%). Company insiders that own Dollar General Corporation stock include Anita C Elliott, John W Flanigan, Michael M Calbert, Rhonda Taylor, Robert D Ravener and William C Rhodes III. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Dollar General Corporation.

Dollar General Corporation's stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P., FIL Ltd, BlackRock Inc., Westpac Banking Corp, Capital Guardian Trust Co., Fiduciary Management Inc. WI, Nordea Investment Management AB and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for Dollar General Corporation.

Dollar General Corporation's stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Longview Partners Guernsey LTD, Ameriprise Financial Inc., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, FMR LLC, BT Investment Management Ltd, Pioneer Investment Management Inc. and Atlanta Capital Management Co. L L C. Company insiders that have bought Dollar General Corporation stock in the last two years include Michael M Calbert and William C Rhodes III. View Insider Buying and Selling for Dollar General Corporation.

Shares of Dollar General Corporation can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of Dollar General Corporation stock can currently be purchased for approximately $77.66.