Dollar General (NYSE:DG) Announces Earnings Results

Dollar General (NYSE:DG - Get Free Report) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The company reported $1.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.51 by $0.17, Zacks reports. Dollar General had a net margin of 3.33% and a return on equity of 18.85%. The company had revenue of $10.30 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $10.26 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.83 earnings per share. The business's quarterly revenue was up 4.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Dollar General updated its FY 2025 guidance to 5.100-5.800 EPS and its FY26 guidance to $5.10-5.80 EPS.

Dollar General Price Performance

Shares of DG stock opened at $80.03 on Friday. Dollar General has a 52-week low of $66.43 and a 52-week high of $168.07. The stock has a market cap of $17.60 billion, a PE ratio of 13.18, a PEG ratio of 2.18 and a beta of 0.44. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a quick ratio of 0.15 and a current ratio of 1.15. The firm's 50 day moving average price is $73.61 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $78.70.

Dollar General Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 22nd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 8th will be paid a $0.59 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 8th. This represents a $2.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.95%. Dollar General's payout ratio is presently 38.88%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Dollar General

In other Dollar General news, Director Michael M. Calbert sold 6,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $75.27, for a total value of $451,620.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 120,322 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,056,636.94. This trade represents a 4.75 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Insiders own 0.49% of the company's stock.

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Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently commented on DG. Barclays cut their price objective on shares of Dollar General from $102.00 to $100.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, January 9th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a "hold" rating and set a $80.00 price objective (down previously from $90.00) on shares of Dollar General in a research report on Monday, March 3rd. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price target on shares of Dollar General from $90.00 to $80.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. Bernstein Bank dropped their price target on shares of Dollar General from $98.00 to $94.00 in a research report on Friday, November 15th. Finally, Citigroup dropped their price target on shares of Dollar General from $73.00 to $69.00 and set a "sell" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, March 7th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, fifteen have given a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $95.09.

About Dollar General

Dollar General Corporation, a discount retailer, provides various merchandise products in the southern, southwestern, midwestern, and eastern United States. It offers consumable products, including paper and cleaning products, such as paper towels, bath tissues, paper dinnerware, trash and storage bags, disinfectants, and laundry products; packaged food comprising cereals, pasta, canned soups, fruits and vegetables, condiments, spices, sugar, and flour; and perishables that include milk, eggs, bread, refrigerated and frozen food, beer, and wine.