Dollar General Corp. (NYSE: DG) kicked off on Monday, down -1.36% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $144.82. Over the past 52 weeks, DG has traded in a range of $101.09-$222.99.
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A company in the Consumer Defensive sector has jumped its sales by 8.83% annually for the last half of the decade. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded -3.91%. With a float of $218.95 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $219.66 million.
In an organization with 185800 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency.
Dollar General Corp. (DG) Insider Updates
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Discount Stores Industry. The insider ownership of Dollar General Corp. is 0.33%, while institutional ownership is 93.26%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Apr 11 ’24, was worth 468,567. In this transaction Director of this company sold 3,009 shares at a rate of $155.72, taking the stock ownership to the 3,248 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Apr 04 ’24, when Company’s EVP & Chief Information Ofc sold 5,909 for $162.23, making the entire transaction worth $958,616. This insider now owns 28,579 shares in total.
Dollar General Corp. (DG) Performance Highlights and Predictions
In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 1/31/2024, the organization reported $1.83 earnings per share (EPS), higher than consensus estimate (set at $1.75) by $0.08. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.95 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -3.91% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will plunge by -0.55% during the next five years compared to 4.82% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Dollar General Corp. (NYSE: DG) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Dollar General Corp.’s (DG) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 0.15. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.81. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 45.37.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 7.55, a number that is poised to hit 1.58 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 8.21 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Dollar General Corp. (DG)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 1.83 million. That was inferior than the volume of 2.36 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 10.56%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 3.97.
During the past 100 days, Dollar General Corp.’s (DG) raw stochastic average was set at 44.66%, which indicates a significant increase from 1.46% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 25.88% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 31.37% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $149.24, while its 200-day Moving Average is $138.10. However, in the short run, Dollar General Corp.’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $144.25. Second resistance stands at $145.65. The third major resistance level sits at $146.50. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $141.99, it is likely to go to the next support level at $141.14. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $139.74.
Dollar General Corp. (NYSE: DG) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 31.38 billion has total of 219,670K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 38,692 M in contrast with the sum of 1,661 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 9,859 M and last quarter income was 401,810 K.
