A new trading day began on Monday, with Dollar General Corp (NYSE: DG) stock price up 1.59% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $75.88. DG’s price has ranged from $73.51 to $168.07 over the past 52 weeks.
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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Consumer Defensive sector saw sales topped by 8.83%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged -22.73%. With a float of $219.23 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $219.66 million.
The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 185800 workers is very important to gauge. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 28.52%, operating margin of 5.32%, and the pretax margin is 4.56%.
Dollar General Corp (DG) Insider Updates
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Discount Stores Industry. The insider ownership of Dollar General Corp is 0.31%, while institutional ownership is 88.72%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Sep 18 ’24, was worth 174,195. In this transaction EVP, Store Ops & Development of this company sold 2,010 shares at a rate of $86.66, taking the stock ownership to the 2,887 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Sep 18 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 2,010 for $86.66, making the entire transaction worth $174,195.
Dollar General Corp (DG) Performance Highlights and Predictions
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -22.73% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will plunge by -1.24% 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
Here are Dollar General Corp’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 0.24. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.42. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 9.88.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 6.44, a number that is poised to hit 0.94 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 6.16 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Dollar General Corp (DG)
The latest stats from [Dollar General Corp, DG] show that its last 5-days average volume of 3.76 million was superior to 3.2 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 36.59%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.26.
During the past 100 days, Dollar General Corp’s (DG) raw stochastic average was set at 5.78%, which indicates a significant decrease from 32.90% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 30.02% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 66.68% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $81.77, while its 200-day Moving Average is $121.02. Now, the first resistance to watch is $78.57. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $80.04. The third major resistance level sits at $81.39. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $75.75, it is likely to go to the next support level at $74.40. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $72.93.
Dollar General Corp (NYSE: DG) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 16.70 billion, the company has a total of 219,915K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 38,692 M while annual income is 1,661 M. The company’s previous quarter sales were 10,210 M while its latest quarter income was 374,190 K.
