Dollar General Corp (NYSE: DG) kicked off on Friday, down -1.89% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $78.42. Over the past 52 weeks, DG has traded in a range of $72.12-$168.07.
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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 -23.94%. With a float of $219.24 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $219.93 million.
In an organization with 185800 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 28.48%, operating margin of 4.98%, and the pretax margin is 4.27%.
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 0.31%, while institutional ownership is 88.68%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 13 ’24, was worth 367,061. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 10 ’24, when Company’s EVP & Chief People Officer sold 3,583 for $82.68, making the entire transaction worth $296,241. This insider now owns 14,132 shares in total.
Dollar General Corp (DG) Performance Highlights and Predictions
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -23.94% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will plunge by -3.83% 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 0.41. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 10.07.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 6.07, a number that is poised to hit 1.50 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 5.92 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 3.32 million. That was better than the volume of 3.29 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 32.38%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.68.
During the past 100 days, Dollar General Corp’s (DG) raw stochastic average was set at 8.79%, which indicates a significant decrease from 25.97% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 29.44% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 66.74% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $79.30, while its 200-day Moving Average is $115.57. However, in the short run, Dollar General Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $78.54. Second resistance stands at $80.13. The third major resistance level sits at $81.60. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $75.48, it is likely to go to the next support level at $74.01. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $72.42.
Dollar General Corp (NYSE: DG) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 16.60 billion has total of 219,926K 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 10,183 M and last quarter income was 196,530 K.
