Dollar General Corp (NYSE: DG) kicked off on Friday, down -0.17% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $72.61. Over the past 52 weeks, DG has traded in a range of $66.43-$168.07.
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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Consumer Defensive sector was 8.96%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded -23.92%. With a float of $219.30 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $219.93 million.
Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 185800 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. 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 Activity
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 0.29%, while institutional ownership is 91.86%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 31 ’24, was worth 451,610. In this transaction Director of this company sold 6,000 shares at a rate of $75.27, taking the stock ownership to the 0 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 31 ’24, when Company’s Director proposed sale 6,000 for $75.19, making the entire transaction worth $451,140.
Dollar General Corp (DG) Earnings and Forecasts
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.68 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -23.92% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will plunge by -5.04% 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 0.40. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 9.67.
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 5.90 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Dollar General Corp (DG)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 3.48 million, its volume of 3.1 million showed lagged in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 72.81%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.13.
During the past 100 days, Dollar General Corp’s (DG) raw stochastic average was set at 27.96%, which indicates a significant decrease from 70.98% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 25.84% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 27.37% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $74.58, while its 200-day Moving Average is $101.15. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $73.41 in the near term. At $74.33, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $75.18. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $71.64, it is likely to go to the next support level at $70.79. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $69.87.
Dollar General Corp (NYSE: DG) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 15.94 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.
