A look at Dollar General Corp’s (DG) recent performance gives investors their first glimpse of hope.

On Monday, Dollar General Corp (NYSE: DG) opened higher 2.13% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $86.10. Price fluctuations for DG have ranged from $66.43 to $164.12 over the past 52 weeks.

During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Consumer Defensive Sector giant was 8.16%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted -6.56% at the time writing. With a float of $219.07 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $219.94 million.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 194200 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 29.02%, operating margin of 4.22%, and the pretax margin is 3.55%.

Dollar General Corp (DG) Insider Activity

A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Discount Stores industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Dollar General Corp is 0.40%, while institutional ownership is 94.78%. 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 1.57 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -6.56% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 5.55% during the next five years compared to -5.08% drop over the previous five years of trading.

Dollar General Corp (NYSE: DG) Trading Performance Indicators

Check out the current performance indicators for Dollar General Corp (DG). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.21. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.48. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 11.47.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 5.11, a number that is poised to hit 1.45 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 6.10 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Dollar General Corp (DG)

Looking closely at Dollar General Corp (NYSE: DG), its last 5-days average volume was 4.66 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 3.89 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 89.84%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 3.06.

During the past 100 days, Dollar General Corp’s (DG) raw stochastic average was set at 97.42%, which indicates a significant increase from 95.88% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 41.73% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 35.24% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $76.41, while its 200-day Moving Average is $90.68. However, in the short run, Dollar General Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $89.15. Second resistance stands at $90.38. The third major resistance level sits at $92.25. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $86.05, it is likely to go to the next support level at $84.18. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $82.95.

Dollar General Corp (NYSE: DG) Key Stats

There are currently 219,947K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 19.34 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 40,612 M according to its annual income of 1,125 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 10,305 M and its income totaled 191,220 K.