Dollar General Corp (DG) 20 Days SMA touches 1.34%: The odds favor the bear

Dollar General Corp (NYSE: DG) kicked off on Tuesday, down -2.08% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $90.31. Over the past 52 weeks, DG has traded in a range of $66.43-$150.40.

During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Consumer Defensive Sector giant was 8.16%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded -6.20%. 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

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 0.40%, while institutional ownership is 95.02%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Apr 04 ’25, was worth 76,627. In this transaction EVP & Chief Merchandising Ofc of this company sold 809 shares at a rate of $94.72, taking the stock ownership to the 48,532 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Apr 04 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 809 for $94.72, making the entire transaction worth $76,627.

Dollar General Corp (DG) Earnings and Forecasts

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.58 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -6.20% 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

Take a look at Dollar General Corp’s (DG) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had 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 11.53.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 5.11, a number that is poised to hit 1.46 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 6.14 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 5.24 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 4.3 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 34.68%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 3.62.

During the past 100 days, Dollar General Corp’s (DG) raw stochastic average was set at 70.02%, which indicates a significant increase from 28.37% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 40.19% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 36.24% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $80.38, while its 200-day Moving Average is $88.59. However, in the short run, Dollar General Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $89.83. Second resistance stands at $91.22. The third major resistance level sits at $91.98. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $87.67, it is likely to go to the next support level at $86.91. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $85.52.

Dollar General Corp (NYSE: DG) Key Stats

The company with the Market Capitalisation of 19.45 billion has total of 219,947K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 40,612 M in contrast with the sum of 1,125 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 10,305 M and last quarter income was 191,220 K.