Dollar General (NYSE:DG) Given Market Perform Rating at Telsey Advisory Group

Telsey Advisory Group reaffirmed their market perform rating on shares of Dollar General (NYSE:DG) in a research report sent to investors on Thursday morning,Benzinga reports. They currently have a $85.00 target price on the stock. Telsey Advisory Group also issued estimates for Dollar General’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.55 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $1.63 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also commented on the stock. UBS Group reduced their price objective on shares of Dollar General from $108.00 to $95.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, March 6th. BMO Capital Markets boosted their target price on shares of Dollar General from $80.00 to $84.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “hold” rating and set a $80.00 target price (down previously from $90.00) on shares of Dollar General in a research report on Monday, March 3rd. Bernstein Bank dropped their target price on shares of Dollar General from $98.00 to $94.00 in a research report on Friday, November 15th. Finally, Truist Financial dropped their target price on shares of Dollar General from $94.00 to $83.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, December 6th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, fifteen have issued a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $95.09.

Dollar General Trading Up 6.9 %

NYSE:DG opened at $80.03 on Thursday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $73.61 and its 200-day moving average is $78.70. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a quick ratio of 0.15 and a current ratio of 1.15. Dollar General has a 52 week low of $66.43 and a 52 week high of $168.07. The firm has a market cap of $17.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.18, a P/E/G ratio of 2.18 and a beta of 0.44.

Dollar General (NYSE:DG) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 13th. The company reported $1.68 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.51 by $0.17. Dollar General had a net margin of 3.33% and a return on equity of 18.85%. The company had revenue of $10.30 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.26 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.83 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 4.5% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts expect that Dollar General will post 5.75 earnings per share for the current year.

Dollar General Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 22nd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 8th will be issued a $0.59 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, April 8th. This represents a $2.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.95%. Dollar General’s dividend payout ratio is currently 38.88%.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Michael M. Calbert sold 6,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $75.27, for a total value of $451,620.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 120,322 shares in the company, valued at $9,056,636.94. This represents a 4.75 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.49% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of Dollar General

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in DG. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. bought a new position in Dollar General during the fourth quarter valued at about $57,000. Eagle Rock Investment Company LLC grew its position in Dollar General by 16.3% during the fourth quarter. Eagle Rock Investment Company LLC now owns 28,827 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,186,000 after buying an additional 4,048 shares during the period. Leibman Financial Services Inc. bought a new position in Dollar General during the fourth quarter valued at about $2,018,000. Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its position in Dollar General by 62.9% during the third quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 166,574 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,087,000 after buying an additional 64,336 shares during the period. Finally, DAVENPORT & Co LLC grew its position in Dollar General by 5,624.9% during the fourth quarter. DAVENPORT & Co LLC now owns 321,623 shares of the company’s stock valued at $24,385,000 after buying an additional 316,005 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 91.77% of the company’s stock.

About Dollar General

Dollar General Corporation, a discount retailer, provides various merchandise products in the southern, southwestern, midwestern, and eastern United States. It offers consumable products, including paper and cleaning products, such as paper towels, bath tissues, paper dinnerware, trash and storage bags, disinfectants, and laundry products; packaged food comprising cereals, pasta, canned soups, fruits and vegetables, condiments, spices, sugar, and flour; and perishables that include milk, eggs, bread, refrigerated and frozen food, beer, and wine.