Dollar General Corp. [DG] stock is trading at $121.59, down -0.41%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The DG shares have gain 4.07% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -1.37%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
Dollar General Corp. [NYSE: DG] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on May 31, 2024, when Telsey Advisory Group reiterated its Outperform rating and also revised its price target to $168 from $170. Previously, Telsey Advisory Group upgraded its rating to Outperform on March 15, 2024, and kept the price target unchanged to $170. On March 12, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Neutral and revised its price target to $158 on the stock. Telsey Advisory Group reiterated its Market Perform rating and increased its price target to $155 on March 11, 2024. Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to a Overweight and raised its price target to $160 on January 16, 2024. Barclays upgraded its rating to Overweight for this stock on January 04, 2024, and upped its price target to $154. In a note dated October 16, 2023, HSBC Securities upgraded an Hold rating on this stock but restated the target price of $102.
Dollar General Corp. [DG] stock has fluctuated between $101.09 and $168.07 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $182.75 within the next 12 months. Dollar General Corp. [NYSE: DG] shares were valued at $121.59 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 50.3% based on the average DG price forecast.
Analyzing the DG fundamentals
Dollar General Corp. [NYSE:DG] reported sales of 39.26B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 6.11%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.29% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.06%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.05%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.04%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.05, Equity is 0.23 and Total Capital is 0.09. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of1.2.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 120.62 points at the first support level, and at 119.64 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 122.91, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 124.22.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Dollar General Corp.’s Current Ratio is 1.22. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.18, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.11. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.68, the price to book ratio is 3.82 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 17.71.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Santana Ralph, Director, that happened on Apr 11 ’24 when 3009.0 shares were sold. EVP & Chief Information Ofc, Wenkoff Carman R completed a deal on Apr 04 ’24 to sell 5909.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director BRYANT WARREN F bought 850.0 shares on Dec 15 ’23.
