How did Dollar General Corp (DG) surprise investors with its report?

Dollar General Corp [DG] stock is trading at $95.61, up 2.73%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The DG shares have gain 7.38% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 17.07%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Dollar General Corp [NYSE: DG] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 09, 2025, when Gordon Haskett downgraded its rating to a Reduce. Previously, Melius upgraded its rating to Buy on April 08, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $110. On April 07, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Neutral but maintained its price target of $101 on the stock. Telsey Advisory Group reiterated its Market Perform rating and decreased its price target to $85 on March 06, 2025. Deutsche Bank downgraded its rating to a Hold but $80 remained the price target by the analyst firm on March 03, 2025. BofA Securities upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on December 06, 2024, but kept the price target unchanged to $95. In a note dated December 06, 2024, Telsey Advisory Group reiterated an Market Perform rating on this stock and revised its target price from $90 to $88.

Dollar General Corp [DG] stock has fluctuated between $66.43 and $147.87 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $81.67 within the next 12 months. Dollar General Corp [NYSE: DG] shares were valued at $95.61 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -14.58% based on the average DG price forecast.

Analyzing the DG fundamentals

Dollar General Corp [NYSE:DG] reported sales of 40.61B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 4.52%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.29% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.04%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.04%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.03%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.04, Equity is 0.16 and Total Capital is 0.07. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of2.36.

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 93.86 points at the first support level, and at 92.12 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 96.65, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 97.70.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Dollar General Corp’s Current Ratio is 1.19. As well, the Quick Ratio is 0.21, while the Cash Ratio is 0.14. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.52, the price to book ratio is 2.84 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 18.70.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved TAYLOR EMILY C, EVP & Chief Merchandising Ofc, that happened on Apr 04 ’25 when 809.0 shares were sold. Officer, EMILY TAYLOR &MICHAEL W TAYLOR completed a deal on Apr 04 ’25 to buy 809.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director CALBERT MICHAEL M sold 6000.0 shares on Dec 31 ’24.

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