Dollar General Corp (DG) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $93.81, with 3.69 million shares of worth about $346.35 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 15.63% during that period and on April 24, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -1.70%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 219.94M shares, out of which, 219.07M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 4.98% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 13.60%. Year-to-date (YTD), DG shares are showing a performance of 23.73% which decreased to -34.33% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $66.43 but also hit the highest price of $147.87 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Dollar General Corp shares is 4.34 million. The stock is currently trading 3.59% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 13.16% for SMA50 and it goes to 7.17% higher than SMA200.
Dollar General Corp (NYSE: DG) currently have 219.94M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 95.19% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $20.63B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.24. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 18.34, while it has posted earnings per share of $5.11 in the same period. Its PEG reads 3.31 and has Quick Ratio of 0.21 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 2.36. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for DG, volatility over the week remained 3.52% while standing at 4.19% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to drop by -6.20% while it is estimated to increase by 10.59% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 5.55% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of -5.08% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Coverage by Melius stated Dollar General Corp (DG) stock as a Buy in their note to investors on April 08, 2025, suggesting a price target of $110 for the stock. On April 07, 2025, Citigroup Upgrade their recommendations, while on March 06, 2025, Telsey Advisory Group Reiterated their ratings for the stock with a price target of $85. Stock get a Hold rating from Deutsche Bank on March 03, 2025.
