Dollar General Corp (DG) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $92.99, with 3.88 million shares of worth about $361.22 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 21.89% during that period and on May 15, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 6.03%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 219.94M shares, out of which, 219.18M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 1.11% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 5.16%. Year-to-date (YTD), DG shares are showing a performance of 22.65% which decreased to -32.58% 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 4.51 million. The stock is currently trading 0.64% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 5.74% for SMA50 and it goes to 9.25% higher than SMA200.
Dollar General Corp (NYSE: DG) currently have 219.94M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 94.83% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $20.45B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.23. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 18.18, while it has posted earnings per share of $5.11 in the same period. Its PEG reads 3.23 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 3.77% while standing at 3.01% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to drop by -5.70% while it is estimated to increase by 10.47% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 5.63% 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.
