Dollar General Corp. (DG): Price and Financial Metrics

Dollar General Corp. (DG): $141.50

6.46 (+4.78%)

POWR Rating

Component Grades

Momentum

B

Stability

C

Sentiment

Quality

C

DG Price/Volume Stats

Current price $141.50 52-week high $228.63
Prev. close $135.04 52-week low $101.09
Day low $137.08 Volume 4,853,900
Day high $144.71 Avg. volume 2,293,164
50-day MA $133.33 Dividend yield 1.67%
200-day MA $145.90 Market Cap 31.06B

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DG POWR Grades

  • DG scores best on the Momentum dimension, with a Momentum rank ahead of 82.24% of US stocks.
  • DG's strongest trending metric is Growth; it's been moving down over the last 26 weeks.
  • DG's current lowest rank is in the Growth metric (where it is better than 3.92% of US stocks).

DG Stock Summary

  • DG has a higher market value than 91.63% of US stocks; more precisely, its current market capitalization is $28,815,599,505.
  • The capital turnover (annual revenue relative to shareholder's equity) for DG is 6.05 -- better than 93.1% of US stocks.
  • Of note is the ratio of DOLLAR GENERAL CORP's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 87.34% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
  • Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to DOLLAR GENERAL CORP are DLTR, CCEP, K, BLDR, and WBA.
  • DG's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit DOLLAR GENERAL CORP's official web site, go to www.dollargeneral.com.

DG Valuation Summary

  • DG's price/earnings ratio is 15.1; this is 27.75% lower than that of the median Consumer Defensive stock.
  • Over the past 172 months, DG's price/sales ratio has gone down 0.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for DG.

Stock Date P/S P/B P/E EV/EBIT
DG 2023-12-22 0.7 4.5 15.1 16.7
DG 2023-12-21 0.7 4.4 14.9 16.5
DG 2023-12-20 0.7 4.4 14.7 16.4
DG 2023-12-19 0.7 4.4 14.9 16.5
DG 2023-12-18 0.7 4.3 14.4 16.2
DG 2023-12-15 0.7 4.4 14.9 16.5

DG Growth Metrics

    Its year over year price growth rate is now at 8.68%.
  • The 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at -87.45%.
  • The 2 year revenue growth rate now stands at 16.88%.
DG's revenue has moved up $13,962,613,000 over the prior 67 months.

The table below shows DG's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date Revenue Operating Cash Flow Net Income to Common Stock
2022-09-30 36,293.4 1,887.282 2,354.287
2022-06-30 35,346.35 2,496.283 2,315.151
2022-03-31 34,570.84 2,612.336 2,274.14
2021-12-31 34,220.45 2,865.811 2,399.232
2021-09-30 33,983.53 2,719.335 2,444.542
2021-06-30 33,665.31 2,286.368 2,531.771

DG's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.
  • DG has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 65.35% of graded US stocks.
  • DG's asset turnover comes in at 1.311 -- ranking 102nd of 165 Retail stocks.
  • FL, GPS, and ZUMZ are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with DG.

The table below shows DG's key quality metrics over time.

Period Asset Turnover Gross Margin ROIC
2021-07-30 1.311 0.321 0.126
2021-04-30 1.307 0.323 0.136
2021-01-29 1.314 0.318 0.138
2020-10-30 1.304 0.316 0.136
2020-07-31 1.304 0.312 0.128
2020-05-01 1.286 0.307 0.112

DG Price Target

For more insight on analysts targets of DG, see our DG price target page. And for a list of of all stocks sorted by upside potential based on analyst target price, see our Top Price Target page.

Average Price Target $251.30 Average Broker Recommendation 1.45 (Moderate Buy)

Dollar General Corp. (DG) Company Bio


Dollar General Corporation is an American chain of variety stores headquartered in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. As of October 2021, Dollar General operates 18,000 stores in the continental United States. (Source:Wikipedia)  


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DG Price Returns

1-mo 7.02%
3-mo 15.27%
6-mo -9.84%
1-year -36.88%
3-year -27.28%
5-year 24.97%
YTD 4.54%
2023 -44.13%
2022 5.57%
2021 13.01%
2020 35.89%
2019 45.71%

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