Research Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Changes for Dollar General (DG)

Several brokerages have updated their recommendations and price targets on shares of Dollar General (NYSE: DG) in the last few weeks:

• 3/14/2025 – Dollar General had its price target raised by analysts at Piper Sandler from $79.00 to $81.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 3/14/2025 – Dollar General had its price target lowered by analysts at Bank of America Co. from $95.00 to $90.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 3/13/2025 – Dollar General had its “market perform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Telsey Advisory Group. They now have a $85.00 price target on the stock.
• 3/7/2025 – Dollar General had its price target lowered by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $73.00 to $69.00. They now have a “sell” rating on the stock.
• 3/6/2025 – Dollar General had its price target lowered by analysts at Telsey Advisory Group from $88.00 to $85.00. They now have a “market perform” rating on the stock.
• 3/6/2025 – Dollar General had its price target lowered by analysts at UBS Group AG from $108.00 to $95.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 3/3/2025 – Dollar General had its “hold” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft. They now have a $80.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $90.00.
• 1/28/2025 – Dollar General was downgraded by analysts at Gordon Haskett from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 1/23/2025 – Dollar General had its price target lowered by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from $104.00 to $93.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/21/2025 – Dollar General had its price target lowered by analysts at Morgan Stanley from $100.00 to $80.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.

Dollar General Stock Down 1.0 %

Shares of NYSE DG opened at $79.15 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 1.15 and a quick ratio of 0.15. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $73.69 and its two-hundred day moving average is $77.74. Dollar General Co. has a 12-month low of $66.43 and a 12-month high of $164.12. The company has a market capitalization of $17.41 billion, a PE ratio of 13.04, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.18 and a beta of 0.44.

Dollar General (NYSE:DG) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March 13th. The company reported $1.68 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.51 by $0.17. The company had revenue of $10.30 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $10.26 billion. Dollar General had a return on equity of 18.85% and a net margin of 3.33%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.83 earnings per share. Equities analysts anticipate that Dollar General Co. will post 5.75 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Dollar General Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 22nd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 8th will be given a $0.59 dividend. This represents a $2.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.98%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 8th. Dollar General’s dividend payout ratio is currently 46.18%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Michael M. Calbert sold 6,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $75.27, for a total value of $451,620.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 120,322 shares in the company, valued at $9,056,636.94. This trade represents a 4.75 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. 0.49% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Dollar General

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. GSA Capital Partners LLP acquired a new stake in shares of Dollar General in the third quarter valued at about $212,000. Victory Capital Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of Dollar General by 62.9% during the third quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 166,574 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,087,000 after purchasing an additional 64,336 shares in the last quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Dollar General by 13.7% in the third quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. now owns 3,114 shares of the company’s stock valued at $263,000 after purchasing an additional 376 shares during the period. KBC Group NV grew its holdings in Dollar General by 2.0% during the 3rd quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 34,376 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,907,000 after purchasing an additional 660 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Curi RMB Capital LLC purchased a new stake in Dollar General during the 3rd quarter worth $328,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.77% of the company’s stock.

Dollar General Corporation, a discount retailer, provides various merchandise products in the southern, southwestern, midwestern, and eastern United States. It offers consumable products, including paper and cleaning products, such as paper towels, bath tissues, paper dinnerware, trash and storage bags, disinfectants, and laundry products; packaged food comprising cereals, pasta, canned soups, fruits and vegetables, condiments, spices, sugar, and flour; and perishables that include milk, eggs, bread, refrigerated and frozen food, beer, and wine.