Two Sigma Securities LLC Buys Shares of 3,978 Dollar General Corporation $DG

Two Sigma Securities LLC purchased a new position in shares of Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) during the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 3,978 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $458,000.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in DG. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in Dollar General by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 11,017,002 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,462,727,000 after buying an additional 53,624 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley lifted its position in shares of Dollar General by 35.0% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 6,270,333 shares of the company’s stock valued at $832,513,000 after acquiring an additional 1,624,748 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Dollar General by 0.8% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 5,707,809 shares of the company’s stock worth $754,857,000 after acquiring an additional 42,936 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Dollar General by 47.9% in the 4th quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 3,734,500 shares of the company’s stock worth $495,830,000 after acquiring an additional 1,208,892 shares during the period. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership increased its stake in Dollar General by 6.2% in the 1st quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 2,868,239 shares of the company’s stock valued at $340,546,000 after purchasing an additional 167,546 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 91.77% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

DG has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Freedom Capital downgraded Dollar General from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $160.00 price objective on shares of Dollar General in a research report on Friday, August 28th. Daiwa Securities Group lowered their price objective on shares of Dollar General from $136.00 to $111.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, June 4th. Evercore cut their price objective on Dollar General from $145.00 to $140.00 in a research report on Wednesday, June 3rd. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on Dollar General from $132.00 to $145.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, August 28th. Ten investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eighteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Dollar General has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $134.65.

Dollar General Stock Performance

Shares of DG opened at $130.91 on Thursday. Dollar General Corporation has a 1 year low of $95.11 and a 1 year high of $158.23. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $122.27 and its 200 day simple moving average is $122.62. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49, a quick ratio of 0.31 and a current ratio of 1.21. The company has a market capitalization of $28.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.02, a PEG ratio of 1.79 and a beta of 0.23.

Dollar General (NYSE:DG) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 27th. The company reported $2.48 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.01 by $0.47. Dollar General had a return on equity of 18.93% and a net margin of 3.90%.The business had revenue of $11.29 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $11.20 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.86 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.2% on a year-over-year basis. Dollar General has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.800-8.000 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Dollar General Corporation will post 7.68 EPS for the current year.

Dollar General Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, October 20th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, October 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.59 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, October 6th. This represents a $2.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.8%. Dollar General’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 30.69%.

About Dollar General

Dollar General Corporation is a U.S.-based variety and discount retailer operating a large network of small-format stores that serve primarily rural and suburban communities. The company is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker DG and is headquartered in the Nashville/Goodlettsville, Tennessee area. Founded in 1939, Dollar General has grown from a regional operation into one of the nation’s prominent low-price retailers focused on convenience and value.

Dollar General’s stores offer a wide assortment of everyday consumables and household goods, including food and beverage items, cleaning supplies, health and beauty products, paper goods, apparel basics, seasonal merchandise and small household items.