Dollar General (NYSE:DG) Updates FY26 Earnings Guidance

Dollar General (NYSE:DG) updated its FY26 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.10-5.80 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.83. The company issued revenue guidance of +3.4-4.4% yr/yr to ~$42.0-42.4 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $42.18 billion. Dollar General also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 5.100-5.800 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Telsey Advisory Group restated a “market perform” rating and issued a $85.00 target price on shares of Dollar General in a research note on Thursday. Morgan Stanley decreased their target price on shares of Dollar General from $100.00 to $80.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. Bernstein Bank decreased their target price on shares of Dollar General from $98.00 to $94.00 in a research note on Friday, November 15th. Citigroup reduced their price objective on shares of Dollar General from $73.00 to $69.00 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, March 7th. Finally, Truist Financial reduced their price objective on shares of Dollar General from $94.00 to $83.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, December 6th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, fifteen have issued a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $95.09.

Dollar General Price Performance

Dollar General stock traded up $3.08 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $77.93. 5,673,538 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,694,553. Dollar General has a 1-year low of $66.43 and a 1-year high of $168.07. The company has a quick ratio of 0.15, a current ratio of 1.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $73.52 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $78.69. The firm has a market cap of $17.14 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.83, a P/E/G ratio of 2.18 and a beta of 0.44.

Insider Activity

In other Dollar General news, Director Michael M. Calbert sold 6,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $75.27, for a total value of $451,620.00. Following the completion of 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 ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, EVP Emily C. Taylor sold 4,740 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $77.44, for a total transaction of $367,065.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 15,575 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,206,128. The trade was a 23.33 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 0.49% of the company’s stock.

About Dollar General

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.