Important Facts Every DG Investor Should Know Today

By Chris Stiles • Thursday, September 14 15:08 • Permanent Link

Dollar General logged a -2.0% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $117.62 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 1.0%. DG's trading volume is 4,892,358 compared to the stock's average volume of 3,188,041.

Dollar General trades -23.31% away from its average analyst target price of $153.38 per share. The 24 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $128.0 to $210.0, and on average have given Dollar General a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying DG should be aware of the facts below:

Dollar General's current price is 46.9% above its Graham number of $80.08, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Dollar General has moved -51.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 17.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 9.76, Dollar General has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 12.1 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
DG has a forward P/E ratio of 13.8 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $8.54 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of -32.98 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Dollar General is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 4.1 compared to its sector average of 3.12
Dollar General Corporation, a discount retailer, provides various merchandise products in the southern, southwestern, midwestern, and eastern United States.
Based in Goodlettsville, the company has 170,000 full time employees and a market cap of $25.81 Billion. Dollar General currently returns an annual dividend yield of 1.9%.

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