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Essential Report on Dollar General – A Must-Read Before Investing!

Shares of Dollar General have moved 0.2% today, and are now trading at a price of $135.85. In contrast, the S&P 500 index saw a -0.0% change. Today's trading volume is 1,237,505 compared to the stock's average volume of 3,453,756.

Dollar General Corporation, a discount retailer, provides various merchandise products in the southern, southwestern, midwestern, and eastern United States. Based in Goodlettsville, United States the company has 170,000 full time employees and a market cap of $29,819,762,688. Dollar General currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 1.7% per year.

The company is now trading -2.54% away from its average analyst target price of $139.4 per share. The 27 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $100.0 to $187.0, and on average give Dollar General a rating of buy.

Over the last 12 months DG shares have declined by -45.0%, which represents a difference of -69.5% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $251.0 per share and its 52 week low is $101.09. With its net margins declining an average -1.5% over the last 6 years, Dollar General declining profitability gives us reason to believe its stock price will continue to underwhelm.

Date Reported Total Revenue ($ k) Net Profit ($ k) Net Margins (%) YoY Growth (%)
2023 37,844,863 2,415,989 6 -14.29
2022 34,220,449 2,399,232 7 -12.5
2021 33,746,839 2,655,050 8 33.33
2020 27,753,973 1,712,555 6 0.0
2019 25,625,043 1,589,472 6 -14.29
2018 23,470,967 1,538,960 7
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