This morning we watched Dollar General drop -1.2% to a price of $79.02 per share. The Large-Cap Department Store company is now trading -8.89% below its average target price of $86.73. Analysts have set target prices ranging from $69.0 to $115.0 per share for Dollar General, and have given the stock an average rating of hold.
The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 5.5%, and a short ratio of 3.31. The company's insiders own 0.26% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that a significant number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 95.2% of Dollar General's shares being owned by this investor type.
Institutions Invested in Dollar General
| Date Reported | Holder | Percentage | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-31 | Vanguard Group Inc | 11% | 25,231,285 | $1,995,542,238 |
| 2024-12-31 | Blackrock Inc. | 9% | 19,380,839 | $1,532,830,485 |
| 2024-12-31 | Pzena Investment Management LLC | 5% | 11,767,336 | $930,678,561 |
| 2024-12-31 | State Street Corporation | 5% | 10,007,847 | $791,520,582 |
| 2024-12-31 | Capital International Investors | 4% | 9,321,342 | $737,224,904 |
| 2024-12-31 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 2% | 5,361,216 | $424,018,553 |
| 2024-12-31 | First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | 2% | 5,268,172 | $416,659,704 |
| 2024-12-31 | Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc | 2% | 5,010,045 | $396,244,440 |
| 2024-12-31 | Capital World Investors | 2% | 4,684,704 | $370,513,222 |
| 2024-12-31 | Acr Alpine Capital Research, Llc | 2% | 4,041,471 | $319,639,926 |
Besides an analyst consensus of some upside potential, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on Dollar General.
