Take This Into Account Before Investing in DG

By Ken Smith • Thursday, October 02 10:10 • Permanent Link

Large-cap Consumer Discretionary company Dollar General has moved 0.4% so far today on a volume of 393,916, compared to its average of 3,010,788. In contrast, the S&P 500 index moved 0.0%.

Dollar General trades -15.94% away from its average analyst target price of $119.04 per share. The 28 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $80.0 to $139.0, 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 57.7% above its Graham number of $63.43, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Dollar General has moved 21.7% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 17.7%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 5.2, Dollar General has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 19.2 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
DG has a forward P/E ratio of 16.1 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $6.22 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 2.75 compared to its sector average of 2.93
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 194,200 full time employees and a market cap of $22.56 Billion. Dollar General currently returns an annual dividend yield of 2.4%.

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