Dollar General Corp. (NYSE: DG) is -40.85% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $79.36 and a high of $168.07 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The DG stock was last observed hovering at around $81.08 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.67%.
Currently trading at $80.41, the stock is -29.08% and -33.18% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 10.49 million and changing -0.83% at the moment leaves the stock -40.08% off its SMA200. DG registered -36.79% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -48.46%.
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The stock witnessed a -34.76% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -40.18%, and is -35.07% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 6.72% over the week and 3.54% over the month.
Dollar General Corp. (DG) has around 185800 employees, a market worth around $17.68B and $39.68B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 12.49 and Fwd P/E is 12.17. Profit margin for the company is 3.57%. Distance from 52-week low is 1.32% and -52.16% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (6.08%).
Dollar General Corp. quarterly earnings per share for the current quarter are estimated at 0.97 with sales reaching $10.14B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -21.01% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 4.70% year-over-year.
1415.0 institutions hold shares in Dollar General Corp. (DG), with institutional investors hold 95.32% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 219.66M, and float is at 219.23M with Short Float at 3.09%. Institutions hold 95.07% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS with over 25.22 million shares valued at $3.33 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.4747 of the DG Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 24.94 million shares valued at $3.3 billion to account for 11.3474 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ which holds 21.72 million shares representing 9.8838 and valued at over $2.87 billion, while BLACKROCK INC. holds 8.1665 of the shares totaling 17.95 million with a market value of $2.37 billion.
Dollar General Corp. (DG) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Santana Ralph, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Santana Ralph sold 3,009 shares of the company’s common stock on Apr 11 ’24 at a price of $155.72 per share for a total of $0.47 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 3248.0 shares.
Dollar General Corp. disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Apr 04 ’24 that Wenkoff Carman R (EVP & Chief Information Ofc) sold a total of 5,909 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Apr 04 ’24 and was made at $162.23 per share for $0.96 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 28579.0 shares of the DG stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 15 ’23, BRYANT WARREN F (Director) acquired 850 shares at an average price of $130.18 for $0.11 million. The insider now directly holds 425 shares of Dollar General Corp. (DG).
