Dollar General Corp (NYSE: DG) is -4.39% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $66.43 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 $72.61 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.12%.
Currently trading at $72.49, the stock is 1.61% and -2.81% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.51 million and changing -0.17% at the moment leaves the stock -28.34% off its SMA200. DG registered -46.03% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -38.83%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $74.5836 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $101.1547.
The stock witnessed a -2.27% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -11.13%, and is 2.01% up 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 2.92% over the week and 2.95% over the month.
Dollar General Corp (DG) has around 185800 employees, a market worth around $15.94B and $40.17B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 11.94 and Fwd P/E is 12.29. Profit margin for the company is 3.33%. Distance from 52-week low is 9.12% and -56.87% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (5.82%).
with sales reaching $10.26B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -23.92% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 4.86% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 4.05% in year-over-year returns.
Dollar General Corp (DG) Top Institutional Holders
1267.0 institutions hold shares in Dollar General Corp (DG), with institutional investors hold 94.76% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 219.93M, and float is at 219.30M with Short Float at 4.62%. Institutions hold 94.52% 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 CALBERT MICHAEL M, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that CALBERT MICHAEL M sold 6,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Dec 31 ’24 at a price of $75.27 per share for a total of $0.45 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 13 ’24, TAYLOR EMILY C (EVP & Chief Merchandising Ofc) disposed off 4,740 shares at an average price of $77.44 for $0.37 million. The insider now directly holds 15,575 shares of Dollar General Corp (DG).
