Dollar General Corp (NYSE: DG) is -11.13% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $66.43 and a high of $135.46 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 $114.95 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -110.59%.
Currently trading at $4.36M, the stock is 3.93% and 13.71% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.59 million and changing 4589402% at the moment leaves the stock 34.86% off its SMA200. DG registered 49.45% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 49.21%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $99.647 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $84.0206.
The stock witnessed a 12.59% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 36.26%, and is -0.28% 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 2.05% over the week and 3.59% over the month.
Dollar General Corp (DG) has around 194200 employees, a market worth around $24.94B and $41.13B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 21.61 and Fwd P/E is 17.66. Profit margin for the company is 2.81%. Distance from 52-week low is 70.57% and -16.35% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.97%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -2.93% this year.
Dollar General Corp (DG) Top Institutional Holders
1261.0 institutions hold shares in Dollar General Corp (DG), with institutional investors hold 96.02% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 220.07M, and float is at 219.29M with Short Float at 3.58%. Institutions hold 95.71% 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 11.4665% 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 11.3394 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ which holds 21.72 million shares representing 9.8768% and valued at over $2.87 billion, while BLACKROCK INC. holds 8.1607 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 TAYLOR EMILY C, the company’s EVP & Chief Merchandising Ofc. SEC filings show that TAYLOR EMILY C sold 1,969 shares of the company’s common stock on Jun 17 ’25 at a price of $113.00 per share for a total of $0.22 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 46563.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jun 12 ’25, REARDON KATHLEEN A (EVP & Chief People Officer) disposed off 6,438 shares at an average price of $111.56 for $0.72 million. The insider now directly holds 41,646 shares of Dollar General Corp (DG).
