Redburn Atlantic Estimates Dollar General FY2025 Earnings

Dollar General Co. (NYSE:DG) – Redburn Atlantic issued their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Dollar General in a research report issued on Wednesday, February 26th. Redburn Atlantic analyst D. Nedialkova expects that the company will earn $5.71 per share for the year. The consensus estimate for Dollar General’s current full-year earnings is $5.75 per share. Redburn Atlantic also issued estimates for Dollar General’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.47 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.58 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.60 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.82 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.40 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $5.39 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $6.44 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $7.79 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also commented on the company. Evercore ISI decreased their price objective on Dollar General from $97.00 to $95.00 and set an “in-line” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, December 3rd. HSBC decreased their price objective on Dollar General from $100.00 to $88.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, November 15th. Truist Financial decreased their price objective on Dollar General from $94.00 to $83.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Morgan Stanley decreased their price objective on Dollar General from $100.00 to $80.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, January 21st. Finally, Telsey Advisory Group decreased their price objective on Dollar General from $103.00 to $90.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, December 2nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, fifteen have given a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $96.04.

Dollar General Stock Up 1.5 %

Shares of Dollar General stock opened at $72.98 on Monday. Dollar General has a 1 year low of $66.43 and a 1 year high of $168.07. The company has a market cap of $16.05 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.02, a P/E/G ratio of 2.18 and a beta of 0.43. The company has a current ratio of 1.15, a quick ratio of 0.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $73.22 and a 200 day moving average price of $80.27.

Dollar General (NYSE:DG) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, December 5th. The company reported $0.89 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.97 by ($0.08). Dollar General had a net margin of 3.33% and a return on equity of 18.85%. The company had revenue of $10.18 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $10.14 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.26 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.0% on a year-over-year basis.

Insider Activity at Dollar General

In other Dollar General news, EVP Emily C. Taylor sold 4,740 shares of Dollar General stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $77.44, for a total value of $367,065.60. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 15,575 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,206,128. The trade was a 23.33 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Michael M. Calbert sold 6,000 shares of Dollar General stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $75.27, for a total value of $451,620.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 120,322 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,056,636.94. This represents a 4.75 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.49% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Metis Global Partners LLC increased its position in shares of Dollar General by 2.0% during the third quarter. Metis Global Partners LLC now owns 7,042 shares of the company’s stock valued at $596,000 after purchasing an additional 135 shares during the period. Studio Investment Management LLC increased its position in shares of Dollar General by 16.4% during the fourth quarter. Studio Investment Management LLC now owns 989 shares of the company’s stock valued at $75,000 after purchasing an additional 139 shares during the period. Deseret Mutual Benefit Administrators increased its position in shares of Dollar General by 8.7% during the fourth quarter. Deseret Mutual Benefit Administrators now owns 1,884 shares of the company’s stock valued at $143,000 after purchasing an additional 150 shares during the period. Empirical Finance LLC increased its position in shares of Dollar General by 2.0% during the third quarter. Empirical Finance LLC now owns 7,768 shares of the company’s stock valued at $657,000 after purchasing an additional 153 shares during the period. Finally, Bruce G. Allen Investments LLC increased its position in shares of Dollar General by 20.3% during the fourth quarter. Bruce G. Allen Investments LLC now owns 953 shares of the company’s stock valued at $72,000 after purchasing an additional 161 shares during the period. 91.77% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

About Dollar General

Dollar General Corporation, a discount retailer, provides various merchandise products in the southern, southwestern, midwestern, and eastern United States. It offers consumable products, including paper and cleaning products, such as paper towels, bath tissues, paper dinnerware, trash and storage bags, disinfectants, and laundry products; packaged food comprising cereals, pasta, canned soups, fruits and vegetables, condiments, spices, sugar, and flour; and perishables that include milk, eggs, bread, refrigerated and frozen food, beer, and wine.