DG stock: buy or sell?
Updated on:
March 31st, 2020
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Dollar General Corporation, a discount retailer, provides various merchandise products in the southern, southwestern, midwestern, and eastern United States.
Should I buy DG stock?
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| Buy setup | Elegible |
|---|---|
| New all-time high | No |
| New 52 week high | No |
| Price crossing up 200d MA | No |
| 100d MA crossing up 200d MA | No |
Is Dollar General stock a buy?
Financial institutions and banks post stock ratings everyday.
Unfortunately, we couldn't find any rating for DG stock for the last month.DG stock analysis
Daily outlook
Dollar General shares soared 2.89% to $151.01 today.
Dollar General closed today at $151.01 and soared an excellent 2.89%. Since price and SMA200d lines crossed down on March/18, DG fell $-3.52 per share (-2.28%). On March 10th, DG hit a new all time high, pushing higher than on Feb 21st tops. Check different trading setups that use ATHs as triggers.
Weekly outlook
Dollar General soared a shining 3.35% this week. Early March DG plunged a dreadful -8.62% in just one week. Early March DG rocketed a great 5.10% in just one week.
Not so far away is the last all-time high Dollar General marked early March. Since early March, when DG stock price broke down the 40-weeks moving avarage line, it slid $-7.37 per share (-4.65%). Stocks under the 40-weeks moving average line are usually not recommended for average traders.
DG stock price history
DG IPO was on November 13th, 2009 at $20.76 per share1. Since then, DG stock grew a 627.40%, with an average of 62.70% per year. If you had invested right after DG's IPO a $1,000 in DG stock in 2009, it would worth $6,274.00 today.
1: Adjusted price after possible price splits or reverse-splits.
DG stock historical price chart
DG stock reached all-time highs on Mar 10th with a price of $167.44.
DG stock price target
Predicting the price evolution of a stock or any financial instrument in a reliable and repeatable way is probably impossible. However, many stock price predictions are published every day by banks, financial institutions and independent analysts. You should not follow the analysts' DG stock price predictions in the hope that they will be met as they may be wrong and not met. For the last 30 days we have not found any price forecast for Dollar General stock by any trusted analyst.Financials and fundamental analysis
Earnings date and Earnings per Share
, when Dollar General presented its last earnings report, it . As soon as we get its posted EPS from the earnings report, we will extend this report.| Quarter | Reporting date | Estimated EPS | Actual EPS | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-Q2 | - | n/a | 1.02 | n/a |
| 2017-Q3 | - | n/a | 1.08 | n/a |
| 2017-Q4 | 2018-03-15 | 1.48 | 1.48 | 0.0% |
| 2018-Q1 | 2018-03-15 | 1.48 | 1.48 | 0.0% |
| 2018-Q2 | 2018-05-31 | 1.4 | 1.36 | -2.9% |
| 2018-Q3 | 2018-08-30 | 1.49 | 1.52 | 2.0% |
| 2018-Q4 | 2018-12-04 | 1.26 | 1.26 | 0.0% |
| 2019-Q1 | 2019-03-14 | 1.88 | 1.84 | -2.1% |
| 2019-Q2 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2019-Q3 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Annual financial results
Compared to 2018, last anual revenues report draw a great gain of 9.18% to $25,625.00 million dollars. When comparing 2019 vs 2018, nonetheless, profit margin (that is, the net income divided by revenues) remained steady a -0.35% to 6.20%.| Year | Sales | YoY | Income/(margin) | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $17,500 M | - | $1,030 M5.9% | - |
| 2014 | $18,910 M | 8.06% | $1,070 M5.7% | 3.88% |
| 2015 | $18,910 M | 0.00% | $1,065 M5.6% | -0.44% |
| 2015 | $20,370 M | 7.72% | $1,170 M5.7% | 9.82% |
| 2016 | $20,369 M | -0.01% | $1,165 M5.7% | -0.42% |
| 2016 | $21,990 M | 7.96% | $1,250 M5.7% | 7.29% |
| 2017 | $21,987 M | -0.02% | $1,251 M5.7% | 0.09% |
| 2017 | $23,470 M | 6.75% | $1,540 M6.6% | 23.09% |
| 2018 | $23,471 M | 0.00% | $1,539 M6.6% | -0.07% |
| 2019 | $25,625 M | 9.18% | $1,589 M6.2% | 3.28% |
Quarterly financial results
Dollar General posted $6,649.81 million in sales for 2019-Q1, a 3.62% up compared to previous quarter. Reported quarter earnings marked $483.24 M with a profit margin of 7.27%. Profit margin appreciated a 2.06% compared to previous quarter when profit margin was 5.21%. When comparing revenues to same quarter last year, Dollar General sales marked a shining growth and jumped a 8.49%.| Quarter | Sales1 | QoQ2 | Income1/(margin) | QoQ2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-Q2 | $5,610 M | - | $279 M5.0% | - |
| 2017-Q3 | $5,830 M | 3.92% | $295 M5.1% | 5.47% |
| 2017-Q4 | $5,904 M | 1.26% | $253 M4.3% | -14.33% |
| 2018-Q1 | $6,129 M | 3.83% | $712 M11.6% | 182.00% |
| 2018-Q2 | $6,114 M | -0.24% | $365 M6.0% | -48.77% |
| 2018-Q3 | $6,443 M | 5.38% | $407 M6.3% | 11.62% |
| 2018-Q4 | $6,417 M | -0.40% | $334 M5.2% | -17.95% |
| 2019-Q1 | $6,650 M | 3.62% | $483 M7.3% | 44.62% |
Dollar General ownership
When you are planning to buy shares of a company, it's worth to have a look its ownership structure.Management staff in all public traded companies that hold equity is required to report every transaction to the SEC. For Dollar General, 0.18% of all outstanding shares are owned by its staff.
Bearish positions for DG stock account 0.00%, no big difference from last month.
The following table compares ownership indicators for other stocks related to Dollar General:
| DG | |
|---|---|
| Market cap | $38.0 B |
| Total shares | 251.9 M |
| Float shares | 250.6 M |
| - Institutional holdings (%) | 96.1% |
| - Insider holdings (%) | 0.2% |
| Shares in short selling | 0.0% |
DG summary
| Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Open | $146.19 |
| Close | $151.01 |
| Day range | $146.19 - $156.88 |
| Previous close | $146.77 |
| Session gain | 2.89% |
| Average true range | $11.98 |
| 50d mov avg | $154.21 |
| 100d mov avg | $155.20 |
| 200d mov avg | $151.41 |
| Daily pattern | |
| Weekly pattern | |
Dollar General performance
To measure stock performance is always good to compare with competitors or related stocks. We compared Dollar General against in the following table:| Stock | 3m | 6m | 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| DGDollar General | -2.62% | -5.81% | 24.30% |
Dollar General competitors
Unfortunately, we could not find any public company that could be defined as Dollar General competitor. This doesn't mean Dollar General does not have any competitor in the market, it's just we could not detected it.Latest DG stock news
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- InvestorPlaceThe Different Faces of Dollar GeneralJuly 22, 2019
- Seeking AlphaDollar General's Growth And Rising Dividend Make It My Top Choice In RetailJune 3, 2019
- Seeking AlphaWhy The Rally In Dollar General Stock Will LastMay 31, 2019