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Dollar General

Dollar General Corp. engages in the operation of merchandise stores. Its offerings include food, snacks, health and beauty aids, cleaning supplies, basic apparel, housewares, and seasonal items. It sells brands including Clorox, Energizer, Procter & Gamble, Hanes, Coca-Cola, Mars, Unilever, Nestle, Kimberly-Clark, Kellogg's, General Mills, and PepsiCo. The company was founded by J. L. Turner and Hurley Calister Turner Sr. in 1939 and is headquartered in Goodlettsville, TN.

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Dollar General reports resilient Q1 performance amidst macro challenges

Dollar General's Q1 performance reflected resilience amidst macroeconomic challenges, with net sales and same-store sales showing growth. However, the revised 2023 outlook anticipates lower sales and an approximate 8% decline to flat EPS. The company faced challenges from customer behavior changes and macroeconomic pressures but demonstrated strengths in gaining share and adaptability. Opportunities lie in supply chain improvements, pricing position, and long-term EPS growth.

Dollar General reports Q2 sales growth but faces inflation challenges

Dollar General's Q2 performance saw net sales growth but a decrease in same-store sales. The company is focused on its DG Forward strategy and ongoing initiatives to drive efficiencies and lower costs. Despite challenges from inflation and reduced savings, Dollar General is making investments to accelerate progress and remains confident in its ability to deliver within the wide annual guidance range.

Dollar General reports Q3 sales growth but faces same-store challenges

Dollar General is focused on improving customer service, inventory management, and in-stock rates while navigating challenges such as declining same-store sales and deflationary pressures. The company's real estate growth plans for 2024 are ambitious, and it aims to deliver consistent, strong financial performance while strategically investing for the long term.

Dollar General reports robust Q4 performance amidst challenges and opportunities

Dollar General's Q4 performance reflects resilience amidst challenges, with strong sales growth and EPS improvement. Strategic initiatives and market share gains demonstrate the company's competitive positioning. While facing near-term hurdles, Dollar General is focused on enhancing customer experience, driving profitability, and navigating changing consumer behaviors.

Dollar General reports solid Q1 growth amid customer reliance

Dollar General's Q1 performance showed resilience amidst challenges, with net sales growth and strategic initiatives supporting customer needs.
The company faces margin pressures in Q2 but is focused on operational improvements and customer value to drive growth.
Customer reliance on Dollar General is increasing, presenting opportunities for market share gains through pricing strategies and customer support.
Efforts to optimize inventory management and enhance supply chain operations are key strengths driving operational efficiency.

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Dollar General is sharply reducing the selection of products it sells in order to cut costs. The discounter previously stocked about 12,000 unique items, referenced by SKUs.

Dollar General is taking a key strategy from Costco as it aims to lower costs

Despite Dollar General YTD outperformance (+8% versus +7% for the S&P 500), a gradual recovery closer to historical margins over the long term could still yield +20% upside potential. The market seems to be overemphasizing short-term headwinds and failing to properly price in Dollar General's potential. At current prices, Dollar General is priced at historical CPI growth on margins below the historical average in the long term. Terminal growth also falls short of historical same-store sales.

Dollar General: 'Back To Basics' Turnaround Plan May Prove That The Stock Is Still Trading At A Large Discount

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Dollar General topped last quarter's estimates and offered better-than-expected 2024 guidance. Its shares fell on the news anyway, suggesting investors expected a more encouraging outlook.

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Dollar General is pulling back on self-checkout as it tries to curtail retail theft across its stores.

Dollar General drops self-checkout at hundreds of stores to reduce theft

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This week, Dollar General Inc. NYSE: DG and Dollar Tree Inc. NASDAQ: DLTR issued earnings reports showing that the lower-income consumers that comprise a significant part of their customer base remain under pressure. Both retail stocks are down after their respective reports.

Why Dollar General and Dollar Tree Are Similar Yet Different

Both Dollar Tree and Dollar General delivered bad news in their latest earnings reports. sending their share prices down.

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Dollar General is cutting back on its offering of self-checkout options, saying it is doing so to improve the customer experience and to reduce inventory shrink. This change follows a year in which the retailer saw an increased level of shrink, the company said in a Thursday (March 14) earnings release.

Dollar General Reduces Self-Checkout Options to Increase Engagement, Decrease Shrink

Dollar General is pulling self-checkout options out of 300 stores. The dollar store is also getting employees involved again at thousands more.

Dollar General is taking checkout back out of your hands because of theft

Dollar General Corporation (DG) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

Dollar General's sales growth has flattened and its profits have dropped. The company is working to fix the problems that are holding it back, but headwinds remain for 2024.

Why Dollar General Stock Dropped Today

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Dollar General (DG) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended January 2024, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

Dollar General (DG) Reports Q4 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say

Dollar General (DG) shares edged 0.8% higher in early trading Thursday after the release of fourth-quarter results that beat analyst estimates.

Dollar General Stock Rises After Earnings Beat

Dollar General's (DG) fourth-quarter fiscal 2023 sales and earnings decline year over year. Nevertheless, same-store sales increase slightly on higher customer traffic.

Dollar General (DG) Q4 Sales & Earnings Top Estimates, Down Y/Y

Dollar General Corp (NYSE:DG), the discount retailer, saw its shares rise 5% in pre-market trading on Thursday after its sales forecasts came in ahead of Wall Street estimates. Sales in 2024 are expected to jump by between 6% and 6.7%, beating market estimates, which predicted it would rise 4.4% to US$40.33 billion.

Dollar General rises as sales forecast beats consensus

Shares of Dollar General Corp. were headed for their biggest gain in five months on Thursday, after the discount retailer reported a surprise increase in same-store sales for the latest quarter, and profit that beat forecasts.

Dollar General's stock jumps after profit beat, surprise same-store sales growth

The discount retailer posted fourth-quarter earnings of $1.83 a share on revenue of $9.86 billion.

Dollar General Earnings Beat Estimates as Store Traffic Rises

Discount retailer Dollar General forecast annual sales above Wall Street estimates on Thursday, banking on more inflation-affected customers buying its cheaper groceries and essentials, sending its shares 6.6% higher premarket.

Dollar General forecasts upbeat 2024 sales on steady demand, shares rise

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) today reported financial results for its fiscal year 2023 fourth quarter (13 weeks) and fiscal year (52 weeks) ended February 2, 2024 (“fiscal 2023”). Note: Dollar General's results for the fiscal full year and fourth quarter ended February 3, 2023 (“fiscal 2022”) contain an additional, non-comparable week, or the "53rd week”, when compared to the full year and fourth quarter results for the respective 52- and 13-week.

Dollar General Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2023 Results

While Dollar General (DG) navigates softening sales trends, it is focusing on enhancing the supply chain, offering customer-friendly prices and embracing digitization.

Dollar General (DG) Lined Up for Q4 Earnings: Factors to Note

A Dollar General store in Wisconsin was forced to close after its entire workforce quit, citing seven-day work weeks and a "lack of appreciation."

Dollar General store briefly shuts down after entire staff quits over 7-day workweeks, ‘lack of appreciation'

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Both Dollar General and Dollar Tree look set to benefit as headwinds ease for their lower-income customers.

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Dollar General (DG) is seeing favorable earnings estimate revision activity and has a positive Zacks Earnings ESP heading into earnings season.

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