Dollar General Corporation (DG) Stock

About Dollar General Corporation

Dollar General Corporation is a prominent discount retail chain that offers a wide array of merchandise across the southern, southwestern, Midwestern, and eastern regions of the United States. Its extensive product assortment primarily features consumable items. This includes household essentials such as paper products, cleaning supplies, and laundry detergents; a wide array of food options, ranging from shelf-stable groceries like cereals, pasta, canned goods, condiments, and baking ingredients, to fresh and refrigerated perishables such as milk, eggs, bread, and frozen foods, as well as alcoholic beverages like beer and wine. The selection further encompasses popular snacks (candies, cookies, crackers, and carbonated drinks), health and beauty aids (over-the-counter medications, personal care items, cosmetics, dental, and foot care products), pet food and supplies, and tobacco products. Beyond consumables, Dollar General offers seasonal merchandise, which includes holiday decorations, toys, electronics, greeting cards, stationery, prepaid phone services and accessories, gardening tools, hardware, automotive items, and home office supplies. Customers can also find various home goods, from kitchenware and small appliances to lighting, storage solutions, frames, candles, craft materials, and soft furnishings for the kitchen, bed, and bath. Lastly, the company stocks a selection of apparel, featuring everyday clothing for infants, children, women, and men, along with socks, underwear, disposable diapers, shoes, and accessories. As of February 25, 2022, Dollar General operated an impressive 18,190 stores spread across 47 U.S. states. Originally established in 1939 as J.L. Turner & Son, Inc., the company adopted its current name, Dollar General Corporation, in 1968. Its corporate headquarters are situated in Goodlettsville, Tennessee.

Dollar General Corporation is led by CEO Todd J. Vasos, employs 194,000 people, headquartered in Goodlettsville, US, publicly traded since 2009.

Dollar General Corporation (DG) stock trades at $123.26 with a market capitalization of $27.19B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 17.82, price-to-book of 3.16, price-to-sales of 0.53. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $95.11 and $158.23, and currently trades 22.1% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 2.31%.

On profitability, Dollar General Corporation generates a return on equity (ROE) of 17.76%, above the typical market average, return on capital employed of 25.89%, an operating margin of 5.16%, a net profit margin of 3.54%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Dollar General Corporation reported annual revenue of $42.7B, net profit of $1.5B, revenue has compounded at 4.8% a year over the last five years, profit at -10.6% a year.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.85, a current ratio of 1.13, total assets of $31.0B, $1.1B in cash and equivalents.

DG has an average daily trading volume of 3,444,470 shares, a beta of 0.26 (less volatile than the overall market).

Official website: www.dollargeneral.com