Dollar Price Sales Ratio from 2010 to 2024

DG Stock  USD 76.40  2.51  3.40%   
Dollar General's Price Sales Ratio is decreasing over the last several years with very volatile swings. Price Sales Ratio is estimated to finish at 1.42 this year. During the period from 2010 to 2024 Dollar General Price Sales Ratio regressed destribution of quarterly values had coefficient of variationof  22.50 and r-value of (0.08). View All Fundamentals
 
Price Sales Ratio  
First Reported
2010-12-31
Previous Quarter
0.77214536
Current Value
1.41884032
Quarterly Volatility
0.22635995
 
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Check Dollar General financial statements over time to gain insight into future company performance. You can evaluate financial statements to find patterns among Dollar General's main balance sheet or income statement drivers, such as Depreciation And Amortization of 891.2 M, Interest Expense of 343.1 M or Selling General Administrative of 5.1 B, as well as many indicators such as Price To Sales Ratio of 1.42, Dividend Yield of 0.0056 or PTB Ratio of 7.25. Dollar financial statements analysis is a perfect complement when working with Dollar General Valuation or Volatility modules.
  
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Latest Dollar General's Price Sales Ratio Growth Pattern

Below is the plot of the Price Sales Ratio of Dollar General over the last few years. It is Dollar General's Price Sales Ratio historical data analysis aims to capture in quantitative terms the overall pattern of either growth or decline in Dollar General's overall financial position and show how it may be relating to other accounts over time.
Price Sales Ratio10 Years Trend
Very volatile
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Dollar Price Sales Ratio Regression Statistics

Arithmetic Mean1.01
Geometric Mean0.98
Coefficient Of Variation22.50
Mean Deviation0.20
Median0.96
Standard Deviation0.23
Sample Variance0.05
Range0.6682
R-Value(0.08)
Mean Square Error0.05
R-Squared0.01
Significance0.77
Slope(0)
Total Sum of Squares0.72

Dollar Price Sales Ratio History

2024 1.42
2019 0.77
2013 1.19
2011 0.96
2010 0.75

About Dollar General Financial Statements

Dollar General stakeholders use historical fundamental indicators, such as Dollar General's Price Sales Ratio, to determine how well the company is positioned to perform in the future. Although Dollar General investors may analyze each financial statement separately, they are all interrelated. For example, changes in Dollar General's assets and liabilities are reflected in the revenues and expenses on Dollar General's income statement, which ultimately affect the company's gains or losses. Understanding these patterns can help in making the right long-term investment decisions in Dollar General. Please read more on our technical analysis and fundamental analysis pages.
Last ReportedProjected for Next Year
Price Sales Ratio 0.77  1.42 

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Is Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Dollar General. If investors know Dollar will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Dollar General listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
(0.20)
Earnings Share
6.06
Revenue Per Share
180.613
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.042
Return On Assets
0.0425
The market value of Dollar General is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Dollar that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Dollar General's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Dollar General's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Dollar General's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Dollar General's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Dollar General's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Dollar General is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Dollar General's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.