Dollar General Stock Today
| DG Stock | USD 76.26 1.62 2.17% |
Performance0 of 100
| Odds Of DistressLess than 3
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Dollar General is trading at 76.26 as of the 28th of November 2024. This is a 2.17% increase since the beginning of the trading day. The stock's lowest day price was 74.64. Dollar General has a very small chance of experiencing financial distress in the next few years, but has generated negative returns over the last 90 days. Note, on October 8, 2024, Representative Ro Khanna of US Congress acquired under $15k worth of Dollar General's common stock.
Business Domain Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail | IPO Date 13th of November 2009 | Category Consumer Defensive | Classification Consumer Staples |
Dollar General Corporation, a discount retailer, provides various merchandise products in the southern, southwestern, Midwestern, and eastern United States. Dollar General Corporation was founded in 19 and is based in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. Dollar General operates under Discount Stores classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. The company has 219.92 M outstanding shares of which 7.21 M shares are currently sold short in the market by investors with about 1.73 days to cover all shorted shares. More on Dollar General
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| CEO | Todd Vasos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thematic Idea | Retail (View all Themes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business Concentration | Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail, Consumer Defensive, NYSE Composite, SBF 120 Gross, SBF 120, SP 500 Index, CAC All Shares, CAC All-Tradable, CAC All Tradable, CAC 40, CAC Industrials, CAC 40 Gross, CAC Large 60, CAC All-Tradable Net, Retail, Consumer Staples, Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail, Discount Stores, Consumer Defensive (View all Sectors) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Debt LevelsDollar General can leverage the use of borrowed funds to amplify returns from an investment. In general, analyzing the relationship between debt to total assets helps investors to understand Dollar General's financial leverage. It provides some insight into what part of Dollar General's total assets is financed by creditors.
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Dollar General (DG) is traded on New York Stock Exchange in USA. It is located in 100 Mission Ridge, Goodlettsville, TN, United States, 37072 and employs 185,800 people. Dollar General is listed under Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail category by Fama And French industry classification. The company currently falls under 'Large-Cap' category with a market capitalization of 16.41 B. Dollar General is active under Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail sector as part of Consumer Staples industry. The entity has 219.92 M outstanding shares of which 7.21 M shares are currently sold short in the market by investors with about 1.73 days to cover all shorted shares.
Dollar General reports about 381.58 M in cash with 2.39 B of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 1.45.
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Ownership AllocationDollar General holds a total of 219.92 Million outstanding shares. The majority of Dollar General outstanding shares are owned by other corporate entities. These outside corporations are usually referred to as non-private investors looking to obtain positions in Dollar General to benefit from reduced commissions. Consequently, institutional investors are subject to a different set of regulations than regular investors in Dollar General. Please pay attention to any change in the institutional holdings of Dollar General as this could imply that something significant has changed or is about to change at the company. On October 8, 2024, Representative Ro Khanna of US Congress acquired under $15k worth of Dollar General's common stock.
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Dollar Stock Institutional Holders
| Instituion | Recorded On | Shares | |
| Baupost Group Llc | 2024-09-30 | 2.3 M | |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 2024-06-30 | 2 M | |
| Royal London Asset Management Ltd | 2024-06-30 | 1.9 M | |
| Alecta Pensionsforsakring, Omsesidigt | 2024-09-30 | 1.9 M | |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 2024-06-30 | 1.8 M | |
| Northern Trust Corp | 2024-09-30 | 1.8 M | |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc. | 2024-09-30 | 1.8 M | |
| 1832 Asset Management L.p | 2024-09-30 | 1.7 M | |
| Amvescap Plc. | 2024-06-30 | 1.6 M | |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 2024-09-30 | 25.1 M | |
| T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. | 2024-06-30 | 21.7 M |
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Dollar General Corporate Directors
| Warren Bryant | Independent Director | Profile | |
| William Rhodes | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Timothy McGuire | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Patricia FiliKrushel | Independent Director | Profile |
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Quarterly Earnings Growth (0.20) | Dividend Share 2.36 | Earnings Share 6.43 | Revenue Per Share 180.613 | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.042 |
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