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Dollar General Corp (NYSE: DG) closed the day trading at $68.57 down -1.17% from the previous closing price of $69.38. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.17 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.48 million shares were traded. DG stock price reached its highest trading level at $71.31 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $68.52.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of DG, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 28.07 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 9.15. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.15 and its Current Ratio is at 1.15. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.39 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.12.
On December 06, 2024, Telsey Advisory Group reiterated its Market Perform rating and also upped its target price recommendation from $90 to $88.
On October 22, 2024, Bernstein started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $98.Bernstein initiated its Outperform rating on October 22, 2024, with a $98 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 31 ’24 when CALBERT MICHAEL M sold 6,000 shares for $75.27 per share. The transaction valued at 451,610 led to the insider holds 0 shares of the business.
CALBERT MICHAEL M bought 6,000 shares of DG for $451,140 on Dec 31 ’24. On Dec 13 ’24, another insider, TAYLOR EMILY C, who serves as the EVP & Chief Merchandising Ofc of the company, sold 4,740 shares for $77.44 each. As a result, the insider received 367,061 and left with 15,575 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, DG now has a Market Capitalization of 15080326144 and an Enterprise Value of 34474561536. As of this moment, Dollar’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 11.29, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 11.56. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.38 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.05. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.869 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.395.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for DG is 0.45, which has changed by -0.4898154 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.22212577 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, DG has reached a high of $168.07, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $69.33. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -10.20%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -36.24%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, DG traded about 4.11M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, DG traded about 3838860 shares per day. A total of 219.93M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 219.30M. Insiders hold about 0.29% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 88.77% stake in the company. Shares short for DG as of 1731628800 were 7211782 with a Short Ratio of 2.65, compared to 1728950400 on 6084424. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 7211782 and a Short% of Float of 3.7100002.
Dividends & Splits
The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.14.
