Dollar General Corp reports results for the quarter ended January 31 - Earnings Summary

• Dollar General Corp DG.N reported quarterly adjusted earnings of $1.68​​ per share for the quarter ended January 31, lower than the same quarter last year, when the company reported EPS of $1.83. The mean expectation of twenty three analysts for the quarter was for earnings of $1.50 per share. Wall Street expected results to range from $1.43 to $1.65 per share.

• Revenue rose 4.5% to $10.30 billion from a year ago; analysts expected $10.26 billion.

• Dollar General Corp's reported EPS for the quarter was 87 cents​.

• The company reported quarterly net income of $191.22 million.

• Dollar General Corp shares had fallen by 1.3% this quarter.

FORECAST CHANGES

• The mean earnings estimate of analysts had risen by about 0.4% in the last three months.​

• In the last 30 days, one analyst negatively revised an earnings estimate

RECOMMENDATIONS

• The current average analyst rating on the shares is "hold" and the breakdown of recommendations is 9 "strong buy" or "buy," 22 "hold" and 1 "sell" or "strong sell."

• The average consensus recommendation for the discount stores peer group is also "hold"

Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Dollar General Corp is $84.00

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