Analysts Offer Predictions for Dollar General Q3 Earnings

Dollar General Co. (NYSE:DG) – Equities researchers at Telsey Advisory Group dropped their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Dollar General in a note issued to investors on Monday, December 2nd. Telsey Advisory Group analyst J. Feldman now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.99 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.01. Telsey Advisory Group has a “Market Perform” rating and a $90.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Dollar General’s current full-year earnings is $5.85 per share. Telsey Advisory Group also issued estimates for Dollar General’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.55 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $5.89 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.75 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.80 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.05 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.70 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $6.30 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on the stock. UBS Group dropped their price target on shares of Dollar General from $155.00 to $108.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, August 30th. Oppenheimer reissued a “market perform” rating on shares of Dollar General in a report on Monday, August 26th. The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their price objective on shares of Dollar General from $169.00 to $122.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, August 30th. Citigroup lowered shares of Dollar General from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating and decreased their price objective for the stock from $91.00 to $73.00 in a report on Friday, September 27th. Finally, Barclays decreased their price objective on shares of Dollar General from $154.00 to $102.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, September 3rd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, fourteen have given a hold rating, seven have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $103.32.

Dollar General Stock Performance

Dollar General stock opened at $79.02 on Tuesday. Dollar General has a 12-month low of $72.12 and a 12-month high of $168.07. The company has a market capitalization of $17.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.27, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.28 and a beta of 0.44. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.86, a current ratio of 1.22 and a quick ratio of 0.24. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $79.87 and its 200 day moving average price is $104.60.

Insider Buying and Selling at Dollar General

In other Dollar General news, EVP Steven R. Deckard sold 2,010 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $86.66, for a total transaction of $174,186.60. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 2,887 shares in the company, valued at approximately $250,187.42. The trade was a 41.05 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Roderick J. West sold 2,510 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $83.25, for a total transaction of $208,957.50. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 9,163 shares in the company, valued at $762,819.75. This trade represents a 21.50 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.49% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Dollar General

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Pullen Investment Management LLC increased its position in shares of Dollar General by 4.3% in the second quarter. Pullen Investment Management LLC now owns 2,105 shares of the company’s stock worth $278,000 after acquiring an additional 87 shares in the last quarter. Pathway Financial Advisers LLC increased its position in shares of Dollar General by 30.6% in the second quarter. Pathway Financial Advisers LLC now owns 376 shares of the company’s stock worth $50,000 after acquiring an additional 88 shares in the last quarter. Mitchell Mcleod Pugh & Williams Inc. increased its position in shares of Dollar General by 3.8% in the second quarter. Mitchell Mcleod Pugh & Williams Inc. now owns 2,835 shares of the company’s stock worth $375,000 after acquiring an additional 103 shares in the last quarter. Wedbush Securities Inc. increased its position in shares of Dollar General by 7.3% in the second quarter. Wedbush Securities Inc. now owns 1,661 shares of the company’s stock worth $220,000 after acquiring an additional 113 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Lummis Asset Management LP increased its position in shares of Dollar General by 1.2% in the second quarter. Lummis Asset Management LP now owns 9,419 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,245,000 after acquiring an additional 115 shares in the last quarter. 91.77% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Dollar General

Dollar General Corporation, a discount retailer, provides various merchandise products in the southern, southwestern, midwestern, and eastern United States. It offers consumable products, including paper and cleaning products, such as paper towels, bath tissues, paper dinnerware, trash and storage bags, disinfectants, and laundry products; packaged food comprising cereals, pasta, canned soups, fruits and vegetables, condiments, spices, sugar, and flour; and perishables that include milk, eggs, bread, refrigerated and frozen food, beer, and wine.