Telsey Advisory Group Estimates Dollar General Q1 Earnings

Dollar General Co. (NYSE:DG) – Investment analysts at Telsey Advisory Group cut their Q1 2026 earnings estimates for Dollar General in a research report issued on Thursday, March 13th. Telsey Advisory Group analyst J. Feldman now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $1.49 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.70. Telsey Advisory Group currently has a “Market Perform” rating and a $85.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Dollar General’s current full-year earnings is $5.75 per share. Telsey Advisory Group also issued estimates for Dollar General’s Q2 2026 earnings at $1.50 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.95 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $5.63 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $6.30 EPS.

Several other equities analysts also recently weighed in on the stock. Bank of America decreased their price target on shares of Dollar General from $95.00 to $90.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price target on shares of Dollar General from $90.00 to $80.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their target price on shares of Dollar General from $104.00 to $93.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, January 23rd. Morgan Stanley reduced their target price on shares of Dollar General from $100.00 to $80.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. Finally, Gordon Haskett downgraded shares of Dollar General from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 28th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, fifteen have assigned a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $92.26.

Dollar General Stock Performance

NYSE:DG opened at $79.15 on Monday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $73.69 and its 200-day moving average price is $77.74. The company has a current ratio of 1.15, a quick ratio of 0.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78. The company has a market cap of $17.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.04, a P/E/G ratio of 2.18 and a beta of 0.44. Dollar General has a twelve month low of $66.43 and a twelve month high of $164.12.

Dollar General (NYSE:DG) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, March 13th. The company reported $1.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.51 by $0.17. Dollar General had a net margin of 3.33% and a return on equity of 18.85%. The business had revenue of $10.30 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.26 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.83 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.5% compared to the same quarter last year.

Dollar General Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 22nd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 8th will be issued a dividend of $0.59 per share. This represents a $2.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.98%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, April 8th. Dollar General’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 46.18%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Michael M. Calbert sold 6,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $75.27, for a total transaction of $451,620.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 120,322 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,056,636.94. The trade was a 4.75 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. 0.49% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Dollar General

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Probity Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in Dollar General in the 4th quarter valued at $265,000. Birmingham Capital Management Co. Inc. AL raised its position in Dollar General by 714.4% in the 4th quarter. Birmingham Capital Management Co. Inc. AL now owns 25,370 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,924,000 after purchasing an additional 22,255 shares during the last quarter. Siemens Fonds Invest GmbH raised its position in Dollar General by 390.9% in the 4th quarter. Siemens Fonds Invest GmbH now owns 12,429 shares of the company’s stock valued at $942,000 after purchasing an additional 9,897 shares during the last quarter. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH purchased a new stake in Dollar General in the 4th quarter valued at $12,114,000. Finally, Employees Retirement System of Texas raised its position in Dollar General by 61.9% in the 4th quarter. Employees Retirement System of Texas now owns 71,070 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,389,000 after purchasing an additional 27,170 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 91.77% of the company’s stock.

Dollar General Company Profile

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.