Dollar General Corporation Reports First Quarter 2020 Results

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Dollar General (DG) PT Raised to $210 at Raymond James

May 29, 2020 7:52 AM EDT

Raymond James analyst Bobby Griffin raised the price target on Dollar General (NYSE: DG) to $210.00 (from $205.00) while maintaining a Strong Buy rating following the company's 1Q earnings report. Sales increased 27.6% y/y to $8,448M, above the $7,581M consensus .EPS was $2.56, above the consensus $1.75 estimate.... More

Dollar General (DG) PT Raised to $216 at RBC Capital

May 28, 2020 4:05 PM EDT

RBC Capital analyst Scot Ciccarelli raised the price target on Dollar General (NYSE: DG) to $216.00 (from $190.00) while maintaining an Outperform rating.

The analyst commented, "Dollar General posted very strong comps and margin performance due to the Covid-19 effect and 2Q trends are also... More

Dollar General (DG) Tops Q1 EPS by 86c, Same-Store Sales Increased 21.7%

May 28, 2020 6:57 AM EDT

Dollar General (NYSE: DG) reported Q1 EPS of $2.56, $0.86 better than the analyst estimate of $1.70. Revenue for the quarter came in at $8.45 billion versus the consensus estimate of $7.4 billion.

Same-Store Sales Increased 21.7%

Fiscal Year 2020 Update

As noted above, the Company realized a significant sales benefit in the first quarter of the fiscal year as a result of COVID-19. In addition, since the... More