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Dollar General (DG) shares slide as profit impacted by increased product costs

December 1, 2022 1:41 PM EST

Dollar General shares plunged Thursday after the company reported third-quarter earnings before the open, missing earnings estimates.

The discount retail company's earnings per share came in at $2.33, $0.21 worse than the analyst estimate of $2.54, while revenue topped the consensus estimates at $9.5 billion versus the consensus estimate of $9.42 billion.

Dollar General shares are down more than 8% at the time of writing.

Net sales increased by 11.1%, while same-store sales grew 6.8% during the quarter, while the company said there was a "modest increase" in customer traffic. Dollar General also faced higher... More

Kroger (KR) tops estimates, raises full-year guidance

December 1, 2022 11:13 AM EST

Kroger (NYSE: KR) shares opened higher before declining Thursday in reaction to its third-quarter earnings report.

The retail firm topped analyst estimates for earnings, revenue, and guidance, reporting earnings of $0.88 per share, $0.07 better than the analyst estimate of $0.81. Meanwhile, revenue came in at $34.2 billion... More