Dollar General Corp (NYSE:DG) traded at $97.17 at close of the session on Monday, June 02 and made a downward move of -0.08% on its previous day’s price.
Dollar General Corp has a market cap of $21.37 billion and is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in July. With its Forward Dividend at 2.36 and a yield of 2.43%, the company’s investors could be anxious for the DG stock to gain ahead of the earnings release.
Analysts tracking the company’s growth have also given it a consensus growth in revenue estimated at 10.29B, with a low of 10.16B and a high of 10.43B. The median projection represents growth squeezing down to 3.75% compared to sales growth for the corresponding quarter a year ago. According to analyst consensus estimates figures, the company’s yearly revenue forecast for current year is expected to hit 42.21B, or 3.92% up from figures reported last year.
Based on estimates by 24 analysts, where scores have ranged from 1.00 for a strong buy to 5.00 for a strong sell, 7 have rated the Dollar General Corp (DG) stock as a Hold, while 17 rate it as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) rate it as overweight while 0 of them rated it as underweight, whereas 0 suggest the stock as a Sell. The stock has an overall rating of Buy and investors could take advantage and scoop up stock of the company.
Looking further, we note that the PEG ratio for the DG stock currently stands at 3.16, and the current price level is 1.94% off its SMA20 and 5.49% from its 50-day simple moving average. The RSI (14) is pointing at 55.55 while the volatility over the past week is 1.56% and jumps to 2.40% over the past one month. The beta value is 0.27, while the average true range (ATR) is currently pointing at 2.63. The average price target for the stock over the next 12 months is $85, with the estimates having a low of $80 and a high of $120. These price ends are 17.67% and -23.49% off the current price level respectively, although investors could be excited at the prospect of a 12.52% if the DG share price touches on the median price of $85.
