Brokers Set Expectations for Dollar General Co.’s Q1 2026 Earnings (NYSE:DG)

Dollar General Co. (NYSE:DG) – Stock analysts at Telsey Advisory Group decreased their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for shares of Dollar General in a note issued to investors on Friday, August 30th. Telsey Advisory Group analyst J. Feldman now expects that the company will earn $1.78 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $2.02. Telsey Advisory Group currently has a “Market Perform” rating and a $103.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Dollar General’s current full-year earnings is $6.45 per share. Telsey Advisory Group also issued estimates for Dollar General’s Q2 2026 earnings at $1.88 EPS.

DG has been the topic of several other reports. Evercore ISI cut their target price on shares of Dollar General from $139.00 to $100.00 and set an “in-line” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday. Truist Financial lowered their target price on Dollar General from $135.00 to $130.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Monday, August 26th. UBS Group reduced their target price on Dollar General from $155.00 to $108.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday. Loop Capital lowered their price objective on shares of Dollar General from $130.00 to $90.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Friday. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their price objective on Dollar General from $169.00 to $122.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, fifteen have assigned a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Dollar General has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $116.55.

Dollar General Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:DG opened at $82.97 on Monday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $122.17 and its 200 day simple moving average is $136.08. Dollar General has a 1 year low of $82.68 and a 1 year high of $168.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.86, a current ratio of 1.22 and a quick ratio of 0.18. The stock has a market capitalization of $18.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.08, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.25 and a beta of 0.43.

Dollar General (NYSE:DG) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 29th. The company reported $1.70 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.79 by ($0.09). The business had revenue of $10.21 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.37 billion. Dollar General had a return on equity of 20.62% and a net margin of 3.57%. Dollar General’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $2.13 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Cetera Investment Advisers raised its stake in shares of Dollar General by 278.1% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 64,628 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,086,000 after purchasing an additional 47,534 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in Dollar General by 15.5% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 25,071,820 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,408,514,000 after acquiring an additional 3,360,413 shares in the last quarter. Nexus Investment Management ULC increased its holdings in Dollar General by 10.5% during the 1st quarter. Nexus Investment Management ULC now owns 191,800 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,932,000 after acquiring an additional 18,280 shares during the period. FIL Ltd lifted its stake in Dollar General by 31.4% in the 4th quarter. FIL Ltd now owns 1,340,157 shares of the company’s stock worth $182,194,000 after purchasing an additional 320,157 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Susquehanna Fundamental Investments LLC bought a new position in Dollar General in the 1st quarter valued at $15,896,000. Institutional investors own 91.77% of the company’s stock.

Dollar General Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, October 22nd. Investors of record on Tuesday, October 8th will be issued a $0.59 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, October 8th. This represents a $2.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.84%. Dollar General’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 34.35%.

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.