Dollar General Corporation (DG.N)

DG.N on New York Stock Exchange

22.36USD
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Price Change (% chg)

$-0.24 (-1.06%)
Prev Close
$22.60
Open
$22.58
Day's High
$22.61
Day's Low
$22.35
Volume
29,700
Avg. Vol
776,052
52-wk High
$24.77
52-wk Low
$21.75

DG.N

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About

Dollar General Corporation is a discount retailer in the United States. As of February 27, 2009, the Company had 8,414 stores located in 35 states, in the southern, southwestern, midwestern and eastern United States. The Company offers a range of everyday items, including basic consumable merchandise and other home, apparel and... (more)

Overall

Beta: 0.58
Market Cap (Mil.): $7,697.29
Shares Outstanding (Mil.): 340.59
Annual Dividend: NA
Yield (%): NA

Financials

  DG.N Industry Sector
P/E (TTM): -- 6.03 0.35
EPS (TTM): -- -- --
ROI: 4.29 3.02 -0.81
ROE: 11.89 5.02 -1.66
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Costco, Dollar General sales up on bargain-hunting

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Costco Wholesale Corp and newly public discounter Dollar General Corp got a sales lift last quarter from bargain-seekers, but investors remain concerned about pricing pressure and competition.

10 Dec 2009

Costco, Dollar General sales up on bargain-hunting

* U.S. same-store sales up 1 pct, international up 13 pct

10 Dec 2009

Dollar General swings to profit, shares rise

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Discounter Dollar General Corp's reported a quarterly profit on Thursday as the retailer benefited from higher customer traffic from bargain-seeking shoppers, sending shares up in premarket trading.

10 Dec 2009

UPDATE 1-Dollar General swings to profit, shares rise

NEW YORK, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Discounter Dollar General Corp's reported a quarterly profit on Thursday as the retailer benefited from higher customer traffic from bargain-seeking shoppers, sending shares up in premarket trading.

10 Dec 2009

Dollar General, rue21 IPOs make strong debuts

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two private equity-owned U.S. retailers, discounter Dollar General Corp and youth apparel chain rue21 Inc rose in their trading debuts on Friday, in performances that will soothe worries that investor appetite for buyout-backed initial public offerings has waned.

13 Nov 2009

WRAPUP 3-Dollar General, rue21 IPOs make strong debuts

* Dollar General may become largest U.S. retail IPO ever

13 Nov 2009

KKR's Dollar General rises in NYSE debut

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of discount retailer Dollar General Corp rose in their debut on the New York Stock Exchange, opening at $22, or 4.8 percent above Thursday's initial public offering price of $21.

13 Nov 2009

UPDATE 1-KKR's Dollar General rises in NYSE debut

NEW YORK, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Shares of discount retailer Dollar General Corp rose in their debut on the New York Stock Exchange, opening at $22, or 4.8 percent above Thursday's initial public offering price of $21.

13 Nov 2009

Dollar General IPO prices at low end

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Discount retailer Dollar General Corp priced shares in its initial public offering at $21 each, at the low end of expectations, in the latest effort by a private equity firm to unload a portfolio company in a market that has become unreceptive to such deals.

12 Nov 2009

WRAPUP 1-Dollar General IPO prices at low end, rue21 above

* Dollar General IPO priced at $21, range had been $21-$23

12 Nov 2009

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