Dollar GeneralDG
Market Cap: $18.2B
About: With more than 20,000 locations, Dollar General's banner is nearly ubiquitous across the rural United States. Dollar General serves as a convenient shopping destination for fill-in store trips, with its value proposition most relevant to consumers in small communities with a dearth of shopping options. The retailer operates a frugal store of about 7,500 square feet and primarily offers an assortment of branded and private-label consumable items (80% of net sales) such as paper and cleaning products, packaged and perishable food, tobacco, and health and beauty items at low prices. Dollar General also offers a limited assortment of seasonal merchandise, home products, and apparel. The firm sells most items at a price point of $10 or less.
Employees: 170,000
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q2 SEC filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
0.31% less ownership
Funds ownership: 92.78% [Q1] → 92.47% (-0.31%) [Q2]
9% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $885M | Put options by funds: $970M
6% less funds holding
Funds holding: 1,080 [Q1] → 1,012 (-68) [Q2]
12% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $31.8B [Q1] → $27.9B (-$3.92B) [Q2]
30% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 318 | Existing positions reduced: 455
40% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 20 [Q1] → 12 (-8) [Q2]
42% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 93 | Existing positions closed: 161
Research analyst outlook
23 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
23 analyst ratings
Barclays Karen Short 0% 1-year accuracy 0 / 3 met price target | 24%upside $102 | Overweight Maintained | 3 Sept 2024 |
Wells Fargo Edward Kelly 33% 1-year accuracy 6 / 18 met price target | 9%upside $90 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 30 Aug 2024 |
JP Morgan Matthew Boss 35% 1-year accuracy 19 / 54 met price target | 17%upside $97 | Neutral Maintained | 30 Aug 2024 |
B of A Securities Koji Ikeda 79% 1-year accuracy 15 / 19 met price target | 15%upside $95 | Underperform Maintained | 30 Aug 2024 |
UBS Michael Lasser 58% 1-year accuracy 18 / 31 met price target | 31%upside $108 | Buy Maintained | 30 Aug 2024 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 75 articles about DG published over the past 30 days