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What to Expect From Dollar General’s Q4 Earnings?

By:
Vivek Kumar
Updated: Apr 18, 2022, 14:16 UTC

Analysts expect Dollar General's earnings of $2.59 per share when they Q4 earnings results on Thursday, March 17.

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Discount retailer Dollar General is expected to report earnings per share of $2.59 in the fourth quarter of 2021, which represents a year-over-year decline of over 1.1% from $2.62 per share seen in the same period a year ago.

The Goodlettsville Tennessee-based company is expected to post a net income of $8.69 billion. The company has beaten consensus earnings estimates in most of the quarters in the last two years, at least.

At the time of writing, Dollar General stock traded 1.26% lower at $204.60 on Thursday. The stock rose more than 12% so far this year after surging over 40% in 2021.

Analyst Comments

Dollar General (DG) is a best-in-class operator offering a rare combination of 1) consistent, high-quality top-and bottom-line results; 2) visible store growth; and 3) a shareholder-friendly capital allocation policy. The ’22 investment setup is less favourable given decelerating momentum from recent initiatives, a tougher macro backdrop, and ramping expense pressures (particularly on labour). Street estimates look full/fair with less upside potential in our view,”

Dollar General’s (DG) valuation (~20x P/E multiple) is in-line with the market and screens relatively fair vs both relative and absolute history. Emerging initiatives (Popshelf, healthcare, produce) are longer-term drivers but likely won’t move the needle in ’22.”

Dollar General Stock Price Forecast

Eight analysts who offered stock ratings for Dollar General in the last three months forecast the average price in 12 months of $235.13 with a high forecast of $265.00 and a low forecast of $220.00.

The average price target represents a 14.80% change from the last price of $204.82. Of those eight analysts, six rated “Buy”, two rated “Hold”, while none rated “Sell”, according to Tipranks.

Morgan Stanley gave the base target price to $225 with a high of $300 under a bull scenario and $170 under the worst-case scenario. The investment bank gave an “Equal-weight” rating on the discount retailer’s stock.

Several analysts have also updated their stock outlook. Deutsche Bank cut the price target to $230 from $251. Citigroup lowered the price objective to $258 from $260. Evercore ISI slashed the target price to $240 from $245.

“Reasons To Buy: Dollar General’s commitment toward better pricing, private label offering, inventory management, supply chain efficiencies and cost containment should drive sales and margins in the long run,” noted analysts at ZACKS Research.

“Reasons To Sell: Incremental investments in pay and benefits for team members, any supply chain disruptions, and increase in distribution and transportation costs may hurt margins.”

However, technical analysis suggests it is good to sell as 100-day Moving Average and 100-200-day MACD Oscillator shows a selling opportunity.

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About the Author

Vivek has over five years of experience in working for the financial market as a strategist and economist.

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