Dollar General Corp (NYSE: DG) Increases 5.16% Over A Month, But Analysts Still See Upside Potential

Dollar General Corp (NYSE:DG) currently has a daily average trading volume of 4.51M but it saw 3884453 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 20.45B USD, the company’s current market price of $92.99 came rising about 6.03 while comparing to the previous closing price of $87.70. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $147.87 and as low as $66.43.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Dollar General Corp (DG) gives us an average price of $92.40, while its current price level is -37.11% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 39.98% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $87.94 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $85.11. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 3.77% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 3.01%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 55.81 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Melius upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Buy” from “Hold” on April 08, 2025 while assigning a price target of $110. Citigroup issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock is $101.

Over the week, DG’s stock price is moving 1.11% up while it is 5.16% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 22.65% up and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -32.58%.

Currently, Dollar General Corp’s total number of outstanding shares is 219.94M with 0.32% of that held by the insiders while 95.29% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 4.91% and return on equity (ROE) at 15.89%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 18.18 while having a 15.08 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.23. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 2.76 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.50. Its return on asset (ROA) is 3.47% on average.