Discount retailer Dollar General (NYSE:DG) met Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q1 CY2026, with sales up 3.4% year on year to $10.79 billion. Its GAAP profit of $2.00 per share was 6.5% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
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DG raises its 2026 earnings outlook after Q1 traffic growth, margin expansion and inventory discipline help offset weather and fuel pressures.
Why Dollar General Stock Is Back On Investors’ Radar Dollar General (DG) has drawn fresh attention after recent share price moves, with the stock down 7.1% over the past month and 29.9% over the past 3 months. This has prompted closer scrutiny from value focused investors. See our latest analysis for Dollar General. That recent 7.1% fall in the 30 day share price return and the 29.9% decline over 90 days come on top of a 5 year total shareholder return that is down 44%, which signals fading...
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Dollar General Corp (DG) reports a 3.4% increase in net sales and a 12.4% rise in EPS, driven by strategic initiatives and robust customer traffic.
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Moby summary of Dollar General Corporation's Q1 2026 earnings call

Dollar General (DG) reported first quarter earnings that beat Wall Street's estimates. The company also raised its full-year profit outlook. Loop Capital Markets managing director and consumer sector head Anthony Chukumba and UBS US hardline and broadline and food retail analyst Michael Lasser chat with Yahoo Finance's Julie Hyman about the earnings results and the state of the consumer.
Discount retailer lifted EPS guidance as low prices attracted more cash-strapped shoppers.
Dollar General Corp (NYSE:DG) shares edged more than 2% lower on Tuesday after the retailer reported first quarter results that topped earnings expectations but delivered a slight revenue miss, alongside in-line same-store sales growth. The company reported diluted earnings per share of...
Dollar General (NYSE:DG) reported higher first-quarter sales and earnings, raised its full-year earnings outlook and said it continues to gain market share as financially pressured consumers seek value and convenience. Chief Executive Officer Todd Vasos said the retailer was “pleased” with first-qu
Dollar General tops Q1 EPS estimates and raises FY2026 guidance, even as sales narrowly miss, with 2% same-store growth and margin expansion.
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Net income rose to $444.1m in the quarter while net sales climbed 3.4% year-on-year to $10.78bn, driven by contributions from new stores and growth in same-store sales.
Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) traded about 3. 3% higher in premarket activity on Tuesday after reporting first-quarter results that exceeded profit expectations and lifting its earnings guidance for the full fiscal year.
The headline numbers for Dollar General (DG) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended April 2026, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.
Dollar General (DG) raised its full-year earnings outlook on Tuesday, while the discount retailer's
Dollar General reported first-quarter net sales of $10.8 billion, meeting analysts' expectations, while earnings of $2.00 per share exceeded Wall Street expectations of $1.89, as per Fiscal.ai data.
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The discount retailer posted earnings of $2.00 per share in its fiscal first quarter, topping analyst estimates of $1.89
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Dollar General (DG) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +6.06% and -0.33%, respectively, for the quarter ended April 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
Dollar General logged higher profit and sales in its fiscal first quarter as it opened new stores and as consumers continued relying on the company for low-cost goods.
Investing.com -- Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) shares are trading around 3.3% higher premarket on Tuesday after the company reported first-quarter earnings that exceeded earnings expectations.
The discount retailer reports better-than-expected quarterly earnings and raises its guidance for the fiscal year.
Discount retailer Dollar General (NYSE:DG) met Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q1 CY2026, with sales up 3.4% year on year to $10.79 billion. Its GAAP profit of $2 per share was 6.2% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
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