For the quarter ended April 2025, Dollar General (DG) reported revenue of $10.44 billion, up 5.3% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.78, compared to $1.65 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $10.29 billion, representing a surprise of +1.45%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +21.09%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $1.47.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Dollar General performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Ending store count: 20,582 versus 20,670 estimated by 21 analysts on average.
- Same-Store Sales growth: 2.4% compared to the 1% average estimate based on 21 analysts.
- Total selling square footage: 156.99 Msq ft versus 157.55 Msq ft estimated by 20 analysts on average.
- Store closings: 168 versus the 17-analyst average estimate of 82.
- New store openings: 156 versus the 17-analyst average estimate of 157.
- Net sales per square foot: $66.48 versus the 15-analyst average estimate of $65.17.
- Net Sales Per Store: $0.51 million versus $0.50 million estimated by 13 analysts on average.
- Net Sales by Category- Consumables: $8.64 billion versus $8.61 billion estimated by nine analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +5.2% change.
- Net Sales by Category- Seasonal: $1.02 billion versus the seven-analyst average estimate of $983.31 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +6.2%.
- Net Sales by Category- Home products: $507.18 million compared to the $489.95 million average estimate based on seven analysts. The reported number represents a change of +5.9% year over year.
- Net Sales by Category- Apparel: $269.18 million compared to the $265.02 million average estimate based on seven analysts. The reported number represents a change of +3.2% year over year.
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Shares of Dollar General have returned +5.4% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +4.6% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.
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