Dollar General Corp [DG] is 48.47% higher this YTD. Is it still time to buy?

Dollar General Corp [NYSE: DG] stock went on an upward path that rose over 15.85% on Tuesday, amounting to a one-week price increase of more than 11.48%.

Over the last 12 months, DG stock dropped by -12.01%. The one-year Dollar General Corp stock forecast points to a potential downside of -5.32. The average equity rating for DG stock is currently 2.42, trading closer to a bullish pattern in the stock market.

The market cap for the stock reached $24.76 billion, with 220.07 million shares outstanding and 219.16 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 4.47M shares, DG stock reached a trading volume of 15306863 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

Guru’s Opinion on Dollar General Corp [DG]:

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for DG shares is $106.88 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on DG stock is a recommendation set at 2.42. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

Gordon Haskett have made an estimate for Dollar General Corp shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Accumulate, with their previous recommendation back on June 03, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Telsey Advisory Group dropped their target price from $85 to $100. The new note on the price target was released on May 27, 2025, representing the official price target for Dollar General Corp stock.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Dollar General Corp is set at 3.62, with the Price to Sales ratio for DG stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 0.61. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 3.22, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 3.86. Price to Free Cash Flow for DG in the course of the last twelve months was 14.68 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.20.

DG Stock Performance Analysis:

Dollar General Corp [DG] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 11.48. With this latest performance, DG shares gained by 24.66% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 47.61% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -12.01% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for DG stock in for the last two-week period is set at 75.23, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 80.43, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 71.58 for Dollar General Corp [DG]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 92.69, while it was recorded at 100.37 for the last single week of trading, and 83.95 for the last 200 days.

Insight into Dollar General Corp Fundamentals:

Dollar General Corp’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.20 and a Current Ratio set at 1.23.

DG Stock EPS

The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for DG. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Dollar General Corp go to 6.23%.

Dollar General Corp [DG] Institutonal Ownership Details

The top three institutional holders of DG stocks are: CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS with ownership of 25.22 million shares, which is approximately 11.4665%. VANGUARD GROUP INC, holding 24.94 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$3.3 billion in DG stocks shares; and VANGUARD GROUP INC, currently with $$2.87 billion in DG stock with ownership which is approximately 9.8768%.

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