Dollar General Corporation (DG) is a Discount Stores company in the Consumer Defensive sector, currently trading at $119.64. It has a SharesGrow Score of 58/100, indicating a above average investment profile with 2 out of 7 criteria passed.
SharesGrow calculates the intrinsic value of DG = $209.73 (+75.3% from the current price, the stock appears undervalued). Analyst consensus target is DG = $145 (+21.2% upside).
Valuation: DG trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of 17.5 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 1.82.
Financials: revenue is $42.7B, +4.1%/yr average growth. Net income is $1.5B, growing at -9.7%/yr. Net profit margin is 3.5% (thin). Gross margin is 30.7% (-0.5 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $15.7B against $8.5B equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 1.85, leveraged). Current ratio is 1.13 (adequate). Debt-to-assets is 50.8%. Total assets: $31.0B.
Analyst outlook: 27 / 50 analysts rate DG as buy (54%) — moderate consensus.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 72/100 (Pass), Growth 30/100 (Fail), Past 100/100 (Pass), Health 50/100 (Partial), Moat 66/100 (Partial), Future 58/100 (Partial), Income 30/100 (Fail).
