Dollar General Earnings: Your Sneak Peek to the Announcement

March 23, 2013

Dollar General (NYSE:DG) will report earnings before markets open on Monday, March 25th. Dollar General Corp. operates a chain of discount retail stores located primarily in the southern, southwestern, midwestern and eastern United States. The Company offer a broad selection of merchandise, including consumable products such as food, paper and cleaning products, health and beauty products and pet supplies, and non-consumable products such as seasonal merchandise.

Here is your Cheat Sheet to Dollar General Earnings:

Earnings Expectations: Analysts expect earnings of $0.90 per share on revenues of $4.26 billion. Currently, the company’s P/E ratio stands at 18.24.

Analyst Trends:

Analysts have a more negative outlook for the company’s next-quarter performance. Over the past three months, the average estimate for next quarter’s earnings has fallen from a profit of $0.74 to a profit $0.73. For the current year, the average estimate is a profit of $2.85, which is the same as the estimate ninety days ago.

Earnings Trends:

Here’s how Dollar General has been performing on an annual basis:

Fiscal Year	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Revenue ($) in millions	9,495	10,460	11,800	13,040	14,810
Diluted EPS ($)	-0.02	0.34	1.04	1.82	2.22

Next, our CHEAT SHEET investing framework asks us to drill down to the recent quarterly data:

Quarter	Oct. 31, 2011	Jan. 31, 2012	Apr. 30, 2012	Jul. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2012
Revenue ($) in millions	3,595	4,185	3,901	3,949	3,965
Diluted EPS ($)	0.50	0.85	0.63	0.64	0.62

Past Performance:
Dollar General has beat analyst estimates 4 times in the past four quarters. Shareholders could expect a boost if the company beats estimates.

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