Goodlettsville, Tennessee-based Dollar General Corporation (DG) operates as a discount retailer providing various merchandise products including consumables, laundry products, food & beverage, and more. With a market cap of $17.7 billion, Dollar General operates over 20,000 stores across the U.S. The discount retailer is expected to announce its Q3 earnings on Thursday, Dec. 5.
Ahead of the event, analysts expect Dollar General to report a profit of $0.97 per share, down 23% from $1.26 per share reported in the year-ago quarter. The company has surpassed Wall Street’s earnings estimates thrice over the past four quarters while missing on one other occasion. Its adjusted EPS for the last reported quarter plunged 20.2% year-over-year to $1.70, while missing the consensus estimates by 5%.
