Goodlettsville, Tennessee-based Dollar General Corporation (DG) is a discount retailer that provides various merchandise products. Valued at a market cap of $16.1 billion, the company offers a wide selection of merchandise, consumable items, seasonal items, home products, and apparel. It is expected to announce its fiscal Q4 earnings results on Thursday, Mar. 13.
Prior to this event, analysts expect the discount store company to report a profit of $1.50 per share, down 18% from $1.83 per share in the year-ago quarter. The company has topped Wall Street's bottom-line estimates in two of the last four quarters while missing on other two occasions. Its earnings of $0.89 per share in the previous quarter fell short of the consensus estimates by 7.3%.
