Dollar General Corporation (DG) Guidance & Earnings Results

On 2026-08-27 Dollar General Corporation raised guidance: "FY26 net sales growth raised to ~4.0-4.3% from 3.7-4.2%; same-store sales growth raised to ~2.5-2.9% from 2.2-2.7%; diluted EPS raised to $7.80-8.00 from $7.20-7.45; share repurchases up to $700M; capex unchanged…" — from its own filing, as read by EquiReason.

Source: SEC EDGAR filings · figures as of 2026-07-31 · read by EquiReason

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Market cap: 29.3B
P/E TTM: 17.3
Dividend yield: 1.8%
52-week: —
Next earnings: 2 Dec, in 38 days

What management guided

each earnings 8-K · figures checked against the filing text

Release	Direction	What they said
27 Aug 26	Raised	FY26 net sales growth raised to ~4.0-4.3% from 3.7-4.2%; same-store sales growth raised to ~2.5-2.9% from 2.2-2.7%; diluted EPS raised to $7.80-8.00 from $7.20-7.45; share repurchases up to $700M; capex unchanged $1.4-1.5B · full year
2 Jun 26	Reaffirmed	Guidance updated; Q1 EPS exceeded expectations · full year
12 Mar 26	Raised	FY2026 guidance provided (details not fully in excerpt) · full year
4 Dec 25	Raised	Net sales growth 4.7-4.9% (prev 4.3-4.8%), same-store sales 2.5-2.7% (prev 2.1-2.6%), diluted EPS $6.30-$6.50 (prev $5.80-$6.30) · full year
28 Aug 25	Raised	Net sales growth 4.3-4.8% (prev 3.7-4.7%); same-store sales 2.1-2.6% (prev 1.5-2.5%); EPS $5.80-6.30 (prev $5.20-5.80) · full year

Dollar General Corporation — questions

What guidance did Dollar General Corporation give?: On 2026-08-27: "FY26 net sales growth raised to ~4.0-4.3% from 3.7-4.2%; same-store sales growth raised to ~2.5-2.9% from 2.2-2.7%; diluted EPS raised to $7.80-8.00 from $7.20-7.45; share repurchases up to $700M; capex unchanged $1.4-1.5B"
When does Dollar General Corporation report earnings?: Dollar General Corporation's next earnings report is expected on 2026-12-02.

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