Yesterday it was reported that the EVP & Chief People Officer of Dollar General (DG), Robert Ravener, exercised options to sell 32,492 DG shares at $47.66 a share, for a total transaction value of $3.63M.
Following Robert Ravener’s last DG Sell transaction on September 11, 2018, the stock climbed by 5.0%.
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Based on Dollar General’s latest earnings report for the quarter ending October 31, the company posted quarterly revenue of $6.42 billion and quarterly net profit of $334 million. In comparison, last year the company earned revenue of $5.9 billion and had a net profit of $253 million. DG’s market cap is $29.83B and the company has a P/E ratio of 17.06. Currently, Dollar General has an average volume of 3.05M.
Based on 8 analyst ratings, the analyst consensus is Strong Buy with an average price target of $120.50, reflecting a 4.3% upside.
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Dollar General Corp. engages in retailing of merchandise, including consumables, seasonal, home products, and apparel. Its brands include Clorox, Energizer, Procter & Gamble, Hanes, Coca-Cola, Mars, Unilever, Nestle, Kimberly-Clark, Kellogg’s, General Mills, and PepsiCo.
