Dollar General Corporation (DG) earnings on August 27, 2026

Before the market opens Q2 2026

More Dollar General Corporation earnings

Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Partial

Dollar General's stock climbed sharply, rising as much as 14% at its best point before settling up about 3% after reporting solid quarterly results. The company noted that its core customers are very careful about prices.

DG price around the earnings

125.89

Change: +2.5%

2026-08-27, 20:00 UTC

Start of the measured window End of the measured window
120.99 127.29 133.59 139.89 122.78
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Prior thesis

Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Partial

Thesis published
Results released

Mixed contexts, recent weakness weighs

The company has a strong record of beating earnings, but the stock has been losing ground recently and analyst opinions are mixed. The recent negative trend and unclear analyst sentiment are pulling the outlook down.

Context analyzed before publication

Summary
Mixed contexts, recent weakness weighs
Playbook
The stock is market review below its recent average, with a slight downward trend over the past month. Analysts are mostly positive with a buy rating, but the price is underperforming the broader market.
Trend
Expert sentiment volatile, ending negative

Analysts

Drivers

  • Analysts Positive

    Most analysts rate the stock as a 'buy', with an average target price about 8% above the current price.

Evidence

Analyst consensus
Buy
Consensus average (1-5)
2.45
Analysts covering the stock
29
Average price target
132.31
Lowest price target
90
Highest price target
175
Upside to price target
7.8%
Quarterly earnings growth
13.3%
Revenue growth
3.4%
Forward EPS
8.03
Trailing EPS
7.08
Analyst moves in the last 60 days
1
  • Strong buy: 3
  • Buy: 8
  • Hold: 19
  • Sell: 1
  • Strong sell: 0
Strong buy
3
Buy
8
Hold
19
Sell
1
Strong sell
0
  • July 7, 2026 · Evercore ISI Group: Maintains rating (In-Line → In-Line)

News and sentiment

Evidence

Sentiment
Sentiment
Constructive
Mention volume
High
Normalized volume
99%
News
Sources (1)

Technicals

Drivers

  • Technical Negative

    The stock's short-term trend is slightly positive, but the longer-term trend is negative, and it's underperforming the market by about 4%.

Evidence

Price when the context was analyzed
122.7
Average true range (ATR)
2.6%
Distance to 52-week high
-20.6%
14-day change (14d)
+2.6%
30-day change (30d)
-0.4%
30-day relative strength
-4.1%
SPY change (30d)
+3.7%
Nearest support
121.48
Distance to nearest support
1%
Nearest resistance
122.85
Distance to nearest resistance
0.1%
Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
0.69
  • Mid: 121.48 (1% away, 0.38 ATR, 14 touches)
  • Mid: 120.47 (1.8% away, 0.7 ATR, 27 touches)
  • Major: 119.77 (2.4% away, 0.92 ATR, 24 touches)
  • Mid: 122.85 (0.1% away, 0.05 ATR, 26 touches)
  • Major: 124.4 (1.4% away, 0.53 ATR, 38 touches)
  • Mid: 125.64 (2.4% away, 0.92 ATR, 32 touches)

Trends

Evidence

Average earnings surprise
+20.2%
  • June 2, 2026: actual EPS 2 vs estimate 1.88 (surprise +6.2%)
  • March 12, 2026: actual EPS 1.93 vs estimate 1.64 (surprise +17.9%)
  • December 4, 2025: actual EPS 1.28 vs estimate 0.93 (surprise +38.3%)
  • August 28, 2025: actual EPS 1.86 vs estimate 1.57 (surprise +18.5%)

Expected move

Drivers

  • Past earnings Positive

    The company beat earnings expectations in all four of the last quarters, with an average surprise of over 20%, showing exceptional performance.

Implied move
+10.4%
Source
Options chain

Reactions over its last 20 earnings

Median move
5.7%
75th percentile move
12.6%
90th percentile move
16.3%
Up / down moves
7 / 13
Average up move
+7.9%
Average down move
-8.2%

Monitoring and close

What Dollar General Corporation reported

Status
Finished
Actual EPS2.48
EPS estimate2.01
EPS surprise+23.4%
Revenue$11,290 million
Revenue estimate$11,197 million
Revenue surprise+0.8%

Dollar General beat Q2 expectations and raised annual guidance. Shares jumped over 12%. The outlook is optimistic.

Sources (29)

Pre-market second reading after the results

Verdict
Beat expectations

Heading into the open, results beat expectations on both earnings and revenue, and the price is indicating +6.7% pre-market, a move in line with the stock's usual reaction (about 6%). The figures overturn the prior pessimistic scenario. In the 1,088 similar cases in our market history, the close held that direction 95% of the time.

How the stock reacted

Outcome
Partial
Consolidated
+2.6%
Max favorable move (MFE)
1.5%
Max adverse move (MAE)
14%