--- title: "Dollar General Stock Rises After a Big Earnings Miss. What Has Wall Street Excited. — Barrons.com" description: "Dollar General's stock rose 5.3% to $78.85 in premarket trading despite a significant earnings miss, with EPS dropping to 87 cents due to an impairment charge. The company reported a 4.5% increase in " type: "news" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/231715027.md" published_at: "2025-03-13T14:19:00.000Z" --- # Dollar General Stock Rises After a Big Earnings Miss. What Has Wall Street Excited. — Barrons.com > Dollar General's stock rose 5.3% to $78.85 in premarket trading despite a significant earnings miss, with EPS dropping to 87 cents due to an impairment charge. The company reported a 4.5% increase in net sales to $10.3 billion, driven by higher customer spending. Dollar General plans to close 96 locations and convert some Popshelf stores to Dollar General. However, it provided a positive long-term profit outlook, expecting EPS growth of over 10% starting in 2026, which has excited Wall Street. Karishma Vanjani Dollar General shared a solid long-term profit outlook that overshadowed a mixed performance for its fiscal fourth quarter. The discount retailer's earnings per share more than halved from a year ago to 87 cents in the fourth quarter, which ended in January. That drop includes an impairment charge of 81 cents from store closures. Net sales increased by 4.5% to $10.3 billion in the quarter, driven by higher spending by customers. Analysts were expecting $1.51 per share in earnings on $10.3 billion in sales, according to FactSet. The company has more closures planned for the first quarter, saying it will shutter 96 Dollar General locations and 45 of its relatively higher-end Popshelf stores. It will also convert six Popshelf locations to Dollar General stores. Popshelf stores from Dollar General mainly offer home décor, beauty, cleaning, and party supplies priced at $5 or less and are located in suburban communities. The stock rose 5.3% to $78.85 in premarket trading. The boost could be coming from Dollar General's forecast for long-term growth. The company expects earnings per share to grow more than 10% beginning in 2026. Wall Street had priced in 8.75% in year-over-year growth. In December, Dollar General said it was targeting double-digit EPS growth but wasn't ready to commit to a timeline. The Goodlettsville, Tenn.-based retailer had grown swiftly by opening more stores. Now it is trying to optimize that growth by closing non-performing stores. The number of closings represents less than 1% of its overall store count. Barron's recommended buying the stock in an article published earlier this year. Write to Karishma Vanjani at karishma.vanjani@dowjones.com This content was created by Barron's, which is operated by Dow Jones & Co. Barron's is published independently from Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal. ### Related Stocks - [DG.US - Dollar General](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/DG.US.md) ## Related News & Research | Title | Description | URL | |-------|-------------|-----| | ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. 持有達樂公司價值 509 萬美元的股票 | ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. 在第三季度將其在達樂（Dollar General Corporation）的持股增加了 28.6%，目前持有 49,238 股，價值為 509 萬美元。其他投資者也提高了他們的持倉，機構持 | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/272944484.md) | | Bernstein 維持對達樂（DG）的買入評級 | Bernstein 分析師馬志涵重申了對達樂（Dollar General, DG）的買入評級，目標價為 150.00 美元。馬志涵是一位四星分析師，平均回報率為 14.9%，成功率為 71.01%，同時也覆蓋其他消費防禦類股票。與此同時， | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/272731495.md) | | Precedent Wealth Partners LLC 購買了達樂公司$DG 的新股份 | Precedent Wealth Partners LLC 根據最新的 SEC 文件收購了 14,512 股達樂，價值 150 萬美元。分析師們調整了他們的評級，Oppenheimer、JPMorgan 和 UBS 提高了他們的目標價，反映 | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/270610241.md) | | 達樂公司股票在強勁的交易日中表現優於其他競爭對手 | 達樂公司（Dollar General Corp.，DG）股價上漲 4.59%，至 144.69 美元，標誌着連續第三天上漲，並創下 52 周新高，超過之前的高點 139.83 美元。在一個有利的交易時段，該股票表現優於亞馬遜（Amazon | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/271703299.md) | | 達樂公司的股票在週五的表現遜於競爭對手 | 達樂公司（Dollar General Corp.，DG）週五股價下跌 1.97%，收於 148.74 美元，表現不及亞馬遜、沃爾瑪和好市多等競爭對手，這些公司股價略有上漲。標準普爾 500 指數和道瓊斯指數也出現小幅下跌。達樂的股票收盤時 | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/272881950.md) | --- > **Disclaimer**: This article is for reference only and does not constitute any investment advice.