--- title: "Dollar General (DG) Reports Q1: Everything You Need To Know Ahead Of Earnings" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/288205718.md" description: "Dollar General is set to report Q1 earnings, with market expecting 3.7% YoY revenue growth. Last quarter, the retailer beat estimates on revenue ($10.91B), EBITDA, and EPS. Analysts have largely reconfirmed estimates, noting DG rarely misses revenue targets. Peer retailers Dollar Tree and Target also reported strong results. Despite positive sector sentiment, DG's stock has declined 3.1% recently, trading below its $137.93 average analyst price target." datetime: "2026-06-01T03:01:56.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/288205718.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/288205718.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/288205718.md) --- # Dollar General (DG) Reports Q1: Everything You Need To Know Ahead Of Earnings Discount retailer Dollar General will be reporting earnings this Tuesday morning. Here’s what investors should know. Dollar General beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $10.91 billion, up 5.9% year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates. Is Dollar General a buy or sell going into earnings? Read our full analysis here, it’s free for active Edge members. This quarter, the market is expecting Dollar General’s revenue to grow 3.7% year on year, slowing from the 5.3% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business will stay the course heading into earnings. Dollar General rarely misses Wall Street’s revenue estimates. Looking at Dollar General’s peers in the non-discretionary retail segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Dollar Tree delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 7.2%, meeting analysts’ expectations, and Target reported revenues up 6.7%, topping estimates by 3.4%. Dollar Tree traded up 21.5% following the results while Target’s stock price was unchanged. Read our full analysis of Dollar Tree’s results here and Target’s results here. There has been positive sentiment among investors in the non-discretionary retail segment, with share prices up 4.2% on average over the last month. Dollar General is down 3.1% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $137.93 (compared to the current share price of $110.98). **ONE MORE THING: 3 Hidden Platforms Growing 3X Faster than Amazon, Google, and PayPal.** Amazon, Google, and Meta all followed the same playbook: Dominate an ignored market. Build an unbeatable moat. Scale until you’re unstoppable. These three platforms are running that exact playbook right now. The early investors in Amazon made fortunes. The early investors in these could do the same. **Get All 3 Stocks Here for FREE**. ### Related Stocks - [DG.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/DG.US.md) - [TGT.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TGT.US.md) - [DLTR.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/DLTR.US.md) - [ONLN.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/ONLN.US.md) - [RTH.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/RTH.US.md) - [KXI.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/KXI.US.md) - [XLP.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/XLP.US.md) - [EBIZ.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/EBIZ.US.md) - [VDC.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/VDC.US.md) - [IYK.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/IYK.US.md) - [XRT.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/XRT.US.md) - [IBUY.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/IBUY.US.md) - [AMZN.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/AMZN.US.md) - [GOOGL.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/GOOGL.US.md) - [GOOG.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/GOOG.US.md) - [PYPL.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/PYPL.US.md) - [META.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/META.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [Is Dollar General’s Upgraded 2026 Outlook And Governance Vote Altering The Investment Case For DG?](https://longbridge.com/en/news/289118647.md) - [Dollar General says 2,000 items will actually cost $1 or less. What's included?](https://longbridge.com/en/news/289667536.md) - [Dollar General Donates $250,000 to American Red Cross to Celebrate America’s 250th | DG Stock News](https://longbridge.com/en/news/289452105.md) - [Dollar General (DG) Stock Rebounds 10% In A Week But Do Valuation Models Agree](https://longbridge.com/en/news/289605996.md) - [Dollar General's Q1 Beat Driven By Cost Control As CEO Exit Looms](https://longbridge.com/en/news/288738262.md)