--- title: "Weekly Recap | Dollar General -6.48%, consensus target above spot" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/298801044.md" description: "Dollar General (DG) fell 6.48% this week to close at $124.58. The S&P 500 slipped 0.8% over the same stretch, leaving DG about 5.68 percentage points behind the index. The week played out as a fade after an early high: Tuesday opened at $132.47 and hit a weekly high of $132.75 before closing at $127.87; Wednesday fell to $124.57; Thursday touched a weekly low of $122.395; Friday recovered modestly to $124.58. Average daily volume of about 2.37 million shares ran 6." datetime: "2026-09-12T08:05:24.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/298801044.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/298801044.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/298801044.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # Weekly Recap | Dollar General -6.48%, consensus target above spot ## The Week Dollar General (DG) fell 6.48% this week to close at $124.58. The S&P 500 slipped 0.8% over the same stretch, leaving DG about 5.68 percentage points behind the index. The week played out as a fade after an early high: Tuesday opened at $132.47 and hit a weekly high of $132.75 before closing at $127.87; Wednesday fell to $124.57; Thursday touched a weekly low of $122.395; Friday recovered modestly to $124.58. Average daily volume of about 2.37 million shares ran 6.3% above the 60-day median, consistent with a high-volume pullback. ## Key Events Several brokers reaffirmed their ratings this week. Barclays kept its buy rating on Monday (Sep 7), and Bernstein maintained its buy rating on Tuesday (Sep 8). On the tape, DG underperformed comparable retailers on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Friday brought a modest daily gain, but the stock still lagged rivals. Mid-week, DG appeared in a roundup of market-moving headlines, underlining the attention on consumer names. Thursday saw discussion around whether the earnings-guidance reset changes the bull case for DG, while the Dollar General Literacy Foundation announced more than $4.1 million in youth literacy grants. For the week, there was no company-specific earnings or major operating release of similar weight. The pressure appeared tied to an ongoing guidance re-rating and relative weakness against peers. ## Analyst Ratings Across the 30 institutions covering DG, 7 rate it buy, 3 rate it over, 19 rate it hold, and 1 rates it sell, with none at under or no opinion. That puts 10 at buy or over and 1 at sell, with no under. The consensus rating is hold. The consensus target price is $139.55, about 12.02% above the latest close of $124.58. The target range is wide: from a high of $176 to a low of $90, a spread of roughly $86. Within the 9 names in its consumer retail peer group, DG ranks 4th, around the middle of the pack. ## The Week Ahead The macro calendar is weighted toward US consumer data. Tuesday (Sep 15) brings the New York Fed manufacturing index. Wednesday (Sep 16) is heavier, with retail sales excluding autos, retail sales, retail control, import prices and the NAHB housing market index. Retail sales releases matter directly for DG’s discount-retail operating environment; a meaningful miss or beat versus consensus could shift the read on consumer resilience and demand for discount channels. EIA weekly crude inventory data also arrives on Wednesday, with an indirect influence on overall risk appetite. DG has no scheduled earnings of its own next week, so the focus sits on whether macro prints support a stabilisation in the stock’s relative performance. ## In Short This week’s price action sits in tension with the ratings picture. Of 30 covering brokers, 10 rate DG buy or over, but the consensus remains hold, and the consensus target of $139.55 implies about 12.02% upside from the latest close. At the same time, the target range is exceptionally wide, showing that dispersion among institutions has not narrowed. On valuation, DG trades around 16.14x earnings and 2.96x book, and the price has moved back above its 20-day moving average while staying near its 60-day cost zone. The latest session’s fund flow shows net buying in large and medium lots, against net selling in small lots, a structure that skews toward larger accounts absorbing supply. What comes next is whether retail sales data offers a fresh demand signal and whether DG’s underperformance versus peers begins to narrow. *This article is generated by LongbridgeAI from market data, for information only and not investment advice.* ### Related Stocks - [DG.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/DG.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [Does Earnings Guidance Raise Change The Bull Case For Dollar General (DG)?](https://longbridge.com/en/news/298518016.md) - [Dollar General Sees Shopper Pressure Persisting, Bets on Value and Delivery Growth](https://longbridge.com/en/news/299164046.md) - [Dollar General FY2029 EPS Forecast Raised by Zacks Research](https://longbridge.com/en/news/299311890.md) - [BUZZ-Street View: Dollar General wins more shoppers amid economic pressure](https://longbridge.com/en/news/297357276.md) - [Dollar General partners with RELEX Solutions for forecasting and replenishment platform](https://longbridge.com/en/news/297182543.md) --- > **Disclaimer: This article is for reference only and does not constitute any investment advice.**