Dollar General Dividends
| DG Stock | USD 76.59 1.66 2.22% |
Dollar General's past performance could be the main factor of why investors trade Dollar General stock today. Investors should clearly understand every aspect of the Dollar General dividend schedule, including its future sustainability, and how it might impact an overall investment strategy. This tool is helpful to digest Dollar General's dividend schedule and payout information. Dollar General dividends can also provide a clue to the current valuation of Dollar General.
One of the primary advantages of investing in dividend-paying companies such as Dollar General is that dividends usually grow steadily over time. As a result, well-established companies that pay dividends typically increase their dividend payouts yearly, which many long-term traders find attractive. Dollar |
Investing in dividend-paying stocks, such as Dollar General is one of the few strategies that are good for long-term investment. Ex-dividend dates are significant because investors in Dollar General must own a stock before its ex-dividend date to receive its next dividend.
Recent Dollar General Dividends Paid (per share)
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Dollar General Expected Dividend Income Per Share
Dividend payment represents part of Dollar General's profit that is distributed to its stockholders. It is considered income for that tax year rather than a capital gain. In other words, a dividend is a prize given to shareholders for investing in Dollar General. Dollar General's board of directors can pay out dividends at a planned frequency, such as monthly or quarterly.
$1.42 Bottom Scenario | $1.56 | $1.7 Top Scenario |
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Dollar General expected dividend income per share adjusted for ongoing price standard deviation
Dollar General Past Distributions to stockholders
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Is Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Dollar General. If investors know Dollar will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Dollar General listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth (0.20) | Dividend Share 2.36 | Earnings Share 6.43 | Revenue Per Share 180.613 | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.042 |
The market value of Dollar General is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Dollar that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Dollar General's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Dollar General's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Dollar General's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Dollar General's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Dollar General's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Dollar General is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Dollar General's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.