Dollar General Stock Price To Earning

DGCO34 Stock  BRL 18.08  0.40  2.16%   
Dollar General fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to Dollar General's financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of Dollar Stock. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure Dollar General's intrinsic value by examining its available economic and financial indicators, including the cash flow records, the balance sheet account changes, the income statement patterns, and various microeconomic indicators and financial ratios related to Dollar General stock.
  
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Dollar General Company Price To Earning Analysis

Dollar General's Price to Earnings ratio is typically used for current valuation of a company and is one of the most popular ratios that investors monitor daily. Holding a low PE stock is less risky because when a company's profitability falls, it is likely that earnings will also go down as well. In other words, if you start from a lower position, your downside risk is limited. There are also some investors who believe that low Price to Earnings ratio reflects the low pricing because a given company is in trouble. On the other hand, a higher PE ratio means that investors are paying more for each unit of profit.

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Current Dollar General Price To Earning

    
  21.49 X  
Most of Dollar General's fundamental indicators, such as Price To Earning, are part of a valuation analysis module that helps investors searching for stocks that are currently trading at higher or lower prices than their real value. If the real value is higher than the market price, Dollar General is considered to be undervalued, and we provide a buy recommendation. Otherwise, we render a sell signal.
Generally speaking, the Price to Earnings ratio gives investors an idea of what the market is willing to pay for the company's current earnings.
Competition

Based on the latest financial disclosure, Dollar General has a Price To Earning of 21.49 times. This is 2.48% higher than that of the Consumer Defensive sector and 19.66% lower than that of the Discount Stores industry. The price to earning for all Brazil stocks is 25.17% higher than that of the company.

Dollar Price To Earning Peer Comparison

Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses Dollar General's direct or indirect competition against its Price To Earning to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the stocks which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of Dollar General could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Dollar General by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.
Dollar General is currently under evaluation in price to earning category among its peers.

Dollar Fundamentals

About Dollar General Fundamental Analysis

The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze Dollar General's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of Dollar General using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of Dollar General based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.
Please read more on our fundamental analysis page.

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Additional Information and Resources on Investing in Dollar Stock

When determining whether Dollar General is a strong investment it is important to analyze Dollar General's competitive position within its industry, examining market share, product or service uniqueness, and competitive advantages. Beyond financials and market position, potential investors should also consider broader economic conditions, industry trends, and any regulatory or geopolitical factors that may impact Dollar General's future performance. For an informed investment choice regarding Dollar Stock, refer to the following important reports:
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Dollar General. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in nation.
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You can also try the Price Exposure Probability module to analyze equity upside and downside potential for a given time horizon across multiple markets.
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.