Dollar General: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dollar General Corp. (DG) on Thursday reported fiscal fourth-quarter net income of $401.8 million.

On a per-share basis, the Goodlettsville, Tennessee-based company said it had net income of $1.83.

The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 24 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.74 per share.

The discount retailer posted revenue of $9.86 billion in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Twenty-three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $9.78 billion.

For the year, the company reported profit of $1.66 billion, or $7.55 per share. Revenue was reported as $38.69 billion.

Dollar General expects full-year earnings to be $6.80 to $7.55 per share.

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