Dollar General stock enters dividend week after EPS beat

Published on 10/05/2026 at 15:11 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Dollar General stock was last at USD 118.94 on October 2, 2026, while adjusted EPS reached USD 2.48. A USD 0.59 dividend has an October 6 ex date.

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Dollar General (ISIN US2566771059) stock was last at USD 118.94 on the NYSE on October 2, 2026 at 4:02 p.m. ET, with a 0.01 percent daily change. The next shareholder checkpoint is a USD 0.59 dividend whose ex-dividend date is October 6, 2026, according to MarketBeat.

Quarterly EPS beat estimates

Dollar General reported adjusted EPS of USD 2.48 for fiscal 2026 second quarter, compared with USD 2.01 consensus, while revenue rose 5.2 percent year over year to USD 11.29 billion, according to MarketBeat. The quarter ended July 31, 2026, and the EPS comparison gives the latest results a clearer edge than revenue growth alone.

The company set fiscal 2026 adjusted EPS guidance at USD 7.80 to USD 8.00, while analysts cited by MarketBeat forecast USD 7.68 for the fiscal year. That spread places management guidance above the published analyst forecast.

Consensus target stays above price

MarketBeat reports a Hold consensus from 29 analysts, including 18 holds, 10 buys and one sell, with an average 12-month price target of USD 135.46. That target lies 13.9 percent above the USD 118.94 price on October 2, 2026, giving the consensus a measurable gap rather than a purely verbal signal.

HSBC upgraded Dollar General to Buy from Hold on September 24, 2026, and raised its price target to USD 160 from USD 125, as Yahoo Finance reported. The analyst cited second-quarter comparable sales growth of 3.5 percent and a 6 percent to 7 percent operating-margin target.

Dividend dates add a checkpoint

Dollar General declared a USD 0.59 quarterly dividend, with shareholders of record on October 6, 2026, and payment scheduled for October 20, 2026, according to MarketBeat. The annualized payout is USD 2.36, equivalent to a 1.9 percent yield in the cited coverage.

Stock remains below yearly high

Dollar General stock traded within a USD 95.11 to USD 158.23 52-week range on October 2, 2026, leaving USD 118.94 24.8 percent below the high. The company had a market capitalization of USD 26.2 billion and volume of 1,601,129 shares on that date.