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Dollar General Corporation (DG) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

The Closelooknet read

Dollar General runs a chain of small discount stores across the southern, southwestern, midwestern and eastern United States, selling everyday consumables such as food, cleaning and personal-care items alongside seasonal, home and apparel goods. It stocks lower-priced staples rather than a broad general-merchandise range, aiming at budget shoppers in smaller towns.

Detail below: the desk's view, the earnings record, peers and the company snapshot; daily prices on the price-history tab. Research diary readings, not advice.

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for DG, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 1 piece · newest: Morning 10, “The five-print evening resolves bullish — Nvidia's supply-constrained 70% guide flips a muted release into a paid call, and Salesforce and CrowdStrike are paid double digits.” (2026-08-27)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where DG appears in the diary — 1 piece, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Dailies

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 47/100 · S&P 500 fund at 48, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-11-06
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 60th percentile of the window, -22.8% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-11-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index -2.05 · down 2.95 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-11-05
How it trades on rate days beta 0.97 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How DG has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.97 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Dollar General Corporation moved 0.97% on average · correlation 0.24 · higher than 82% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 1.62 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.52% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +1.60% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Discount Stores · United States · 4 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Discount Stores · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against DG on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Dollar General Corporation

DG in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Dollar General runs a chain of small discount stores across the southern, southwestern, midwestern and eastern United States, selling everyday consumables such as food, cleaning and personal-care items alongside seasonal, home and apparel goods. It stocks lower-priced staples rather than a broad general-merchandise range, aiming at budget shoppers in smaller towns. The company is based in Goodlettsville, Tennessee.
Where it sits in the stack
Dollar General holds no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index; it sits instead in the consumer-defensive sleeve of our wider universe, under discount stores, a corner the diary tracks for what it says about household spending rather than the chip stack.
Who it is priced against
The diary has no formal peer group listed for it; the comparison the market draws is with other discount retailers, chiefly Dollar Tree, which competes for the same value shopper.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It holds a seat in the S&P 500 but carries no Closelooknet score yet, so no module read exists to report. The Morning 10 has named it once, grouped with other names reporting on the same evening rather than singled out for its own move.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether earnings prints from this cohort of retailers move together on report nights, and whether consumer trade-down shows up first in Dollar General's traffic before it appears elsewhere.

Dollar General Corporation (DG) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 8 analyst actions on the wire · latest: initiation by Rodman & Renshaw, 2026-09-24

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for DG from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Initiation Rodman & Renshaw — at Buy Initiated to Buy 2026-09-24
  • Downgrade Citigroup — Neutral → Sell Downgraded to Sell from Neutral 2026-09-24
  • Initiation Morgan Stanley — at Overweight Initiated to Overweight from Equal-Weight 2026-09-24

8 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 downgrade, 4 initiations, 3 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.71%, quarterly · last 0.59 USD on 2026-10-06

Dividends and capital return

What DG pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.36 USD per share · a 1.71% yield on the 2026-11-05 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-11-05
  • Change on the year 0.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.36 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.59 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-10-06
  • By calendar year 2024: 2.36 USD · 2025: 2.36 USD · 2026: 2.36 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2024-01-08

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-11-06

Quick answers

What is Dollar General Corporation (DG)?

Dollar General Corporation trades as DG on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-11-06.

Is DG in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Dollar General Corporation is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-11-06.

Where does DG trade against its moving averages?

Dollar General Corporation trades 8.4% above its 50-day and 10.1% above its 200-day moving average (4.6% above its 20-day). As of 2026-11-05 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Dollar General Corporation compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Discount Stores · United States), Dollar General Corporation (DG) sits 12.4% below its 52-week high, 8.4% above its 50-day average; BJs Wholesale Club Holdings Inc (BJ) is 1.8% below, Dollar Tree Inc (DLTR) is 7.1% below, Ollie's Bargain Outlet Hldg (OLLI) is 28.7% below, as of 2026-11-05. Put any of them next to DG in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Dollar General Corporation trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Dollar General Corporation had a beta of 0.97 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 82% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.52% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. As of 2026-11-05; The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about Dollar General Corporation?

Dollar General Corporation appears in 1 Closelooknet piece as of 2026-11-06, most recently Morning 10: The five-print evening resolves bullish — Nvidia's supply-constrained 70% guide flips a muted release into a paid call, and Salesforce and CrowdStrike are paid double digits. (2026-08-27). What Closelooknet said most recently: Rubrik — a card with zero flat reactions in its history — reports tonight alongside Workday, Autodesk and Dollar General; PDD's three-session print-record window closes at today's close, and all five of Wednesday's prints score theirs on… (Morning 10, 2026-08-27). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does Dollar General Corporation do?

Dollar General runs a chain of small discount stores across the southern, southwestern, midwestern and eastern United States, selling everyday consumables such as food, cleaning and personal-care items alongside seasonal, home and apparel goods. It stocks lower-priced staples rather than a broad general-merchandise range, aiming at budget shoppers in smaller towns. The company is based in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. The diary has no formal peer group listed for it; the comparison the market draws is with other discount retailers, chiefly Dollar Tree, which competes for the same value shopper. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Where does Dollar General Corporation sit in the AI build-out?

Dollar General holds no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index; it sits instead in the consumer-defensive sleeve of our wider universe, under discount stores, a corner the diary tracks for what it says about household spending rather than the chip stack. It holds a seat in the S&P 500 but carries no Closelooknet score yet, so no module read exists to report. The Morning 10 has named it once, grouped with other names reporting on the same evening rather than singled out for its own move. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Does Dollar General Corporation pay a dividend?

Dollar General Corporation has paid 2.36 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.71% on the 2026-11-05 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.59 USD on 2026-10-06. As of 2026-11-05; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Dollar General Corporation recently?

The most recent analyst action on Dollar General Corporation on the Closelooknet wire is a initiation by Rodman & Renshaw on 2026-09-24 (at Buy). 8 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 downgrade, 4 initiations, 3 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

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Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Discount Stores, then Consumer Defensive. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.