Dollar General: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dollar General Corp. (DG) on Thursday reported fiscal first-quarter earnings of $514.4 million.

On a per-share basis, the Goodlettsville, Tennessee-based company said it had profit of $2.34.

The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 23 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.38 per share.

The discount retailer posted revenue of $9.34 billion in the period, which also fell short of Street forecasts. Twenty-two analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $9.47 billion.

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