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Dollar General

The company mostly operates in the general retailer sector. The period from 2006 till the end of 2016 the international sector gained around 120 percent. As from 2011 the sector is 28 percent higher and over the past 12 months (December 2015-December 2016) there is a minus of 120 percent.

The past year was a good year for Dollar General investors

The period between December 2015 and December 2016 was a profitable period for the investors in Dollar General. The stock gained around 9 percent. Over the past 5 years Dollar General' stock rose at around 91 percent in value. Dollar General's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were very fluctuating and moved between 16,02 billion dollars and 20,37 billion dollars. Dollar General's net results between 2011 and 2015 were very fluctuating and moved between 766,69 million dollars and 1,17 billion dollars.

Over the past 5 years the American company paid out dividends. On average Dollar General's dividend yield over the past 5 years was around 0,88 percent annually.

Dollar General' balance mostly consists of equity

As per the end of 2015 the American company's balance sheet equaled 11,26 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 the total debt positon equaled 5,88 billion dollars. This is around 52,23 percent of the total balance sheet. The American company's price/earnings-ratio was 18. So the market valued the stock at 18 times the 2015' earnings per share. We could say that based on it's price/earnings-ratio and dividend yield the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the general retailer's market size (her number of outstanding share times the stock price) equaled around 21,1 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 the American company had around 294,33 million stocks listed on the exchanges.

All Dollar General's annual reports can be found here. More information about Dollar General can be found it's website. .