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Profile - Dollar General Corp. (NYSE:DG)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
100 Mission Ridge
Goodlettsvile, TN 37072
Phone: (615) 855-4000
Fax: (615) 386-9936
Employees (last reported count): 34,600
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Retail (Specialty)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 30%
·Institutional: 59% (85% of float)
(647 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 11.5M shares (+5.55%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Dollar General Corporation is a discount retailer of general merchandise at low prices. Through conveniently located neighborhood stores, the Company offers a focused assortment of consumable basic merchandise, including health and beauty aids, packaged food products, cleaning supplies, housewares, stationery, seasonal goods, basic apparel and domestics. During 1999, hardline and softline merchandise accounted for 82% and 18% of net sales, respectively. As of November 2000, the Company operated 4,889 stores located in 25 states, primarily in the midwestern and southeastern United States. The Company serves the consumable basics needs of customers primarily in the low- and fixed-income brackets.
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Financial Summary
DG is a discount retailer of general merchandise at everday low prices through 4,889 stores located primarily in small towns in the midwestern and southeastern U.S. For the fiscal year ended 2/2/01, sales rose 17% to $4.55 billion. Net income applicable to Common fell 6% to $206 million. Revenues reflect additional stores and an increase in same-store sales. Net income was offset by increased S/G/A expenses as a percentage of revenues, along with higher interest costs.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY1999 Compensation
PayExer

Cal Turner, Jr., 60
Chairman, CEO
$1.4M$8.8M
Donald Shaffer
Pres, COO
--  --  
James Hagan, 42
CFO, Exec. VP
--  --  
Brian Burr, 43
Exec. VP
443K--  
Tom Hartshorn, 50
Exec. VP, Merchandising
--  --  
Dollar amounts are as of 29-Jan-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:DGAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 10-Nov-2000
$13.438
Recent Price$17.25 
52-Week High
on 27-Apr-2001
$24.05 
Beta0.89 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)1.05M
Daily Volume (10-day avg)985.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-20.2%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+7.0%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$5.70B
Shares Outstanding330.6M
Float231.4M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.13 
Dividend Yield0.74%
Last Split: 5 for 4 on 23-May-2000
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$3.22 
Earnings (ttm)$0.62 
Earnings (mrq)$0.21 
Sales (ttm)$13.63 
Cash (mrq*)$0.42 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)5.36 
Price/Earnings (ttm)27.91 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.26 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$4.55B
EBITDA (ttm*)$414.2M
Income available to common (ttm)$206.0M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)4.5%
Operating Margin (ttm)7.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsFeb 2
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
2-Feb-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
31-Jan-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)12.65%
Return on Equity (ttm)21.19%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)2.92 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0.20 
Total Cash (mrq)$141.5M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short3.54M
Percent of Float1.5%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
5.77M
Short Ratio2.93 
Daily Volume1.21M
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