secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     DOLLAR GENERAL CORP (DG)
CIK:        0000029534
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-03-14T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-24-034202
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Dollar General Q4 EPS $1.83 (-38% YoY); FY2024 guidance EPS $6.80-$7.55 below FY2023
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- Q4 net sales $9.9B (-3.4% YoY); same-store +0.7% on traffic; operating profit $579.7M (-37.9%).
- FY2023 net sales $38.7B (+2.2%); diluted EPS $7.55 (-29.3%); operating profit $2.4B (-26.5%).
- FY2024 guidance: net sales +6.0-6.7%, same-store +2.0-2.7%, EPS $6.80-$7.55 (incl. $0.50 incentive comp hit).
- Quarterly dividend $0.59 declared, payable Apr 23 to Apr 9 record date; no share repurchases planned for FY2024.
- Real estate plans: ~800 new stores, 1,500 remodels, 85 relocations in FY2024; capex $1.3-1.4B.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29534/000110465924034202/0001104659-24-034202-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29534/000110465924034202/tm247873d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-034202

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