---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-21-001096"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DG"
cik: "0000029534"
company_name: "DOLLAR GENERAL CORP"
filed_at: "2021-08-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T07:40:23.500452+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dollar General Q2 same-store sales down 4.7%, EPS $2.69; lifts FY21 guidance

## Summary
- Net sales of $8.7B, down 0.4% YoY; same-store sales -4.7% but up 14.1% on two-year stack.
- Diluted EPS $2.69, down 13.8% from $3.12; operating profit $849.6M, down 18.5%.
- Raises FY21 guidance: net sales growth 0.5%-1.5%, same-store sales decline narrowed to 3.5%-2.5%, EPS $9.60-$10.20.
- Increases share repurchase plan to ~$2.4B from ~$2.2B; capex guidance raised to $1.1B-$1.2B.
- Declares quarterly dividend of $0.42 per share, payable Oct 19 to holders of record Oct 5.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-21-001096
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DG
- cik: 0000029534
- company_name: DOLLAR GENERAL CORP
- filed_at: 2021-08-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29534/000115752321001096/0001157523-21-001096-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29534/000115752321001096/a52481944.htm

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