secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     DOLLAR GENERAL CORP (DG)
CIK:        0000029534
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-08-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001157523-21-001096
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29534/000115752321001096/0001157523-21-001096-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29534/000115752321001096/a52481944.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-21-001096

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