---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-21-001470"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DG"
cik: "0000029534"
company_name: "DOLLAR GENERAL CORP"
filed_at: "2021-12-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T04:16:05.503575+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DG Q3 EPS $2.08, sales $8.5B; raises FY21 guidance; adds $2B buyback; plans 1,110 new stores in FY22

## Summary
- Q3 net sales $8.5B (+3.9% YoY); diluted EPS $2.08 (-10.0% YoY); operating profit $665.6M (-13.9% YoY).
- Same-store sales -0.6% (two-year stack +11.6%); gross margin 30.8% (down 57 bps); SG&A 22.9% (up 105 bps).
- FY21 guidance raised: net sales growth ~1.0-1.5%, diluted EPS $9.90-$10.20 (prev $9.60-$10.20).
- Board authorizes additional $2.0B share repurchase; declares quarterly dividend $0.42/share payable Jan 18, 2022.
- FY22 plans: 1,110 new stores, 1,750 remodels, 120 relocations; first Mexico stores in FY22; target ~1,000 pOpshelf by end FY25.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-21-001470
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DG
- cik: 0000029534
- company_name: DOLLAR GENERAL CORP
- filed_at: 2021-12-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/29534/000115752321001470/0001157523-21-001470-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29534/000115752321001470/a52543526.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-21-001470.txt

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