---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-22-000340"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DG"
cik: "0000029534"
company_name: "DOLLAR GENERAL CORP"
filed_at: "2022-03-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T22:08:09.755694+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dollar General Q4 EPS $2.57, -1.9% YoY; dividend raised 31% to $0.55

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $8.7B (+2.8% YoY); same-store sales -1.4%; operating profit $796.7M (-8.7%).
- FY2021 diluted EPS $10.17 (-4.2%); operating profit $3.2B (-9.4%); net income $2.4B.
- Quarterly dividend increased 31% to $0.55/share; payable Apr 19, 2022 to holders of record Apr 5.
- FY2022 guidance: net sales +~10%, same-store sales +~2.5%, diluted EPS +12-14% (incl. 53rd week).
- Plans $2.75B in share repurchases and ~1,110 new stores in FY2022; Q1 EPS guided $2.25-$2.35.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-22-000340
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DG
- cik: 0000029534
- company_name: DOLLAR GENERAL CORP
- filed_at: 2022-03-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/29534/000115752322000340/0001157523-22-000340-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29534/000115752322000340/a52601261.htm

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