secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     DOLLAR GENERAL CORP (DG)
CIK:        0000029534
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-03-17T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001157523-22-000340
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29534/000115752322000340/0001157523-22-000340-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29534/000115752322000340/a52601261.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-22-000340

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