secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     DOLLAR GENERAL CORP (DG)
CIK:        0000029534
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-12-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001157523-22-001697
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Dollar General Q3 EPS $2.33 beats; cuts FY22 EPS growth view to ~7-8% from 12-14%
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- Net sales $9.5B (+11.1% YoY); same-store sales +6.8%; diluted EPS $2.33 (+12.0% YoY).
- Gross margin 30.5% (-27 bps YoY) on higher LIFO, mix, distribution costs; inventory up 28.4%/store to $7.1B.
- FY22 EPS growth guidance cut to ~7-8% from prior 12-14% (incl. 53rd-wk benefit); Q4 EPS guided $3.15-$3.30.
- Board declared $0.55 quarterly dividend payable Jan 17, 2023; repurchased $546M in stock during Q3.
- FY23 real estate plan: ~3,170 projects (1,050 new stores, 2,000 remodels, 125 relocations); Mexico expansion.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29534/000115752322001697/0001157523-22-001697-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29534/000115752322001697/a52989957.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-22-001697

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