secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     DOLLAR GENERAL CORP (DG)
CIK:        0000029534
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-08-31T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001157523-23-001382
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Dollar General Q2 EPS $2.13 vs $2.98; slashes FY2023 guidance sharply
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- Q2 net sales +3.9% to $9.8B; same-store sales -0.1% vs prior year.
- Operating profit fell 24.2% to $692.3M; diluted EPS down 28.5% to $2.13.
- FY2023 guidance cut: net sales growth now 1.3%-3.3% (prev 3.5%-5.0%); EPS now $7.10-$8.30 (prev ~flat to -8% YoY).
- Incremental $170M H2 operating profit headwind from inventory reduction and retail labor investments.
- Quarterly dividend of $0.59/share declared; no share repurchases planned in 2023.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29534/000115752323001382/0001157523-23-001382-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29534/000115752323001382/a53546712.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-001382

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