GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dollar General Corp. (DG) on Thursday reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of $426.3 million.
On a per-share basis, the Goodlettsville, Tennessee-based company said it had profit of $1.93.
The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 26 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.61 per share.
The discount retailer posted revenue of $10.91 billion in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Twenty-five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $10.78 billion.
Dollar General expects full-year earnings to be $7.10 to $7.35 per share.
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