GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dollar General Corp. (DG) on Tuesday reported fiscal first-quarter earnings of $444.1 million.
The Goodlettsville, Tennessee-based company said it had net income of $2 per share.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 26 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.89 per share.
The discount retailer posted revenue of $10.79 billion in the period, which did not meet Street forecasts. Twenty-six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $10.82 billion.
Dollar General expects full-year earnings to be $7.20 to $7.45 per share.
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