Benzinga | May 27, 2021 06:57AM EDT

Dollar General Q1 EPS $2.82 Beats $2.19 Estimate, Sales $8.40B Beat $8.28B Estimate

Dollar General (NYSE:DG) reported quarterly earnings of $2.82 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $2.19 by 28.77 percent. This is a 10.16 percent increase over earnings of $2.56 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $8.40 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $8.28 billion by 1.45 percent. This is a 0.57 percent decrease over sales of $8.45 billion the same period last year.