Benzinga | Aug 27, 2020 06:56AM EDT

Dollar General Q2 EPS $3.12 Beats $2.44 Estimate, Sales $8.68B Beat $8.35B Estimate

Dollar General (NYSE:DG) reported quarterly earnings of $3.12 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $2.44 by 27.87 percent. This is a 79.31 percent increase over earnings of $1.74 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $8.68 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $8.35 billion by 4.00 percent. This is a 24.38 percent increase over sales of $6.98 billion the same period last year.