Benzinga | Dec 2, 2021 06:55AM EST

Dollar General Q3 EPS $2.08 Beats $2.01 Estimate, Sales $8.50B Beat $8.49B Estimate

Dollar General (NYSE:DG) reported quarterly earnings of $2.08 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $2.01 by 3.48 percent. This is a 9.96 percent decrease over earnings of $2.31 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $8.50 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $8.49 billion by 0.12 percent. This is a 3.66 percent increase over sales of $8.20 billion the same period last year.