The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. As of today, Dollar General's share price is $143.14.
Dollar General's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $175.92. Hence, Dollar General's PS Ratio for today is 0.81.
The historical rank and industry rank for Dollar General's PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
DG'
s PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.59 Med: 1.17 Max: 1.8
Current: 0.81
During the past 13 years, Dollar General's highest PS Ratio was 1.80. The lowest was 0.59. And the median was 1.17.
DG's PS Ratio is ranked worse than 69.28% of 306
companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 0.425
vs DG: 0.81
Dollar General's Revenue per Sharefor the
three
months ended in Jan. 2024 was $44.83.
Its Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $175.92.
Warning Sign:
Dollar General Corp revenue growth has slowed down over the past 12 months.
During the past 12 months, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate of Dollar General was 5.20% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 9.20% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 13.40% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 13.00% per year.
During the past 13 years, Dollar General's highest 3-Year average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 41.90% per year. The lowest was -1.90% per year. And the median was 12.80% per year.
Back to Basics: PS Ratio
Dollar General PS Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Dollar General's PS Ratio can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
For the Discount Stores subindustry, Dollar General's PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PS Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Dollar General PS Ratio Distribution
For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Dollar General's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Dollar General's PS Ratio falls into.
Dollar General PS Ratio Calculation
The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks and it was first used by Ken Fisher.
Dollar General's PS Ratio for today is calculated as
Dollar General's Share Price of today is $143.14.
Dollar General's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $175.92.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
The PS Ratio is an excellent valuation indicator if you want to compare a stock with its historical valuation or with the stocks in the same industry. The PS Ratio works especially well when you want to compare the stock's current valuation with its historical valuation. The PS Ratio is a great valuation tool for evaluating cyclical businesses where the PE Ratio works poorly. It works the best when comparing the current valuation with the historical valuation because over time, a company's profit margin tends to revert to the mean.
When the PS Ratio is applied to the whole stock market, it can be used to evaluate the current market valuation and projected returns. In this case, the price is the total market cap of all stocks that are traded, and sales are the GDP of the country. This is how Warren Buffett estimates the broad market valuation and project future returns.
The PS Ratio does not tell you how cheap or expensive the stock is. It cannot be used to compare companies in different industries. It works better for companies within the same industry because these companies tend to have similar capital structures and profit margins. It works the best when comparing a company with itself in the past.
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Dollar General (Dollar General) Business Description
With over 19,000 locations, Dollar General's banner is nearly ubiquitous across the rural United States. Dollar General serves as a convenient shopping destination for fill-in store trips, with its value proposition most relevant to consumers in small communities with a dearth of shopping options. The retailer operates a frugal store of about 7,500 square feet and primarily offers an assortment of branded and private-label consumable items (80% of net sales) such as paper and cleaning products, packaged and perishable food, tobacco, and health and beauty items at low prices. Dollar General also offers a limited assortment of seasonal merchandise, home products, and apparel. The firm sells most items at a price point of $10 or lower.
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