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Investing.com -- HSBC upgraded Dollar General (NYSE: DG) to Buy from Hold on Thursday, saying the discount retailer's turnaround is firmly underway and its shares look too cheap.

Value and convenience are still top of mind for inflation-weary shoppers, writes a Bernstein analyst.

"Having 2,000 items at or below $1 is very meaningful for the consumer, always has, but especially in this environment."

The retailer is seeing a shift it can’t afford to ignore

Over seven decades, the American discount chain built a 21,000-store juggernaut on a simple formula: Go where Walmart won’t, keep stores bare-bones and sell cheap staples to people stretching their paychecks. Halfway across the world, the Zhang brothers independently saw the same opportunity in China’s unglamorous interior. Today, Mixue is the world’s biggest food-and-beverage chain, with more than 47,000 locations last year, according to research firm Technomic, and the company has added thousands more this year.

The discount retailer has a new game plan to help its bargain-hunting customers find more deals.

Jim Cramer is sounding an alarm about a beloved retailer that loyal shoppers treat as bulletproof, and the numbers behind his warning point toward a corner of retail that most investors still underestimate.

The discount retailer is seeing a concerning shift in how its core consumers shop

Vasos highlights accelerating share gains amid constrained consumer spending.

Dollar General Corp (DG) reports a 5.2% net sales increase and a 33% EPS jump, driven by market share gains and strategic reinvestment, despite ongoing pressure on its core low-income customers.

Dollar-store chains provided different takeaways on the state of the US retail sector that's facing increasing economic challenges. At Dollar Tree Inc., the company mostly met Wall Street expectations last quarter and left its sales growth outlook for the year unchanged. Dollar General Corp. lifted its view for annual revenue after a quarterly sales beat. Bloomberg's Redd Brown joins to discuss.

Dollar General (NYSE:DG) reported second-quarter fiscal 2026 results that management said exceeded expectations, citing comparable-sales growth, operating-margin expansion and double-digit earnings-per-share growth. The company also raised its full-year outlook and said it plans to resume share repu

Dollar General (DG) and Dollar Tree (DLTR) raised their full-year earnings outlooks on Thursday as t

The headline numbers for Dollar General (DG) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended July 2026, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was up 0.6%, and the actively tra

US equity markets were mostly trending higher before the opening bell Thursday as traders digest Nvi

Yahoo Finance's Josh Lipton takes a closer look at the top stories for investors to watch on Thursday, Aug. 26, including quarterly earnings results from Marvell (MRVL), Dollar General (DG), and Dollar Tree (DLTR). Meanwhile, the 2026 Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium kicks off, setting the stage for Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's upcoming Friday remarks.

(Updates with same-store sales guidance in the seventh paragraph and repurchase outlook in the eight

Dollar General lifted its outlook for the year as profit and sales climbed in the latest quarter, boosted by consumers’ continued reliance on the company for low-cost goods.

Today Fed Jackson Hole conference: The central bank’s annual Wyoming conference runs through Saturday. It will be closely watched for hints on Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh’s economic outlook. Earnings (a.

Asian stocks were mixed on Thursday following modest losses on Wall Street, while oil prices declined. U.S. futures were trading higher after Nvidia’s latest quarterly earnings beat Wall Street’s expectations as demand for its advanced artificial intelligence chips surged. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 slipped 0.2% to 66,162.72.

Dollar General, the larger of the two main dollar stores, has traditionally sold more essentials than discretionary items, and has struggled the most in the postpandemic years.

Jumia Technologies (NYSE:JMIA) reported second-quarter 2026 results marked by higher order volumes, expanding gross profit and a narrower adjusted EBITDA loss, while supply disruptions in electronics, fuel surcharges and weaker purchasing power in Ivory Coast weighed on GMV growth. Chief Executive

TJX (TJX) is expected to post fiscal second-quarter earnings in line with Wall Street's estimates am

Retail earnings season kicks off Aug. 19 with investors expected to focus less on tariff-driven margin gains and more on whether companies such as Walmart, Target, Dollar General, and Five Below can sustain sales growth.

Dollar General is gearing up to report its fiscal 2027 second-quarter results, and analysts are forecasting a high single-digit increase in its bottom line.

Inflation may not be rising as quickly as it was a few years ago, but shoppers are still feeling the pain every time they head to the checkout. That's made value-focused retailers such as Dollar General increasingly important for families looking to stretch every dollar, especially as we gear up ...

Dollar General has seen growth in a key customer area, driven by the challenging economy. Citigroup analyst Paul Lejuez asked about those wealthier customers during the chain's first-quarter earnings call. "You talked a bit about the trade-in customer in the $100,000-plus range. We hear a lot of ...

Within three miles of my house, I have two Publix stores, an Aldi, a Fresh Market, a Target with a full grocery section, a Walmart, and a BJ's Wholesale under construction. There's a Sprouts a little further away, as well as multiple Dollar General locations and a locally owned farmer's ...

Retailers including Walmart and Dollar Tree are beginning to receive tariff refunds, but Bernstein says the payments are unlikely to provide a meaningful boost to consumer stocks.