The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Dollar General Corp shares valued at $222,501 were sold by TAYLOR EMILY C on Jun 17 ’25. At $113.00 per share, TAYLOR EMILY C sold 1,969 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 46,563 shares worth approximately $4.98 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, EMILY TAYLOR & MICHAEL W TAYLO purchased 1,969 shares, netting a total of over 222,501 in proceeds.
Before that, REARDON KATHLEEN A had sold 6,438 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $718,229, the EVP & Chief People Officer traded Dollar General Corp shares for $111.56 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 6,438 shares, worth approximately $4.45 million.
Analysts at Goldman downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in late June. As of June 04, 2025, Oppenheimer has increased its “Perform” rating to a “an Outperform” for DG. Earlier on June 04, 2025, Telsey Advisory Group resumed its rating. Their recommendation was “a Market perform” for DG stock.
Analyzing DG Stock Performance
On last trading session, Dollar General Corp [NYSE: DG] rose 0.72% to $106.9. The stock’s lowest price that day was $104.97, but it reached a high of $107.265 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.43%. Over the course of the year, Dollar General Corp shares have jumped approximately 24.66%.
Is Dollar General Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Dollar General Corp saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-08-29 dropping by -0.33 million shares to 8.29 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-31 was 8.62 million shares. A decline of -3.95% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.67 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.67.
Which companies own the most shares of Dollar General Corp (DG)?
In terms of Dollar General Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 125 in the next 12 months, up nearly 17.77% from the previous closing price of $106.14. Analysts anticipate Dollar General Corp stock to reach 139 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 115. In spite of this, 24 analysts ranked Dollar General Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025.
