Dollar General Beats on Revenue and EPS for Q4, Boosts Dividend

Dollar General (NYSE: DG) stock fell nearly 10% in trading Thursday -- in line with the broader market's decline -- despite a fiscal fourth-quarter report that featured some quite encouraging results.

For the quarter, which ended Jan. 31, the discount retailer's net sales rose by 7.6% year-over-year to land at $7.16 billion. That was on the back of same-store sales that rose by 3.2%. Net income came in 11% higher at $535 million, or $2.10 per diluted share. 

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