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GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dollar General Corp. (DG) on Tuesday reported fiscal first-quarter earnings of $391.9 million.
The Goodlettsville, Tennessee-based company said it had profit of $1.78 per share.
The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 23 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.47 per share.
The discount retailer posted revenue of $10.44 billion in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Twenty-one analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $10.29 billion.
Dollar General expects full-year earnings to be $5.20 to $5.80 per share.
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