Dollar General Corporation (DG): Today's Featured Retail Winner

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Dollar General Corporation (DG) pushed the Retail industry higher today making it today's featured retail winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.8%. By the end of trading, Dollar General Corporation rose 47 cents (1%) to $46.84 on light volume. Throughout the day, 3.6 million shares of Dollar General Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 6.2 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $46.28-$46.85 after having opened the day at $46.37 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $46.37. Other companies within the Retail industry that increased today were: RadioShack (RSH), up 14.3%, QKL Stores (QKLS), up 9.8%, Gaiam Inc. Class A (GAIA), up 5.2%, and Tuesday Morning Corporation (TUES), up 5%.

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Dollar General Corporation operates as a discount retailer primarily in the southern, southwestern, midwestern, and eastern United States. Dollar General Corporation has a market cap of $14.81 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 16.4, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 2% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 12 analysts that rate Dollar General Corporation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and seven rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Dollar General Corporation as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, notable return on equity and good cash flow from operations. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.

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On the negative front, China Jo-Jo Drugstores (CJJD), down 6.1%, Conn's (CONN), down 3.9%, ValueVision Media (VVTV), down 3.3%, and U.S. Auto Parts Network (PRTS), down 2.7%, were all laggards within the retail industry with Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) being today's retail industry laggard.

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For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the retail industry could consider SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT) while those bearish on the retail industry could consider ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods (SZK).

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