Dollar General is a discount retailer. Co.'s consumable category includes paper and cleaning products, packaged food, perishables, snacks, health and beauty, pet and tobacco products. Co.'s seasonal products include holiday items, toys, batteries, small electronics, greeting cards, stationery, prepaid phones and accessories, gardening supplies, hardware, automotive and home office supplies. Co.'s home products include kitchen supplies, cookware, small appliances, light bulbs, storage containers, frames, candles, craft supplies and kitchen, bed and bath soft goods. Co.'s apparel includes casual everyday apparel as well as socks, underwear, disposable diapers, shoes and accessories. The DG stock yearly return is shown above.
The yearly return on the DG stock yearly return page and across the coverage universe of our site,
is a measure of the annual return over the calendar year 2014 for the given stock.
When performing this calculation it is important to factor in dividends, because a financial instrument's annual return is
more than just the change in price if that instrument pays a dividend or coupon.
One way to factor dividends into the return is simply to count them as cash — we don't do
that here. Instead, our website aims to empower investors
by performing the DG annual return calculation with any dividends reinvested as applicable (on ex-dates).
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