Dollar General Corporation

LSE:0IC7 Stock Report

Market Cap: US$16.8b

Dollar General Valuation

Is 0IC7 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of 0IC7 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 0IC7 ($75.97) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($140.73)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 0IC7 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 0IC7?

Key metric: As 0IC7 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for 0IC7. This is calculated by dividing 0IC7's market cap by their current earnings.
What is 0IC7's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio12.6x
EarningsUS$1.34b
Market CapUS$16.80b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 0IC7's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 0IC7 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average45.3x
MKS Marks and Spencer Group
15.2x9.3%UK£7.7b
TSCO Tesco
13x1.5%UK£24.6b
SBRY J Sainsbury
35.9x20.6%UK£6.3b
8267 Aeon
117.3x19.9%JP¥3.2t
0IC7 Dollar General
12.6x6.7%US$16.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 0IC7 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.6x) compared to the peer average (45.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 0IC7's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Consumer Retailing Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
0IC7 12.6xIndustry Avg. 14.8xNo. of Companies10PE01020304050+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 0IC7 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.6x) compared to the European Consumer Retailing industry average (14.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 0IC7's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

0IC7 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio12.6x
Fair PE Ratio21.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 0IC7 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.1x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst 0IC7 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$75.97
US$90.12
+18.6%
12.6%US$115.00US$66.00n/a28
Dec ’25US$77.27
US$95.86
+24.1%
14.9%US$130.00US$73.00n/a28
Nov ’25US$81.48
US$100.47
+23.3%
13.6%US$130.00US$73.00n/a28
Oct ’25US$83.62
US$100.76
+20.5%
13.9%US$130.00US$73.00n/a28
Sep ’25US$84.48
US$110.01
+30.2%
18.7%US$157.00US$90.00n/a27
Aug ’25US$119.33
US$148.91
+24.8%
9.1%US$170.00US$118.00n/a27
Jul ’25US$131.50
US$149.50
+13.7%
8.8%US$170.00US$118.00n/a27
Jun ’25US$133.75
US$150.59
+12.6%
8.6%US$170.00US$118.00n/a26
May ’25US$137.43
US$157.33
+14.5%
8.8%US$190.00US$118.00n/a28
Apr ’25US$156.11
US$156.79
+0.4%
8.5%US$180.00US$118.00n/a28
Mar ’25US$150.14
US$140.92
-6.1%
11.1%US$170.00US$100.00n/a27
Feb ’25US$135.21
US$142.39
+5.3%
12.1%US$182.00US$100.00n/a28
Jan ’25US$136.24
US$139.44
+2.4%
13.2%US$182.00US$100.00n/a28
Dec ’24US$134.09
US$132.76
-1.0%
18.1%US$210.00US$100.00US$77.2728
Nov ’24US$116.65
US$132.87
+13.9%
18.3%US$210.00US$100.00US$81.4828
Oct ’24US$105.53
US$148.83
+41.0%
15.7%US$210.00US$102.00US$83.6226
Sep ’24US$129.57
US$155.48
+20.0%
14.2%US$210.00US$128.00US$84.4825
Aug ’24US$168.11
US$186.81
+11.1%
9.7%US$230.00US$155.00US$119.3326
Jul ’24US$168.61
US$186.77
+10.8%
9.7%US$230.00US$155.00US$131.5026
Jun ’24US$164.20
US$227.92
+38.8%
13.1%US$270.00US$166.00US$133.7524
May ’24US$222.69
US$241.96
+8.7%
9.0%US$285.00US$190.00US$137.4325
Apr ’24US$208.48
US$241.92
+16.0%
9.0%US$285.00US$190.00US$156.1125
Mar ’24US$214.16
US$246.72
+15.2%
9.7%US$288.00US$190.00US$150.1425
Feb ’24US$233.09
US$264.00
+13.3%
8.8%US$288.00US$191.00US$135.2124
Jan ’24US$245.05
US$266.33
+8.7%
8.0%US$289.00US$195.00US$136.2424
Dec ’23US$234.07
US$268.70
+14.8%
8.2%US$296.00US$199.00US$134.0923

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/21 10:29
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/11/01
Annual Earnings2024/02/02

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Dollar General Corporation is covered by 59 analysts. 29 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Christopher GrajaArgus Research Company
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Seth SigmanBarclays