GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dollar General Corp. (DG) on Thursday reported fiscal second-quarter earnings of $374.2 million.
The Goodlettsville, Tennessee-based company said it had profit of $1.70 per share.
The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 23 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.79 per share.
The discount retailer posted revenue of $10.21 billion in the period, which also fell short of Street forecasts. Twenty-three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $10.38 billion.
Dollar General expects full-year earnings to be $5.50 to $6.20 per share.
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