GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dollar General Corp. (DG) on Thursday reported fiscal third-quarter earnings of $276.2 million.
The Goodlettsville, Tennessee-based company said it had net income of $1.26 per share.
The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 21 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.19 per share.
The discount retailer posted revenue of $9.69 billion in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Twenty-one analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $9.65 billion.
Dollar General expects full-year earnings to be $7.10 to $7.60 per share.
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