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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Dollar General (DG)

Dollar General Q2 EPS rises 33% to $2.48; raises fiscal 2026 EPS guidance

Positive Impact 4 of 5 earnings Written later

Dollar General reported second-quarter fiscal 2026 net sales up 5.2% to $11.3 billion, operating profit up 29.2% to $769.2 million and diluted EPS up 33.3% to $2.48. The company raised its fiscal 2026 diluted EPS guidance to $7.80 to $8.00 from $7.20 to $7.45, including an estimated $0.25 benefit from tariff refunds in the second quarter, and said it expects to resume share repurchases in the second half of the year.

Key points

  • Same-store sales rose 3.5%, with customer traffic up 2.0% and average transaction amount up 1.5%
  • Fiscal 2026 diluted EPS guidance is $7.80 to $8.00, up from $7.20 to $7.45 previously
  • Board declared a quarterly dividend of $0.59 per share, payable on or before October 20, 2026, to holders of record on October 6, 2026
  • Share repurchases of up to $700 million planned for fiscal 2026; $1.4 billion remained under the authorization at the end of the quarter

The filing

CompanyDollar General (DG)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECAug 27, 2026, 6:57 AM ET
Accession number0001104659-26-101918

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:10 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on August 27, 2026.

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