DJ Dollar General Corp. Stock Underperforms Wednesday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Dollar General Corp. (DG) slid 2.50% to $119.58 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.25% to 7,651.54 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.86% to 50,906.05.
This was the stock's third consecutive day of losses.
Dollar General Corp. closed 24.43% below its 52-week high of $158.23, which the company reached on February 26th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) rose 1.01% to $249.15, Walmart Inc. (WMT) fell 2.70% to $103.92, and Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST) fell 1.54% to $910.34.
Trading volume (2.6 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.4 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled September 30, 2026.