DG
Dollar General Corporation · Consumer Defensive · Discount Stores
TECHSellZACKSBuy
R500#292 today
$118.94
+0.01% today · -4.73% 1W
Oct 2 close or latest
PreviewWhy it's moving
Moving with the market
- DG +0.01% on the last session vs SPY +0.74%: −0.7 pts of stock-specific move.
- Market backdrop (Fri): Average Hourly Earnings m/m 0.1% vs 0.3% expected (cooler); Non-Farm Employment Change 29K vs 89K expected (weaker); S&P futures +0.41%, 10-year yield -5bp in the 30 minutes after.
Assembled from Wallsti's own signals.
Best time to own DG in the past two years
Buying and selling at the close. Each colored stretch is the best window for that holding period; the grey line is the full two years.
Best window per holding period
| Hold for | Buy | Sell | Gain | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| one single day | Jun 2, 2025 | Jun 3, 2025 | +15.8% | #67 |
| one week | Nov 28, 2025 | Dec 5, 2025 | +20.9% | #114 |
| one month | Nov 19, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | +37.8% | #83 |
| 3 months | Mar 3, 2025 | Jun 3, 2025 | +57.6% | #89 |
| 6 months | Jan 15, 2025 | Jul 15, 2025 | +67.0% | #125 |
| one year | Jan 15, 2025 | Jan 15, 2026 | +126.2% | #58 |
Rank #114 for one week means 113 of the S&P 500 components had a better best-one week gain over the past year. Updated .
Today vs. the best starting days
| As of | 1d | 1w | 1m | 3m | 6m | 1y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today Oct 2, 2026 |
0.0% | -4.7% | -9.1% | +1.2% | +0.3% | +19.7% |
| Best one single day Jun 2, 2025 |
-0.1% | -4.2% | +7.6% | +31.8% | +26.7% | -27.2% |
| Best one week Nov 28, 2025 |
+0.7% | +7.7% | +7.4% | -1.4% | +13.2% | +47.3% |
| Best one month Nov 19, 2025 |
-3.6% | -4.4% | -5.8% | -11.1% | +2.6% | +33.6% |
| Best 3 months Mar 3, 2025 |
-3.1% | -9.0% | +0.6% | -8.3% | -12.9% | -50.7% |
| Best 6 months Jan 15, 2025 |
-1.2% | -4.3% | -10.2% | -14.2% | -45.2% | -47.9% |
| Best one year Jan 15, 2025 |
-1.2% | -4.3% | -10.2% | -14.2% | -45.2% | -47.9% |
Trailing gains over each window, today and on the day each best window started, to compare today's setup with the best entries.