dollar store stocks

Wayne Hood of BMO Capital Markets turned incrementally bearish on Dollar General Corp. (NYSE: DG) and downgraded the stock to Market Perform from Outperform with a price target slashed to $78 from a previous $95 after a "disappointing" second quarter earnings print. Hood's...

Yesterday, the day that the 99 Cents Only Stores (NYSE: NDN) agree to be taken private, competitor discount variety stores Dollar General (NYSE: DG) and Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) reached new 52-week highs of $39.40 and $80.99 per share, respectively. Dollar General boosted its sales forecast and...

At the end of last week, discount retailers Dollar General (NYSE: DG) and Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) reached new multiyear highs of $38.59 and $76.32 per share, respectively. Dollar General launched an e-commerce site recently and opened some 260 new stores in the first half of 2011. Also,...