(NYSE:GD) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, July 27th. General Dynamics Corp. has a 52 week low of $121.61 and a 52 week high of $154.98. In the matter of earnings surprises, it can have a huge impact on a company’s stock price. The stock is now holding above its 50-day SMA of $-18.46 and below its 200-day SMA of $84.85. The $0.94 which was the Dollar General Corporation’s earnings in the last quarter ended 2016-01-31 was suggesting a deviation of -0.01. The average forecast of sales for the year ending Jan 17 is $22.13B by 22 analysts. During the same period past year, the company posted $2.27 earnings per share. The Average sales target is based on the consensus of 25 brokerage Analysts.
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The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, November 10th. If the company has a ratings score of 1, this would represent a Strong Buy. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA boosted its stake in shares of General Dynamics Corp.by 820.0% in the second quarter.
08/26/2016 – Dollar General Corporation was downgraded to “market perform” by analysts at Telsey Advisory Group.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) [Trend Analysis] climbed reacts as active mover, shares an advance 3.40% to traded at $115.57 and the percentage gap among open changing to regular change was 1.87%. Calbert Michael M accumulated 13,000 shares in the company at a per-share price of $75.53 and ended up spending $981,890 in the investment. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 107,922 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $15,962,743.02.
Several analysts have weighed in on the company. The average 1-year price target among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $157.43. They noted that the move was a valuation call.
GD has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. The firm lowered its rating on DG from Buy to Accumulate. Breaking those down we see that the ratings are as follows: 9 Strong Buy, 2 Rated Buy, 7 Rated Hold and 0 Rated Sell. General Dynamics Corp. now has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $157.99.
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The 52-week high for Dollar General Corporation stands at -26.20% while the 52-week low stands at 20.71%.
