Dollar General Corp. (DG), Dollar Tree, Inc. (DLTR): Which Discount Retailer is Hitting it Big?

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Earnings release

Earnings should come in close to $0.90 per share. This would bring fiscal year earnings to $2.83 per share. This is an increase of 21% from last year. This could be the fourth consecutive growth in earnings per share.

So, what does this mean for the stock price?

Most of these gains are already priced in the stock as it is today. It closed at $48.03 on March 13th, 2012. The near term price target for Dollar General is $50.29 per share.

The article Which Discount Retailer is Hitting it Big? originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Austin Higgins.

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