DJ Dollar General Corp. Stock Underperforms Wednesday When Compared To Competitors Despite Daily Gains
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Shares of Dollar General Corp. $(DG)$ advanced 1.09% to $104.61 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.08% to 7,432.97 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.31% to 50,009.35.
Dollar General Corp. closed 33.89% short of 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 2.19% to $265.01, Walmart Inc. $(WMT)$ fell 2.50% to $130.85, and Costco Wholesale Corp. $(COST)$ fell 1.86% to $1,074.01.
Trading volume (3.2 M) remained 284,315 below its 50-day average volume of 3.5 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled May 20, 2026.
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May 20, 2026 17:02 ET (21:02 GMT)
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