Analyst ratings
30 analysts have weighed in: a Hold consensus: 10 buy calls against 1 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $138.93.
NYSE: DG · Discount Stores
Over the past week, Dollar General (DG) drew about 33 mentions across Reddit, X and news, and the read is an Adanos Hold. The crowd averages 48% bullish but is sharply divided: News runs 100% bullish while Polymarket sits at just 0%. Wall Street is more cautious, with 10 of 30 analysts rating DG a buy.
There is little buzz around DG this week and little agreement on direction, which is why it reads as a Hold.
Wall Street’s 33% buy share sits next to a crowd that ranges from Polymarket at 0% to News at 100%. No other tracker puts the two side by side.
30 analysts have weighed in: a Hold consensus: 10 buy calls against 1 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $138.93.
The Adanos signal blends each source’s bullish ratio, source breadth, buzz intensity and 3-day momentum. This week bullish sits right on the neutral line, momentum is improving and the 4 sources disagree sharply, so the read is Hold rather than a clear buy or sell.
The crowd runs 15 points hotter than the 33% analyst buy share, retail is ahead of the Street here. The split is inside the crowd: News reads 100% bullish while Polymarket sits at 0%, a 100-point spread that single-source trackers miss.
Weekly price context: this Alpha Vantage chart keeps its own dated range; the sentiment metrics elsewhere on this page may be newer. Over the 30-day window, Dollar General (DG) buzz held subdued around 28.7 while the price drifted up 2.0% across the period. The chart tracks how social and news attention moved against end-of-day price. Average daily trading volume across the displayed trading days is 2.6M shares. Over the last 7 trading days, DG lost 4.8%. Buzz activity in the recent week averaged 32.3 and was relatively stable, swinging between 22.4 and 40.9. Recent volume is in line with the 30-day average, reflecting steady institutional and retail participation. Daily crowd sentiment leaned bullish on 16 of the 21 days with directional mentions, shown as the green, grey and red breakdown bars below the chart.
Signal metrics use the latest 7 days; contributor and breadth context uses the 30-day chart window.
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| Adanos signal | Hold |
|---|---|
| Analyst consensus | Hold (10 / 19 / 1) |
| Crowd bullish (7d) | 48% |
| Avg price target | $138.93 |
| Most bullish source | News, 100% |
| Most bearish source | Polymarket, 0% |
| Sentiment spread | 100 pts |
| Mentions (7d) | 33 |
| Market cap | $27.13B |
| P/E · Forward P/E | 16.2 · 16.2 |
| EPS · Beta | $7.60 · 0.2 |
| Revenue (TTM) | $43.64B · 4% margin |
| Industry | Discount Stores |
Based on aggregated sentiment from Reddit, X, News and Polymarket sources, Dollar General (DG) currently carries an Adanos hold signal with 62/100 conviction. The current cross-source average reads 48% bullish across 4 active sources. Those sources contribute 33 tracked mentions over the last 7 days. This is a sentiment-based reading, not financial advice.
Reddit discussion around Dollar General (DG) is fairly quiet with 10 mentions over the last 7 days; the 30-day context spans 16 tracked subreddits. The 7-day tone is 50% bullish; 3-day activity momentum is rising, suggesting building attention.
The crowd reads split on Dollar General (DG), averaging 48% bullish across 4 tracked sources over the last 7 days. The two ends of the range are News at 100% bullish and Polymarket at 0%, a 100-point spread. On the professional side, 10 of 30 analysts rate DG a buy.
Of the 30 analysts covering Dollar General (DG), 10 rate it a buy, 19 a hold and 1 a sell, for a hold consensus. The average price target is $138.93. The crowd is the more bullish of the two, averaging 48%.
Dollar General (DG)'s cross-source average is mixed at 48% bullish. Source readings are split: 1 source leans bullish, 2 sources lean bearish and 1 source sits at 50% bullish. Reddit reads 50% bullish, X reads 43% bullish, News reads 100% bullish and polymarket coverage is the most negative at 0% bullish. The combined signal points to broad mixed pressure with 62/100 conviction.
The cross-source average is mixed for Dollar General (DG) at 48% bullish. Source readings are split: 1 source leans bullish, 2 sources lean bearish and 1 source sits at 50% bullish. The most bearish reading is polymarket at 0% bullish. 3-day activity momentum is rising across Reddit and News. The hold signal carries 62/100 conviction.
News is the dominant discussion channel with 16 mentions (48% of total volume). Reddit contributes 10 mentions and X contributes 7 mentions. The cross-source average is mixed at 48% bullish, while reddit and news show rising 3-day activity. Source readings are split: 1 source leans bullish, 2 sources lean bearish and 1 source sits at 50% bullish.
The Adanos signal blends bullish ratio, buzz score, source breadth and 3-day activity momentum into a single buy/sell reading. DG's hold signal at 62/100 conviction reflects a mixed cross-source average at 48% bullish. Source readings are split: 1 source leans bullish, 2 sources lean bearish and 1 source sits at 50% bullish. It is a research shortcut, not financial advice.
The DG sentiment page is regenerated from the latest 7-day tracking window at each build. Data reflects the most recent Reddit posts, tweets and news articles available in the current publishing cycle.
Peers are ranked first by matching the Hold signal, then by the closest bullish ratio. Discussion activity breaks any remaining ties.
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