Dollar General Corporation (DG)

Dollar General Corporation is trading at $122.33, up 1.87% on the session. The 50 day average sits at $118.79 and the 200 day at $n/a, which puts the stock in a mixed technical position. RSI is at 51.9, which reads as neutral, and MACD is bearish crossover. Volume is below average.

The nearest support is around $114.42 with resistance near $130.61, so that band frames the current range. Average daily movement is roughly $3.81, or about 3.1% of the share price, which is what any stop placement has to allow for. The overall health score of 61 out of 100 combines a trend score of 72, momentum of 40 and a risk score of 71.

Dollar General Corporation, a discount retailer, provides various merchandise products in the southern, southwestern, midwestern, and eastern United States. It offers consumable products, including paper towels, bath tissues, paper dinnerware, trash and storage bags, disinfectants, and laundry products; packaged food, such as cereals, pasta, canned soups, canned meats, fruits and vegetables, condiments, spices, sugar, and flour; and perishables, including milk, eggs, bread, refrigerated and frozen food, beer, wine, and produce; candy, cookies, crackers, salty snacks, and carbonated beverages; over-the-counter medicines and personal care products including soap, body wash, shampoo, cosmetics, dental hygiene and foot care products; pet supplies and pet food; and tobacco products. The company also provides seasonal products comprising holiday items, toys, batteries, small electronics, greeting cards, stationery, prepaid phones and accessories, gardening supplies, hardware, automotive, and home office supplies; home products include kitchen supplies, cookware, small appliances, light bulbs, storage containers, frames, candles, craft supplies and kitchen, and bed and bath soft goods; and apparel products for infants, toddlers, girls, boys, women and men, as well as socks, underwear, disposable diapers, shoes and accessories. The company was formerly known as J.L. Turner & Son, Inc. and changed its name to Dollar General Corporation in 1968. Dollar General Corporation was founded in 1939 and is based in Goodlettsville, Tennessee.