Dollar General 2023 profit forecast underwhelms after storm-hit quarter

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Dollar General Corp on Thursday forecast full-year profit well below expectations after cutting its earnings estimate for the all-important holiday quarter.
A customer enters a Dollar General Corp. store in Colona, Illinois, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014.

Dollar General Corp on Thursday forecast full-year profit well below expectations after cutting its earnings estimate for the all-important holiday quarter on heavy discounts, higher costs and inventory damage due to winter storm Elliott.

Shares of the dollar store fell 6% in premarket trade.

The company forecast fiscal year 2023 profit to rise between 4% and 6%. Analysts on average were expecting a 10.6% increase, according to Refinitiv IBES data.

With U.S. consumer prices, rental housing…
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