Dollar General Corp. said its normalized net income for the fiscal fourth quarter ended Jan. 30 came to $1.15 per share, compared with the S&P Capital IQ consensus estimate of $1.17 per share.
EPS climbed 14.0% year over year from $1.01.
Normalized net income, which excludes unusual gains or losses on a pre- and after-tax basis, was $350.9 million, a gain of 8.7% from $322.7 million in the year-earlier period.
The normalized profit margin declined to 7.0% from 7.2% in the year-earlier period.
Total revenue grew 9.9% year over year to $4.94 billion from $4.49 billion, and total operating expenses increased 10.1% year over year to $4.36 billion from $3.96 billion.
Reported net income rose 10.2% year over year to $356.7 million, or $1.17 per share, from $323.7 million, or $1.01 per share.
For the year, the company's normalized net income totaled $3.47 per share, compared with the S&P Capital IQ consensus normalized EPS estimate of $3.50.
EPS rose 8.6% from $3.20 in the prior year.
Normalized net income was $1.06 billion, a gain from $1.04 billion in the prior year.
Full-year total revenue grew 8.0% from the prior-year period to $18.91 billion from $17.50 billion, and total operating expenses increased 8.7% on an annual basis to $17.12 billion from $15.76 billion.
The company said reported net income increased on an annual basis to $1.07 billion, or $3.49 per share, in the full year, from $1.03 billion, or $3.17 per share.
