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Dollar General fiscal Q3 profit climbs YOY

Dollar General Corp. said its normalized net income for the fiscal third quarter ended Oct. 31 came to 77 cents per share, compared with the S&P Capital IQ consensus estimate of 80 cents per share.

EPS climbed 7.1% year over year from 71 cents.

Normalized net income, which excludes unusual gains or losses on a pre- and after-tax basis, was $232.7 million, compared with $230.4 million in the third quarter ended Nov. 1, 2013.

The normalized profit margin dropped to 5.0% from 5.3% in the year-earlier period.

Total revenue increased 7.8% on an annual basis to $4.72 billion from $4.38 billion, and total operating expenses increased 8.5% from the prior-year period to $4.33 billion from $3.99 billion.

Reported net income came to $237.2 million, or 78 cents per share, compared to $238.7 million, or 74 cents per share, in the third quarter ended Nov. 1, 2013.