If you are building a properly diversified stock portfolio, the chances are some of your picks will perform badly. Long term Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) shareholders know that all too well, since the share price is down considerably over three years. So they might be feeling emotional about the 61% share price collapse, in that time. And more recent buyers are having a tough time too, with a drop of 23% in the last year. Furthermore, it’s down 36% in about a quarter. That’s not much fun for holders.
With the stock having lost 5.8% in the past week, it’s worth taking a look at business performance and seeing if there’s any red flags.
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To quote Buffett, ‘Ships will sail around the world but the Flat Earth Society will flourish. There will continue to be wide discrepancies between price and value in the marketplace…’ One imperfect but simple way to consider how…
