Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) Q2 2024 Results Conference Call December 5, 2024 9:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Kevin Walker - Vice President of Investor Relations
Todd Vasos - Chief Executive Officer
Kelly Dilts - Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Simeon Gutman - Morgan Stanley
Michael Lasser - UBS
Matthew Boss - JPMorgan Chase
Kelly Bania - BMO Capital Markets
Rupesh Parikh - Oppenheimer
Zhihan Ma - Bernstein
Kate McShane - Goldman Sachs
Karen Short - Melius Research
Seth Sigman - Barclays
Scot Ciccarelli - Truist Securities
Paul Lejuez - Citigroup
Charles Grom - Gordon Haskett

Operator

Good morning. My name is Rob, and I'll be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Dollar General Third Quarter 2024 Earnings Call. Today is Thursday, December 5, 2024. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. This call is being recorded. Instructions for listening to the replay of the call are available in the company's earnings press release issued this morning.

Now, I'd like to turn the conference over to Mr. Kevin Walker, Vice President of Investor Relations. Kevin, you may begin your conference.

Kevin Walker

Thank you, and good morning, everyone. On the call with me today are Todd Vasos, our CEO; and Kelly Dilts, our CFO. Our earnings release issued today can be found on our website at investor.dollargeneral.com under News & Events.

Let me caution you that today's comments include forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, such as statements about our financial guidance, strategy, initiatives, plans, goals, priorities, opportunities, expectations or beliefs about future matters and other statements that are not limited to historical fact. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations and projections. These factors include, but are not limited to, those identified in our earnings release issued this morning, under Risk Factors in our 2023 Form 10-K filed on March 25, 2024 and any later filed periodic report and in the comments that are made on this call. You should not unduly rely on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of today's date. Dollar General disclaims any obligation to update or revise any information discussed in this call, unless required by law.

At the end of our prepared remarks, we will open a call up for your questions. To allow us to address as many questions as possible in the queue, please limit yourself to one question.