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Net income rose to $355.4 million, or $1.17 per
share in the fourth quarter ended Jan. 30, from $322.2 million,
or $1.01 per share, a year earlier.
Net sales increased to $4.94 billion from $4.49 billion.
The discount retailer's same-store sales rose 4.9 percent.
Dollar General also authorized a $1 billion share repurchase
plan, and said Chief Financial Officer David Tehle will retire
on July 1.
(Reporting by Nandita Bose in Chicago and Sruthi Ramakrishnan in
Bengaluru; Editing by Joyjeet Das)
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